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  • HomePod mini power cable is not removable, teardown reveals

    iqatedoiqatedo
    As someone who intends to build furniture accommodating the HomePod Mini, I would appreciate both a removable cable and a bottom entry connector option. Now, if I were an economist, I'd simply have to wait for this to be instantiated due to the demand that I have just created...  B)
    watto_cobra

  • 13-inch MacBook Pro with Apple Silicon M1 review: Unprecedented power and battery for the ...

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    davidgg said:
    StrangeDays said:
    charlesn said:

    1080p camera. HELLO? Even post-pandemic, Zoom meetings for business will be essential--honestly, how do you stick a 720p camera in a new 'Pro" laptop that you're essentially rolling out in 2021? Sure, the image processing may make it look "good for 720p," but the added cost to Apple for a better camera would have been miniscule. 
    It’s 2020, not 2021. That being said, I’ve been working on a large federal contract where all of the staff is remote. Do you know how often we use video conferencing the past 5 years? No times. Not a single one. We use tools like Jabber and Webex and Teams and conduct meetings all the time, but they’re teleconference, as that’s all that’s needed to talk. We don’t need crummy video conference where everyone is looking slightly off-camera; there’s nothing gained when it comes to discussing projects and work to be done. Normals think Zoom is omg important, but it isn’t. It’s been teleconference for the past decade on our other contracts too. 
    Your experience is not universal. Zoom has basically taken over the financial industry and others. What happened to WebexX ? Cisco dropped the ball. 
    Look at Zoom share price ; most of the big push here is from business
    I had resisted for as long as I could until obliged to host a meeting which would also be my first Zoom session. I was very, very pleasantly surprised at the quality and utility of the process. A much better experience than Webex, which I had used previously quite a bit. (I didn't need to share workspaces or desktops but can happily recommend.)
    dewme

  • Samsung mocks Apple for removing power adapters from iPhone boxes

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    hentaiboy said:
    iqatedo said:

    flydog said:
    Most of those Samsung chargers will eventually be used to power an iOS device. 
    Would you trust it?  :*
    Would you trust the Samsung OLED displays, NAND flash, and DRAM chips being used in the new iPhones?
    Good point but in my (unsubstantiable) defence, the comment was meant in part a 'light-hearted' manner and in part a query for the quorum.
    watto_cobra

  • Compared: HomePod mini versus HomePod

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    CheeseFreeze said:
    What I find utterly misleading is that they never photograph the damn thing with a cable. The way they show the product suggests it has an internal battery and can be placed anywhere, but those cables will stick out like a sore thumb. 
    I would modify furniture, even build specific furniture, to suit a bottom entry cable and while I'm at it, build in a locking mechanism (for public locations) if a reciprocal mechanism existed under the mini. I like building furniture!  B)
    watto_cobra

  • Samsung mocks Apple for removing power adapters from iPhone boxes

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    flydog said:
    Most of those Samsung chargers will eventually be used to power an iOS device. 
    Would you trust it?  :*
    watto_cobra