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  • Tim Cook: 2020 was 'Apple's top year of innovation ever'

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    A breakthrough year in innovation? Sure... due to the M1 which will redefine the performance/power curve for computing and align with phones.

    Ever? Well that's part of the hyperbolic, BS driven we live in today... younger folks haven't seen truly amazing breakthroughs (e.g. the Moon Landing) so a TikTok music remix becomes the innovation standard...

    But compared to say Apple's 1984... not even close... Tim, given where Apple is and is going there's no reason for you to be serving the BS lasagna... it's not a good look
    napoleon_phoneapartramanpfaffanantksundaramdk49elijahgchemengin1MacQuadra840av

  • Apple requests return of Apple Silicon Developer Transition Kits, offers $200 toward purch...

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    macxpress said:
    Seems like they would have just done an even swap...so like the $699 M1 Mac mini and you return the developer Mac mini back to Apple. They could have even done something like hold the value of the M1 Mac mini on a credit card until the developer Mac mini was returned as a safety for Apple in case developers wanted to be sneaky and not ship back the developer Mac. 
    Yeah, that'd be Apple acting like Steve was still alive...

    I've been an Apple dev since 1980... though I now dev on Android more than iOS... frankly I have a choice of platforms and though still an Apple fan I feel like being an Apple dev is now more like being in Scientology.

    Once upon a time Apple used to support devs technically and with 50% HW discounts... now I know that level can't happen in today's world (even though they have far more cash now than then)... nor do they need to... but it's cheap insurance and keeps devs happy.

    And what Jobs understood is the need for the best developers create the best products... and guess what the best devs are entitled... they're rock stars (sans groupies)... in the long run if another platform entices them you'll start slipping long term.

    It would have cost Apple a comparative penny to do the swap and endear devs to continue to develop and promote the best apps on macOS (not to mention acknowledge what a buggy/wonky PITA the DTK was/is)
    williamlondonelijahgmuthuk_vanalingamnarwhalMplsPcloudguy

  • Docker reveals why its virtual machine isn't yet on Apple Silicon M1

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    Eric_WVGG said:
    Electron apps are a fscking plague. It’s shameful that the very people who should care most about quality apps — developers — have embraced this hacky platform.

    that said, I haven’t heard of any issues with Electron running on M1, I’m sure it’s the least of Docker’s concerns. 

    This news had me wondering why Apple didn’t open a lab at Infinite Loop where a couple Docker developers would have highly secure access to a couple M1 machines over the past year to get this work done — Docker is very, very important software for devs — but then I remembered COVID. 

    Bad news for guys like me… I won’t be able to fully transition my work until this is sorted out. 
    Agreed on Electron... pile of *@&#^... but you have a bunch of web hackers (very, very few folks building for web-based technology could be call software developers or engineers) can't build on anything else so they bake another layer on the crap lasagna and create resource/battery sucking apps that are filled with wonk (and yes I've worked with Electron).
    watto_cobra

  • Early iPhone 12 mini hands-on video surfaces

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    As they say in Kazakhstan:

    cornchip

  • Everything unveiled at Apple's iPhone 12 event - and what AppleInsider thought

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    William Gallagher

    "As a human being, I want that house. Possibly with a few more walls, but otherwise I'm ready to move in."

    Until you need to use the restroom  ;)

    Joking aside one issue I've seen all over the press is different stories about the capabilities of the cameras across the whole line, causing confusion (and it is confusing)... for example some outlets report that Dolby Vision video recording is available across the whole line, some say only on the Pro models, some 30fps on 12 and 60 fps on Pro. Some don't mention the sensor size diffs...

    In my case I love the size of the mini... however I know I'm giving up some camera capability... question is does it really impact the photos materially (which I do not take many of) vs. the size of the device which impacts me all day (have the 11 Pro Max and for my hands and for the gym it's *way* to big)... want to do a pre-order, but this is a case where I'll need to wait and see the reviews and Covid allowing try them in person... or maybe go full Apple fanatic and pre-order a mini, pro and pro max, returning/reselling the ones that don't fit.

    randominternetpersonwatto_cobra