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lmasanti said:

According with ‘people with knowledge of the subject’… —a.k.a. my own inventions—…

…the new model will be called… MacBook SE.

Most probably, any M1 machine would be better than a Chromebook.

(On the other hand, back in 1985… Apple released a Macinthosh 512k Ed for the educational market.)

How quickly people forget about the eMac (the what? LOL!)

timmillea said:

Apple absolutely should and can do this. Base it on a bog-standard iPad spec but with a keyboard. Savings can be made with the display quality, battery life, processor speed and ports. Remember the iBook? This would be the iBook revisioned. But bring in Jony Ive to design it. We have had a succession of design faux pas from Apple of late. 

I like your idea but I don't really see Apple pursuing this because it really is all about low price.  Apple doesn't generally go there.  Mac usually (maybe always) wins compared to Windows but Chromebooks shouldn't need as nearly as much support as Windows.  

The main thing to make Apple's device comparable to a Chromebook would be to run iOS.  I'd see it being much closer to an Apple eMate than a MacBook.  

foregoneconclusion said:

Obviously Apple has to be scanning files in order to remove content. Just click on the link I provided and go to Section V and you will find highly detailed information.

Actually, Section V says that “Apple does not control the Content posted via the Service, nor does it guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content” which is pretty much the opposite of what you are asserting. 

mayfly said:

It would have happened sooner or later, even without EU pressure.

And who gives a damn?  This was supposedly intended to benefit the environment?  And how does it do that?  Another bunch of stuff is rendered prematurely obsolete and gets trashed.  The USB-C connector will itself be obsolete in due time and the EU bureaucrats will make sure it stays in use well past that time.  

I am not sure why Gou thinks that a communist dictator would feel constrained either by the interests of foreign companies and global pension funds or even the interests of their own domestic economy when it comes to achieving their major strategic goals.   All I can say to him is that I hope he is right.