Apple's Black Friday Event Kicks Off in United States With Free Gift Cards Worth Up to $150

[Max_Walker]

$150... so enough for a few dongles?

Parody or what ?.

That you
a. spend more money and;
b, have to carry a bunch of dongles

Tells you all that is wrong with this stupid policy of designing out ease of use - the once golden virtue of Apple products.

You don't need to buy a $300 book to remember the Bondi Blue PC. It arrived on the scene with one lead to the power and one to the keyboard off which hung the mouse/puck. And that was a decade before bluetooth connection. And look at it now - hopeless.

 

[jimthing]

Parody or what ?.

That you
a. spend more money and;
b, have to carry a bunch of dongles

Tells you all that is wrong with this stupid policy of designing out ease of use - the once golden virtue of Apple products.

You don't need to buy a $300 book to remember the Bondi Blue PC. It arrived on the scene with one lead to the power and one to the keyboard off which hung the mouse/puck. And that was a decade before bluetooth connection. And look at it now - hopeless.

What a boring unoriginal comment.

As people have said time and time again on here if you bothered to read before repeating the same old tired trite point...
It's been like this in computing/electronics land forever. Anyone who's above 30, knows we've always had to connect legacy stuff to new stuff since time immemorial, hence the use of adaptors. So why that would change all of a sudden, is completely moronic. The only difference now, is that we've been given 4 ports that will work going FORWARD, instead of keeping legacy ones that will be out of date in a couple of years, thus Apple made completely the right decision in allowing legacy adaptors to connect to ANY of those new ports, making them usable for ANYTHING rather than just ONE thing from the current/past.

And wireless has, and for the foreseeable future always will be, limited in bandwidth and unreliable for consistent data connections for high-res displays and very high-speed data transfer, in an age when users need to connect to LOTS of data sources (multi-displays, multi-external HDDs, printers, scanners, other peripherals, etc.), there is never enough wireless bandwidth to go around a fraction of them.

So please just leave the plainly stupid "I don't like dongles" repetition to the idiot brigade, thanks.

 

[Rob_2811]

What a boring unoriginal comment.

As people have said time and time again on here if you bothered to read before repeating the same old tired trite point...
It's been like this in computing/electronics land forever. Anyone who's above 30, knows we've always had to connect legacy stuff to new stuff since time immemorial, hence the use of adaptors. So why that would change all of a sudden, is completely moronic. The only difference now, is that we've been given 4 ports that will work going FORWARD, instead of keeping legacy ones that will be out of date in a couple of years, thus Apple made completely the right decision in allowing legacy adaptors to connect to ANY of those new ports, making them usable for ANYTHING rather than just ONE thing from the current/past.

And wireless has, and for the foreseeable future always will be, limited in bandwidth and unreliable for consistent data connections for high-res displays and very high-speed data transfer, in an age when users need to connect to LOTS of data sources (multi-displays, multi-external HDDs, printers, scanners, other peripherals, etc.), there is never enough wireless bandwidth to go around a fraction of them.

So please just leave the plainly stupid "I don't like dongles" repetition to the idiot brigade, thanks.

All very true, there are always inconveniences when moving towards a better standard.

You know what is completely moronic though? Not being able to use a pair of Apples EarPods with your Mac.

 

[alphaod]

So gift cards for old products so you can buy more stuff with said gift cards... that's lovely.

 

[44267547]

So what you are saying is that the 2nd generation of Apple watch is called the series 1? How firkin stupid is that, and they wonder why folks are confused ...

No. What I'm saying is you need to research your facts before you make claims you clearly Don't have knowledge of and you failed to debunk my original post.

And it's not that difficult understand the difference between the Series 1 and Series 2. Apple explains this all on the link I provided you in my previous post, which doesn't seem to be a problem when deciding which option to purchase.

 

[amack]

You know what is completely moronic though? Not being able to use a pair of Apples EarPods with your Mac.

Thankfully you will be able to use Apple EarPods with any apple device,including you mac, though I would assume only those on the latest iOS.
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So what you are saying is that the 2nd generation of Apple watch is called the series 1? How firkin stupid is that, and they wonder why folks are confused ...

No, when Apple released the Series 2 they also updated series 1 with a better processor. So if you buy a series 1 watch now it will be a better one than the watch which was originally released over a year ago, or whenever it was they released the iwatch.

 

[Johnny907]

I ordered a 1.3ghz MacBook. Will be using $150 gift card for BeatsX headphones which are.... $150.

And still not available for purchase. Merry Christmas.

 

[zorinlynx]

That marketing photo... Does Apple really think its typical customers are that wealthy?

That gift list on the watch is like $4000.

 

[Cole Slaw]

I remember when, as a back to school offer, Apple used to give you a free iPod (hot item at the time) with a Mac purchase.
Now they're far bigger and richer than back then, but they've become sooo incredibly miserly.
They behave as though they simply don't need us anymore. It just doesn't matter to them whether you buy or not.
It's a shame how they've managed to squander so much good will towards the company on the part of their loyal fans.
So as a little token of your thanks to the many millions of little people would made you and your company what it is today, how about throwing us a bone, Tim, you cheap ****?
A little sign that you give a **** about your fanbase might go a long way.

 

[44267547]

That marketing photo... Does Apple really think its typical customers are that wealthy?

That gift list on the watch is like $4000.

I have to agree with this. I think Apple was using this more as a marketing tool, but if someone wants to purchase my Apple list for me, by all means, please do.

 

[CPx]

And still not available for purchase. Merry Christmas.

Why you gotta harsh my vibe?

 

[Max_Walker]

What a boring unoriginal comment.

As people have said time and time again on here if you bothered to read before repeating the same old tired trite point...
It's been like this in computing/electronics land forever. Anyone who's above 30, knows we've always had to connect legacy stuff to new stuff since time immemorial, hence the use of adaptors. So why that would change all of a sudden, is completely moronic. The only difference now, is that we've been given 4 ports that will work going FORWARD, instead of keeping legacy ones that will be out of date in a couple of years, thus Apple made completely the right decision in allowing legacy adaptors to connect to ANY of those new ports, making them usable for ANYTHING rather than just ONE thing from the current/past.

And wireless has, and for the foreseeable future always will be, limited in bandwidth and unreliable for consistent data connections for high-res displays and very high-speed data transfer, in an age when users need to connect to LOTS of data sources (multi-displays, multi-external HDDs, printers, scanners, other peripherals, etc.), there is never enough wireless bandwidth to go around a fraction of them.

So please just leave the plainly stupid "I don't like dongles" repetition to the idiot brigade, thanks.

OK. So lets look at the Apple dongle and connector saga. My daughters 13" MBP has more than half a dozen ports and a magsafe power lead. The new one has just 2 - one of which has to be the power. Flexible - give me a break.

And as for dongles and input/output - the constant change has been a result of Apple flip - flopping every few years.
ADB, all the various Mini DV in out, Thunderbolt, Firewire, Firwire 400, 800, iPod, 20 pin. Most ofthe rest of the industry managed with USB, mini DV and Firewire