Hey - I own a 2010 Mac mini as a server, my mom uses a 2018 Mac mini, and honestly I’d switch to a 2018 Mac mini + eGPU to replace my hackintosh as my heavy lifting machine if I had the money. Don’t knock it! It firmly belongs in the consumer/desktop camp.
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iBook Turns 20: Watch Steve Jobs Unveil the World's First Notebook With Wireless Internet
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Hey - I own a 2010 Mac mini as a server, my mom uses a 2018 Mac mini, and honestly I’d switch to a 2018 Mac mini + eGPU to replace my hackintosh as my heavy lifting machine if I had the money. Don’t knock it! It firmly belongs in the consumer/desktop camp.
The problem is how to upgrade? A simple software upgrade or a costly hardware upgrade? And, how much incentives do supermarkets, Starbucks and users upgrade for WPA3? What about the device support? There are so many questions.
Thanks for mentioning the eMate. The article describes the iBook's clamshell as "unique," but indeed it wasn't.I loved the old colourful iMac/iBook designs, they were a breath of fresh air against the rest of the industry.
The iBook design owes so much to the Newton eMate 300.. Can see the eMate as a test run for a lot of the weird clamshell design. The eMate is heavy too, and much more indestructible.
Not as useful though.
I still have three eMates, all in working condition. Pretty impressive devices.
Kind of like Donald Trump or any master BS’er/politician, etc etc. That’s his job.
Nice strawman. Nobody ever said that innovators like Jobs and Musk obviate the need for solving war, hunger, slavery, exploitation, and inadequate healthcare. What the post you quoted said is that people like Jobs and Musk change the world, and they absolutely do. Do their innovations solve all of the world's problems? No, but that's an entirely different question and a ridiculous standard.
The unboxing video; What is the media's deal with black dudes and blond white chicks? That that the ultimate black man's conquest, some kind of reparation?
And neither its adding cellular to a laptop. That's called adding an obvious and straightforward feature. If there were a business case to be made implementation is certainly a no-brainer. There's a reason *other* laptop manufacturers have not added cellular, as well. And it's not because they don't know how, or that it's non-obvious, or difficult.
A few examples of innovation are TouchID, FaceID, haptic trackpad, beamforming (both directions) in HomePod, MagSafe, AirPods and case, Apple's force touch display, Apple's upcoming XDR display, Apple Watch, iPhone, iPod, and on and on. Each of these required significant R&D to come to fruition.
Speaking for myself...I do not want to pay an extra wireless subscription fee for an additional device. There's plenty of free WiFi, and tethering is included in my phone plan at no extra cost.
God I wish they’d apply this simple logic to the iOS device line up.
So fortunate for iBook owners.I remember the RAM could be dislodged from the clamshell ones in the rude ways of the shipping process... my tangerine ibook arrived playing dead, but the RAM was readily reseated. After that the thing worked like a charm and got handed off twice in my family. I got a key lime one when I agreed to hand down my tangerine original.
Can't remember why I let the key lime clamshell ibook out of my sight. It had to have landed with someone in the family who ended up short a functional machine... so I let them have it and went back to Apple's well yet again for myself. That's what happens when you try to keep a spare around... I have always ended up back in the market for another Apple notebook before I thought I would, and not because the machines were no good.
My experiences for the white MacBook (mid-2006) suck. It would automatically shut down, although it was fixed by a firmware update later. The most annoying part is its palm rest which would quickly turn yellow and its edge would easily crack. I got a free replacement of the palm rest later, but the new one still turned yellow and cracked when the first MacBook became vintage.Mac laptop keyboards of that era were... not great. They were quite mushy and crap tended to accumulate in them.
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I was being sarcastic. Obviously we need LTE in phones or they wouldn’t really be useful as phones. We could use it in laptops too.
tell me one thing he did/doing anywhere close to snake oil..just one.
his failures? how do you get success without a failure..yes spaceX failed multiple times to get their first success. you know how much money that innovation of re using launch vehicle is saving? until recently NASA paid billions for space programs to third party aeronautic companies..come on man..be realistic.
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you are comparing Elon to politicians..???????
But then why have LTE iPads then?
I actually would just use my phones hotspot and not buy another LTE enabled device for how little I would use it outside my house but just playing devils advocate.
It’s a good question! My mom was convinced she needed an iPad with LTE. I tried to convince her to just use her phone, but it’s not an iPhone, so it takes a few more steps, it’s not seamless. Plus her carrier has restrictions on hotspot data, even though her data is “unlimited”. And she doesn’t have WiFi at home. Basically she’s weird.
I don't despise Tim Cook like many people do, but you're right – there is a stark contrast between Steve's Apple and Tim's Apple. The new Apple is far more conservative and doesn't have "fun" in the same way. I miss that. I miss Steve.
Apple needs to loosen up and start having fun again, I say. Get creative. Remember how iPods went through many different form factors? Seems that Apple has stuck with the same form factor for Macs and iPhones for a very long time without testing new ideas on the marketplace (Mac Pro aside). Yes, their current designs are industry-leading. But there's no fun in them. Nothing new and exciting in terms of appearance.
Okay, you misquoted me which is bad form when responding to a discussion. I said "significantly more computer savvy." I didn't say smarter. People understand computers better now than pre-2000. I don't think that means people any smarter however.
Yes. These positions are not mutually exclusive. People are more computer-savvy nowadays but that doesn't mean they're smarter in other ways. People have always fallen prey to scammers. Having a better understanding of computers and the Internet doesn't change that.
Those that continue to harp on features like Animoji as something "not needed" fail to see the bigger picture.... the research and development of technologies that are used in new and exciting (and useful) ways. Think bigger! Step back and see the pieces that make up the puzzle. Many of those pieces are very innovative (ie. Face ID), and industry-leading.
[doublepost=1563780300][/doublepost]Nah, Elon is more impressive. Steve made technology fashionable while Elon pushes it to new heights.
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Actually, He does NOT!!
Technology devaluates with time. For many years Jobs release updates at the same price than old models.
Tim Cook Actually raises them by 20-65%, which is ridiculous.
Back then an SE30 used to cost $3500, So you can see how prices are actually going down, while technology improves exponentially and that is in All electronics.
Best £30 I spent a couple of months back. Never even use it, just sits there looking pretty.
maybe a modern laptop, but certainly not an apple laptop last more than 2years before keyboard fails, display fails, logic board fails.. i really cant say that i could trust my mbp would last years... meanwhile my zenbook still going well from 2012.
im sure many will use 4g while 5g is around and happy to use it for years. using the same logic you will end up buying a new phone just for 5g and send the same twitter/board message ”hey im using 5g now, awesome - my insta photos are loading.. the same speed ... but still awesome!” unless you are downloading alot, many will be happy to do their daily task even with 3g and for sure, satisfied of 4g for years from now. i would stick a simcard into my work laptop if it would be possible rather than hotspotting which im force to do now.
if we always go ”dont you have a phone...?”-route, you dont need an apple watch with a cellular plan, you dont need ipad with a cellular either. you can always use your phone.
people who are afraid using public wifi, when possible and need one, get a vpn (e.g. nordvpn, fsecure freedome etc. and select the best vpn service depending on which part of the world you are living). a vpn service costs a fraction of the benefits you get.
im quite sure when you live from your house, you have a problem to find a wifi to connect but surely your phone picks up a 4G(/lte) or 3G signal. im interested in knowing which country provides wifi network rather than a mobile network.
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