Leaked Foxconn Images Show Off Internals of iPhone 8, Including Wireless Charging Coil

[OllyW]

Not in manufacturing. It's still perfectly viable, especially if not networked.

Still got half a dozen XP PCs in our factory connected to CNCs and label printers.

 

[Substance90]

Kind of funny how they're using Windows XP in these factories hahahaha

Shows you how much of a first world problem it is to always want newer shinier software and OSes.

 

[WatchFromAfar]

I do! As far as I know XP and even the version of XP for embedded systems is no longer supported, that means no more patching for ANY types of bugs. What I expect is for a machine that can cost over 500K to have the ability to get be fixed for as long as the system is in use. Especially for test and lap equipment,

An isolated machine with no network access that works fine now will still work fine in 50 years regardless of any security threats/bugs discovered past,present or future.

 

[lostngone]

An isolated machine with no network access that works fine now will still work fine in 50 years regardless of any security threats/bugs discovered past,present or future.

50 years HA! In 50 years when that hard drive dies for the 3rd time do you think you are going to be able to find a CD-Rom reader(that works) to load XP off of?
Think about this, do you have a paper tape reader or a system that can read punch cards? Those were commonly used much less than 50 years ago and they are almost impossible to find now. It has been 48 years since we first landed on the moon and we are having a very hard time finding Reel to Reel tape drives to read the original media(most of which has deteriorated to the point that it unusable). It is even getting hard to find modern systems that have controllers that support 5.25 inch floppy drives and in much less than 50 years the same will be true for CD-ROMs and USB ports.
Don't forget about Y2K... We are going to have a similar issue with 32bit systems in 2038(much less than your 50 year prediction).

 

[WatchFromAfar]

50 years HA! In 50 years when that hard drive dies for the 3rd time do you think you are going to be able to find a CD-Rom reader(that works) to load XP off of?
Think about this, do you have a paper tape reader or a system that can read punch cards? Those were commonly used much less than 50 years ago and they are almost impossible to find now. It has been 48 years since we first landed on the moon and we are having a very hard time finding Reel to Reel tape drives to read the original media(most of which has deteriorated to the point that it unusable). It is even getting hard to find modern systems that have controllers that support 5.25 inch floppy drives and in much less than 50 years the same will be true for CD-ROMs and USB ports.
Don't forget about Y2K... We are going to have a similar issue with 32bit systems in 2038(much less than your 50 year prediction).

No I don't own a punch card system but if I owned a working one nothing but physical failure would stop it performing, just because we chose not to migrate past storage methods to modern ones just means we learn from past mistakes. A CD-rom reader? Never heard of disc images and virtual machines? The 32-bit time problem is only a problem if you need a correct time-stamp on files created not an issue on a machine designed to perform a physical task.

 

[kyleh22]

No, mostly they are completely offline or on a network which only connects the needed equipment (i.e. not internet or regular company LAN).
Where I work, we've got ICT stations that still run on Win NT.

ICT? and thats crazy: Windows NT

 

[macpanzer]

ICT? and thats crazy: Windows NT

In-circuit test (ICT). We're in the same business as Foxconn, although we're not as big as them and serve customers who don't have that high product volumes.

The lifecycle of production equipment is long and if it involves a computer, it usually runs with whatever OS it originally came from til the eqipment is taken out of use.

 

[Tycho24]

It exists and I can describe it in much more detail if you like.

Just link me a phone that has it!

 

[carpleror]

Otherwise, you can see the dual camera module for the rear camera, blown up shots of what appears to be the front-facing camera or sensors, a large space for the L-shaped battery, and a stacked logic board design previously rumored by KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. These changes will result in an iPhone with a longer battery life, which Apple hopes will entice those with older model iPhones to upgrade this year.

If this is true, battery life must be significantly improved over previous models if Apple thinks it will be a selling point. Adding an additional hour of battery life isn't going to sway too many people, but if it's doubled that would be very tempting for people.

 

[lostngone]

No I don't own a punch card system but if I owned a working one nothing but physical failure would stop it performing, just because we chose not to migrate past storage methods to modern ones just means we learn from past mistakes. A CD-rom reader? Never heard of disc images and virtual machines? The 32-bit time problem is only a problem if you need a correct time-stamp on files created not an issue on a machine designed to perform a physical task.

You are moving the goal posts. You said originally,

An isolated machine with no network access that works fine now will still work fine in 50 years regardless of any security threats/bugs discovered past,present or future.

Now you are talking about "upgrading" storage and virtual machines. You are also wrong about "only a problem if you need a correct time-stamp" If you the system does any type of tracking based on date there is a pretty good possibility code will need to be modified to deal with that.