You want a 5G access point. That will give all your devices access to the internet.
Or maybe Starlink, 150 Mbps in any structure anywhere in the world.
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What to Expect From Apple in 2021: New Apple Silicon Macs, iPhone 13, AirTags and More
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Or maybe Starlink, 150 Mbps in any structure anywhere in the world.
Absolutely agree. Time to come up with a nice design to get rid of the camera bump. If the device gets as thick in other places as it is at the bump, fine with me.
To give some credit to the Apple management during Jobs' interregnum (Scully and the others), at least they left Jobs with an Apple to save. That was the period when every other non-PC-clone platform did go belly up (or switch to PC clones) and the Wintel monopoly was at its peak. PCs were becoming capable of doing DTP/Graphics, and if they weren't as good as Mac that was balanced by the huge economies of scale and bangs-per-buck.
To Apple's credit, you've got the successful 68k-to-PPC switch and the successful PowerBook range (a.k.a. the birth of the modern laptop). The Newton could have been huge (technology wasn't quite ready, plus that darned Doonesbury cartoon...) and, of course, the investment in ARM that went with that kinda paid dividends down the road...
However, they were still mainly reliant on the Mac as their main source of income, and with that getting hosed by the PC, everything was going to suffer. The somewhat pants nature of the Performa Macs etc. may have been a symptom rather than the disease - fragmentation is a luxury you can afford if you're profitable.
I think a bit too much emphasis gets placed on the "fragmentation" issue, and on Jobs saving the day with his famous (and management course PowerPoint-friendly) product matrix - because the next thing he did was to go off on a total tangent with a personal music player, of all things. That was such a stupid and hypocritical move that it made the company a zillion dollars, paved the ground for the iPhone and iPad, raised the profile of the Mac and gave the company a whole other financial leg to stand on.
Jobs' return coincided with the popular rise of the Internet - which the iMac, and later iTunes, capitalised on. The Internet also did a lot to promote open standards over MS/Wintel proprietary ones, which started some cracks in the Wintel monopoly - and when the mobile market took off (aided by Jobs) it really hammered a wedge into those cracks. Today, Wintel is still dominant, but there are far more alternatives and open standards in popular use now than there were back in the 90s.
Current fragmentation in the Mac range is, I think, more down to Mac being lower in the pecking order for R&D than the strict, annual iPhone upgrade (because that's where the money is). So, less popular models go far too long without updates. In the case of the iPhone, it's Apple's policy of using last year's mid-range model as this year's entry model, rinse and repeat: personally I hate that, and think it's making Apple too reliant on the very top end of the market, but then they seem to be doing OK on it, and I don't buy iPhones anyway, so...
But, reality check, go visit Dell, HP or Samsung's website to see what real fragmentation looks like. Apple are nowhere near that.
In business, you don't get to sell anything in quantity anywhere and keep the cash without paying for promotion, discounts to distributors/retailers, payment processing, running and maintaining servers etc. that can cope with surge demand.
30%, let alone 15%, is an absolute bargain for placement in one of the biggest online catalogues, huge download bandwidth, order management and payment processing. It offers a huge leg-up to the "little guy" who doesn't already have the infrastructure to do it. The cheerleaders against the App Store are the big players who want you to applaud while they pull their ladders up after them.
There is a concern with the App Store - it has the potential for anticompetitive behaviour by Apple if they reject apps that compete with their own - which certainly calls for vigilance, but is nothing to do with the fees.
I’m planning on upgrading nearly all my hardware this year (aside from my new series 6 Apple Watch).
Do we have any leaks regarding M2 chips in the 14” MacBook Pro?
I really struggle to believe some of these AirPod leaks - silicone cups are a huge no for me, the stem is part of what makes the AirPods so easy to use and a cultural mark if that’s your thing.
Here’s hoping for 120Hz promotion on the iPhone 13 Pro.
Do we have any leaks regarding M2 chips in the 14” MacBook Pro?
I really struggle to believe some of these AirPod leaks - silicone cups are a huge no for me, the stem is part of what makes the AirPods so easy to use and a cultural mark if that’s your thing.
Here’s hoping for 120Hz promotion on the iPhone 13 Pro.
It’s true, there are so many little software things here and there that don’t work...never used to be this way. Product of a successful company that has expanded tremendously over the past 10 years.
What to expect from Apple in 2021?
Outrageous price gouging, locked-to-Apple hardware, and incredibly buggy software.
Go ahead and give them Feedback; they just ignore it anyway. As long as those shareholders are happy, who cares about the users?
Outrageous price gouging, locked-to-Apple hardware, and incredibly buggy software.
Go ahead and give them Feedback; they just ignore it anyway. As long as those shareholders are happy, who cares about the users?
iPhone is the only hardware lineup remaining with a number in the model name. iPads, Macs, etc are referenced by generation or release period e.g. 2018, Late 2018
I miss the iMac G4 design even though i skipped from iMac G3 to iMac G5.
Apart from the Watch, there is nothing in the list that really interests me.
I would potentially buy an AppleTV or Macbook Pro, but have zero faith in Apple to actually deliver something specced in a way that would tempt purchase.
Give us a new desktop with internal expansion that isn't absurdly priced!
I would potentially buy an AppleTV or Macbook Pro, but have zero faith in Apple to actually deliver something specced in a way that would tempt purchase.
Give us a new desktop with internal expansion that isn't absurdly priced!
Yeah I had to buy a pc desktop for the first time in 20 years to achieve that. And tbh it has been a fantastic purchase for the price.
I'm curious if the next Apple Watch version will have something worth updating. My Apple Watch 4 runs fine, version 5 and 6 had nothing that made me want to buy them.
5GHz wireless is a big thing for me, I cant use 2.4GHz in my environment. If the current SE had it I'd replace my Series 4.
The 6 has 5 GHz but I think I'll wait until version 7, hopefully some new sensors and more precise heart rate count when exercising.
If they follow the same implementation of the M# SoC that they did for M1, then a 14" MacBook Pro without a Touch Bar would pretty much be a 14" MacBook Air...
But I understand what you mean / want - 13" is the largest screen size for the MBA to date, so getting a 14" (or even a 16") MBA would be a nice choice.
I don’t recall. What are you talking about? I’m thinking it just becomes “iPhone” and it’s denoted that it’s the 2021 version.
How did I miss this?? As a type 1 diabetic since 12 (test 12-14 times a day even with a Dexcom G6 and keep my A1C in the 5 non-diabetic range and workout 5-6 times a week) - this would be a game changer. I know Cook has been wearing one for a while to test his own BG’s. A 24/7 non-invasive BG system would change the industry. It would also benefit non-diabetics as understanding how your metabolism responds to various foods and exercise would benefit everyone’s overall health while moving healthcare towards a preventative rather than treatment based systems.
I’m friends with a few former Apple SVP’s and recently they told me Apple is considering getting directly involved in healthcare. I didn’t understand what they meant as I can’t believe Apple is considering being a healthcare provider given the headaches of that particular market but as they explained it to me it made sense. Having the ability to provide products alongside healthcare would also facilitate approval processes while lowering costs. Apple has already laid the groundwork with the Health app - bypassing Third parties and working directly with healthcare providers. Steve Jobs was very vocal about his frustrations with the US system when he was fighting pancreatic cancer (which is what lead to the Apple Watch as Jobs had a specialized medical device made for him that became the Apple Watch). I pushed back as I’d be very surprised if Apple enters the healthcare system by becoming a provider and competing against BCBS, etc but I would welcome it as the US system is a joke at the mercy of privatization. As Anglo-American, I’m paying $680USD/mo for Excellus BCBS on top of premiums and clauses restricting my access to healthcare on top of taxes that mostly fund our military as we outspend every nation on the plane, china 3:1 and 25 of whom are our allies. In the UK I can walk into a clinic and within 5 minutes get a Humalog QwikPen prescription for a fraction of the costs Stateside. If Apple can shake up the system, I’m all for it.
they also told me the electric car project was shelved long ago and wasn’t a full auto but a system that auto manufacturers can use. Imagine an electric car running an “OS” designed by Apple to better manage batteries and safety and communications. I believe that is Apple‘s true intent; not to build a vehicle but develop the systems that operate them.
BG monitoring and possibly entering the healthcare sector are truly the most important and interesting developments I’ve heard directly from those involved. Apple could even develop specialized watch bands that would interface with the watch body, allowing them to maintain the Apple Watch as universal and not needing FDA approvals with every release and leaving that to specialized bands. It would be more cost efficient and practical.
There‘s so much innovation in The healthcare sector the Apple Watch could easily tap into and push the private sector to actually invest their profits into instead of pocketing personally.
Hard to say why but I do remember when the Mac Mini came out quite a few people put those in their Mini Cooper.