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- Would be great. Tired of these big ass phones in my pocketfyoucher1
- Innovation never sleeps
http://i2.cdn.cnn.co…utopian - iFlip Pho Procraigatkinson
- Probably just a precaution against Samsung's foldable phone patent.zarkonite
- Samsung doesn't give a fuck about patents ;)monospaced
- mekk0
Why not patent the use of a fucking wheel?
- requirements:
novel
non-obviousdrgs - cannot patent geometric shapes myeeehhsince1979
- You know. For kids!monospaced
- @drgs but a foldable display used in a cellphone is not non-obvious and novel?mekk
- to fold a flat display surface is obvious?drgs
- it ismonospaced
- sure man. I mean, there is a company creating this type of screen and Apple gets a patent on using it in a phone before anyone can make something out of itmekk
- They shall choke on their patents man, this is such an evil greedy company with absolutely no respect, not to their customers, not to their competitors.mekk
- The patent doesn't mean that nobody else can do it.monospaced
- so they got it for them to license out and let others have fun with it like with their rounded corners or swipe to unlock?mekk
- they didn't license out rounded corners or swipe to unlock, and they probably patented the form factor, but I guarantee they didn't do it to claim they inventedmonospaced
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- craigatkinson3
Just done two weeks on the surface pro 4. First PC in 2 decades. Back to my mac now. Like windows, like the touch screen / flexibility, but so many little annoyances that add up to just loads of time and being pissed off. Bloody hell.
- for example?mekk
- Sounds like jogging around the block twice and giving up on the marathon. Familiarity takes time.formed
- maybe your annoyances are fixable in the settings or caused by 3rd party apps?mekk
- Craig sums up my windows experiences also but yeah mekk has a point.since1979
- scaling, impossible to type '—' on surface keyboard, backup to only one local drive, battery is rubbish... 'Fixable', probably but the time spent 'fixing'...nocraigatkinson
- the keyword is "First PC in 2 decades"drgs
- or just admit youre old and set in your waysdrgs
- Ha, yea set in my ways, not old though. And actually, not that set in my ways. Always open to new stuff and wanted to try windows for a long timecraigatkinson
- whenever I see craig's name pop up it's normally asking questions about new tech of one sort or another... I wouldn't say he's set in his ways :)BuddhaHat
- Alt + 0151
Why is that so difficult?!detritus - Also, apparently, ' [Ctrl]+[Alt]+-' which I didn't know til I just googled it.detritus
- it's difficult because it's unintuitive, and annoying, and infinitely easier on a Mac which he's used to, and in 2016 it shouldn't be so archaicmonospaced
- I've been working on a PC for almost two years now and I hate it as much as I did on my 1st dayscruffics
- lol at hating a piece of inanimate electronics.face_melter
- @face_melter, this entire thread is about hating on inanimate objectsmonospaced
- Buddhahat, you noticed! Yes, it's like an illness! Detritus, as I said, it's impossible on the surface keyboard, it just doesnt work, try it.craigatkinson
- BTW, MBP (with usb slots) + Google Pixel + Google software / docs / mail etc is as good as it gets I think. Today at least.craigatkinson
- mekk0
^
Long dash is alt+ctrl+-or Alt+0151
see http://www.techtoolsforwriters.c…What's exactly wrong with scaling? There are tons of settings for proper scaling. Of course, a lot of 3rd party apps use it wrong or didn't get an upgrade yet but Windwos and Adobe stuff works great.
Backup is a 50/50 thing in Windows 10. But if you really need your stuff to be backed up on more than one drive, you probably best use a NAS in raid 1. For my personal use the possibility of the full System mirror and a time-machine-ish backup of win10 is enough. At work we use a NAS with its own backup schedule like most companies do.
- craigatkinson1
alt0151 etc only works on keyboards with numlock or numpads, doesnt work on surface keyboards. Other than copy and paste there seems no way of typing it, microsoft confirmed.
scaling, when plugged into monitor, with both screens running, because the monitor is lower res than the surface screen some apps are massive, some tiny, including microsoft ones. Have to sign out and back in each time to correct, again confirmed by MS.
Backup - time machine will back up to as many externals as I need, so some at work and some at home. So I'm covered. With PC I'd need to invest in a plan somewhere...
- well at least scaling has been fixed :) http://answers.micro…mekk
- it hasntcraigatkinson
- id use the surface for small jobs traveling. for real work id use a desktop or a beefier laptop plugged into real inputs.deathboy
- beefiercraigatkinson
- section_0141
After a month or so running mainly Linux (still have to use hackintosh for audio stuff), I should've made the switch sooner.
So nice to use the regular shell instead of the Mac version (fdisk instead of diskutil, arguments in whatever order, etc), using apt instead of dumb ass Homebrew, and not having to fight with the mac version (sshfs for example) of certain tools.
Like I mentioned previously, most everything I need runs on it. Android Studio, obviously everything web related, Blender, Unity (mostly, kinda), and even got my audio interface working.
Also, learned about some pretty cool VM technology that will let you install Windows in a VM, and pass the GPU directly through for gaming. In other words, you can game in a VM just like you would as if it were your main OS.
I was originally going to install Windows as a main OS, with Linux in a VM. Think I'm gonna go the other around though now.
- < and this is why people still by Macs. my computer is a tool, not a goddamn bonsai treee-wo
- Of course, I'm not using it as a tool in any way. Only Japanese gardening.section_014
- omg-2
- Perhaps Apple wants to launch a new innovative placebo pill or just want to buy a pharma company.utopian
- new iPhone?
http://icdn4.digital…omg - Not news. Not secret. ANY company must meet with the FDA in order to make any health claims about a product. It's just law.monospaced
- Apple declined to comment. Monospaced continues being a denalistomg
- fanboys unite!utopian
- Of course - Apple is responsible for putting fluoride in the water. It weakens your natural essence and makes you compliant to Communist doctrine.face_melter
- perhaps it has something to do with the watch and stuffs.pango
- omg, denial of what? Did this article imply there's some other reason for the meetings? Nope but you would make that assumption as a moron.monospaced
- teh1
Apple: Project Titan Far From Dead.
Summary:
Apple has acknowledged its work on autonomous vehicles publicly for the first time.
Despite rumors of being canceled or at least scaled back, Project Titan appears to be moving forward.
Apple is betting on autonomous driving capability to provide a crucial advantage over competing EVs.
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has sent a letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) acknowledging that it is working on self-driving cars. The letter requests that NHTSA facilitate testing of self-driving development vehicles on public roads, as well as provide standards for data sharing and privacy. When Apple starts talking privacy, you know they're serious.
full story here: https://goo.gl/K7YbwP
- A magic mouse with wheels...innovationutopian
- https://i.kinja-img.…yuekit
- jaded utopian seems to hate all tech news. I'm intrigued.inteliboy
- Wonder if it will use Apple Maps exclusively - good luck with that. It put my parent's house 400m in the middle of a field.face_melter
- that soap holder was made by a canadian vfx artist (and ufo believer) aristomenis meni tsirbassted
- They say they are going to be years ahead over everyone else..how, exactly, with no cars or testing partnerships? Or did I miss something?formed
- jaded utopian does not subscribe to "regurgitated, meaningless, non-innovative, paid advertising tech news", and thank you for your concern.utopian
- "Apple is betting on autonomous driving capability to provide a crucial advantage over competing EVs." That sentence makes no sense.zarkonite
- Existing Evs don't drive themselves is what it means, I suppose. They will be shortly though, so apples late to that anyway.monospaced
- < as if apple would place type that close to their logo. outrageous.Gnash
- the apple logo on a glossy car rear is going to be enough to propel it to success. People are going to want the car for the badge and what it represents.fruitsalad
- ^ frequent crashes?_niko
- all major components will be welded to the block - if anything breaks, new car folks.fadein11
- but what if i want to change my battery?_niko
- oh man ... the jokes about how the car is going to be just like a big MacBook, they're seriously cracking me upmonospaced
- sted0
- http://i.imgur.com/1…face_melter
- Can't even hate with a straight face. They did some amazing shit. props.sofakingback
- chukkaphob-2
- ok, which qbn apple fan boy is this? fess up!_niko
- utopianmonospaced
- mono's twinkpinkfloyd
- that's right ... utopian ;)monospaced
- heheutopian
- drgs0
- I think they're taking the whole Jobs "you're holding it wrong" thing a little too far.zarkonite
- crumbsfruitsalad
- that's 105°akiersky
- 115 but yeah.monospaced
- utopian1
Apple has been ordered to cut a $2 million check for denying some of its retail workers meal breaks.
What a great company to work for...the children slaves in China must be treated so much better than their counterparts in the USA.
- the company was built by a fascist. not one person is surprised.CygnusZero4
- Jobs and Woz fascists? wait, what?since1979
- lol @ the "chinese slaves" being treated so much bettermonospaced
- not woz. jobs was a fucking fascistCygnusZero4
- zarkonite0
http://arstechnica.com/apple/201…
"Some users of Apple’s newest MacBook Pros aren’t happy with their battery life. Though the Apple Support Communities forums, Twitter, and other message boards will necessarily amplify complaints, it does seem fairly common for users of the Touch Bar model in particular to see battery life that falls short of Apple’s 10-hour estimates for Web browsing and movie playback."
- "Apple called extra attention to the issue this week in the newest macOS Sierra update, not by fixing it but by removing the “time remaining” estimate..."zarkonite
- Good thing there's a 16gb limit to ensure great battery lifeformed
- To be fair the recent Sierra update did improve battery life despite removing the time left indicator. Probably a discrete GPU driver fix.evilpeacock
- http://www.macrumors…evilpeacock
- noneck9
Feeling like Apple has abandoned you? You're not alone.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/a…
"Interviews with people familiar with Apple's inner workings reveal that the Mac is getting far less attention than it once did. They say the Mac team has lost clout with the famed industrial design group led by Jony Ive and the company's software team. They also describe a lack of clear direction from senior management, departures of key people working on Mac hardware and technical challenges that have delayed the roll-out of new computers."
- If they even tried to make a competitive Mac Pro trash can I wouldn't be switching to Windows.CyBrainX
- just keep the mac mini going and bolster the pro and call it a day.since1979
- and refresh the imac of coursesince1979
- go figure.utopian
- mac pro trashcan = hard-2-upgrade, dongle-rific, wire clustered dust collecting fucking nightmare.moldero
- My problem is that I don't feel like there's a ton of good options laptop when matching specs etc. ...sure dongle life might suck, price is not that different.smatras
- maybe the top peeps that leave go and setup an independent crowdfunded mac pro alternative. we can dream...fruitsalad
- in other news, water is wet.. ehehehGeorgesII
- I just don't get it, they have thousands of employees.... in theory a small team could keep the Macs up to date.inteliboy
- Sounds like some unhappy people at Apple...they don't usually have leaks to the press like that.yuekit
- Bought a 2015 iMac after seeing what they did to the MacBook Pro. I don't trust them to not fuck it up even more.noneck
- The first iPod profits marks their shift in attitude.instrmntl
- ^yup, all about money, the iphone sent expectations skyrocketingformed
- for awhile after the iPod the Macs were rad, but then they went all weird and closedmonospaced
- 20021
already lost one of my airpods
- http://i.imgur.com/n…dorf
- http://www.goldenmou…BusterBoy
- have you used the 'find my airpod' app?craigatkinson
- For the next pair
https://www.amazon.c…Peter - ^ check the reviews :pPeter
- Peter0
My old mbp (MacBook Pro Core i7 2.2 GHz 15", 3rd party ram upgrade, SSD + HDD caddy replacing optical)
had graphical glitches. Scrambled video.Turns out the problem is widespread:
http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/m…Apple came out with a recall program:
https://www.apple.com/support/ma…The mbp showed those exact scrambled symptoms, documented those and turned mine in for the program.
Apple runs an AST Test, which it passed.
So: "it's not broken"
Same glitches keep happening, unwanted restarts, but no repairs despite the program. Take it in again.
Apple offers to repair it for 1000$+ despite the 0$ program specifically for this fault.1000$+.
That's stupid.Calls 3rd party repair shop, send them over the papers I got from Apple. They won't take it, no spare parts available for this.
What choice do I have but to buy new.
The machine's inoperable.Orders a new one, maxed out, 3000$+, while simultaneously sent in my mbp through Apples reuse/poweron program to get 350$ credit.
Apple/Poweron runs AST test.
Which fails, coincidentally....So trade-in went from 350$ down to 40$ for the mbp.
Oh Apple you rascal.
- That's remarkably shitty.noneck
- I would have kept pushing for a free repair and not accept that $1,000 B.S.monospaced
- How they grind you down right there. It reads like a scene from Falling Down.fruitsalad
- fruit salad is right ... if this happened to any other PC, they would fix it free, no matter how old, and would offer a trade-in value at LEAST 5X higher for itmonospaced
- fruit salad is right, "Oh Apple you rascal" is exactly how Douglas character phrased things in Falling Down.Peter
- I have he same setup as you, only 17in, never had a problem until last year, the issue you describe here, took it to apple and they fixed it for free...sofakingback
- Even gave me a new SSD. I do remember reading that the program was going to end soon... I woulda kept pushing for it. My computer runs awesome.sofakingback
- mg330
Any frequent AirPlay users hate the changes in ios 10 that prevent you from simply streaming music to your Apple TV without sharing your entire phone screen?
On previous versions of iOS, if you wanted to stream music from Spotify, for example, you could do so without AirPlaying the entire phone screen to it and thus displaying it on the TV. Now, the only option is to play it on Spotify, and view your phone's screen on the TV. Unless I'm missing something, there's no way around that. Dumb.
- Shit really? I stream using a 3rd party app from my Mac usually, not my phone.monospaced
- kona0
Over the past few days I've been having to load images onto 5 iPad mini's for Demo's we'll be showing at CES.
Fuck me what a complete and total pain in the absolute ass. The company ordered all 5 at the same time and fuck me right in the goat ass wouldn't you know I found out the hard way they all have different software installed. 10.0.0. 10.1.1. 10.1.0... which is driving me fucking insane because I can't do anything the same way across the devices.
Sure, I could update the software but fuck me that would take an hour each and the devices aren't tied to anyone's Apple account anyhow.
Getting photos on the iPads is ridiculous. I have to create a folder on my desktop, add the photos but fuck me don't I dare have an image that was updated yesterday and others today because Apple brings them into different days on the iPad, so I have to open each one and save all 100+ images so they're all of the same day. But, Apple is so smart they use iPhoto cache logs so that if I don't remember to delete that fucking folder it brings the images in as different days anyhow.
Then even creating a slideshow is different for each. Oh, and what the difference or meaning of each theme is and fuck me that I don't know what Origami, Push, Magazine (at least that one I can kind of guess what it will look like) and the laughable "Ken Burns" theme.
Oh God CES can't get here fast enough.
- https://itunes.apple…Gnash
- When we tried that for a trade thingy, I just made PDF's of all the images and dumped them onto Dropbox. Tried using Powerpoint and Keynote. Once.face_melter
- But I get your annoyance - doing something as simple as copying images to a folder becomes a massive pain in the balls.face_melter
- that's the general trend in computing recently, to make things seemly easy for the average consumer, but insanely hard for pro user due to such automated setupfruitsalad
- Did 5 iPads for our trade show by setting up one, imaging it, then pushing that image out to all the others. Took about 2 hours, most was the first image setup.evilpeacock
