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- dopepope9
The future of the smartphone is biometrics & animated feces starting at $1000.
- I caught some of Ars' blog with the face capture stuff. Yo, fuck *that* for a game of soldiers. I'll stick with my 7 for the foreseeable future.face_melter
- So you mean until it's updated and slow?mekk
- You know you love it!!!Q
- Animated faeces? Take my money.calculator
- Q!dopepope
- Innovation never...utopian
- XpensiveMaaku
- SteveJobs5
Did all these presenters used to work at the Gap? Their enthusiasm is, dare I say, a little creepy
- I like Craig, he’s coolNBQ00
- It's taken the better part of a decade for some of these guys to learn how to tuck in shirts.mg33
- When you make a new character in Fallout 4 with your eyes closed.face_melter
- Are Gap employees creepy happy? Is that a commonly known thing? I have never been in one.monospaced
- This shit happens at Google I/O too. I wish their delivery was more dry. This supposed to be for devs, not a bunch of Karens.section_014
- Everybody watches it, not just devsNBQ00
- We're so excited to tell you about the excitement that is so palpable in amidst these unprecedented times.mantrakid
- Being a good presenter is harder than it looks. I'm sure Apple has provided coaching, but if you're really a developer it can only go so far.evilpeacock
- No wonder NBQ has a raging hard on, it all make sense now.utopian
- @NBQ, they should stop calling it a developer conference then.section_014
- are we supposed to expect developers and engineers to be charismatic or something? the nerdier the better I say.inteliboy
- he was one fo the better ones, he didn't have the default munchkin/kermit voice the others had.fadein11
- You guys are such grumpy butts all the time, no wonder there's so much drama on this site.NBQ00
- section_0148
Apple is no longer a company that cares about professionals. Period. No fucking MBP update, the Mac Pro's are a fucking abortion, it's all less than an after thought.
Hey Apple, you know what 99% of your "pro" market wants? Up to date laptops, and a tower that we can upgrade. Not a bitch made iMac, not a Mac mini, a damn tower like the old mac pro's. The ability to swap out graphics cards, add extra USB cards, and add ram isn't a new asking for a lot. It's asking for the bare minimum.
But, just keeping doing you.
- Yes. Slam that mini tower between the iMac and the Mac Pro, and call it a fucking Mac, which they somehow killed years ago. Back to what made them great.monospaced
- They went mainstream, but they HAVE to realize that creatives are their OSX bread and butter, right?monospaced
- If it weren't for us, they would have died in the '90s.monospaced
- I wonder what % of their recent profits are attached solely to their desktops. They have to realise their market will disappear if they don't push forward.face_melter
- I mean, I'll likely never go back to using a Mac for my work but I would hate to see them vanish altogether.face_melter
- I thought the same thing. How many sales are directly related to MacBook Pros?capn_ron
- isn't october reserved for updates on the macbooks, ipads, etc.? just wait a month.dorf
- not many, their money is in the iphone, the other things just feed the "ecosystem"formed
- Ha i found out the "pro" was all marketing when i used my first G4. Such shit hardware. A little boost when they went intel but usually 2 years behind.deathboy
- and UI is probably personal tastes but I hated OSX. so sloppy for function. ugly too with. reminded me of casino promotions. do they even have cmd+X yet?deathboy
- OS X and usability is all matter of taste. It's powerful if you want it to be and use it their way. For me I can't even use Windows it's so clumsy.monospaced
- That part goes both ways. OS X is still great and if there ever was a fall in the phone market the Mac should be there to keep them steady.monospaced
- what i hate is the non-pro market is larger group, and apple is showing windows they can be profitable with less tools and options and forcing one way.deathboy
- in fact most people prefer less options and just prefer to be told how to do things one way. i see some of that in win10deathboy
- more profit in dumbing down and conformity, especially if u create a base who is incapable of of realizing betterdeathboy
- Where the hell is my ctrl+X?!?! The most basic thing!!!! Uuuugghhhhpango
- You mean cut? That was in Mac OS before Windows existed. It's Apple-X or now, command-Xmonospaced
- yea. it never existed as far as i could tell. I gave up around leopard. had to still have the "pro" macbook with win running on shitty bootcamp. such POSdeathboy
- osx is tinker toy, i actually recommended a mac for my parents for that reasondeathboy
- jeez and the file management with all the hidden shit to make things seem quicker can add up. I think i saw a 50GB discrepancy on backing files up on a 1tbdeathboy
- in leopard adobe still didnt develop snapping windows. such poor UI to have floating docks and seeing desktop. focusdeathboy
- i could probably go on but my views is outdated from last usage, which is a mistake mac users make when comparing today standards to win95deathboy
- nope cut (command-x) still doesn't work for moving files etc. ridiculous.fadein11
- but i guess all perspective. my mom loves her ipad. pc is too much to be concerned with. dumb it down and sell it as prodeathboy
- its brilliant brand marketing to sell "pro" lies to the incompetent. Makes them feel good about overpriced purchases and necessity to defend them.deathboy
- Ya I meant cmd+X. I use pc and Mac on daily bases. There are things on both that bugs me. But missing cmd X is unforgivable! >:(pango
- Ramanisky28
- This is lovely motion graphics; did this open the keynote?
I missed the intro...ideaist - So far the most impressive thing of this keynote along the Watch promo film with the crazy camera transitions and zoomsNBQ00
- was loveydopepope
- best thing from apple today.dibec
- no one ever did this..Bennn
- this was satisfying to watch.shellie
- That was one great video.CyBrainX
- This is lovely motion graphics; did this open the keynote?
- hydro742
- Loved my Power Mac G4....this is when Apple was fun and actually worked properly.utopian
- This is when you had to his Save every few minutes because their machines crashed that often. How could you forget?monospaced
- 1997 right here I suppose. Yeah. Not really the good old days of apple reliability.monospaced
- Blue pill? Red pill?grafician
- I remember the "Smurf" G3 launched with buggy ATI drivers that locked up OS9 all-the-time. Was patched quickly, but Classic macOS never had protected memory.evilpeacock
- ... yet decades later I had regular GPU-driven kernel panics on my Big Sur Mac Pro for 6ish months before a patch was issued.evilpeacock
- lol that's some rose tinted glassesinteliboy
- The old school clear speakers are so cool.Frosty_spl
- I wonder where all that plastic is now? Landfill? Recycled? Burned?shapesalad
- At my first workplace as a GD operator I had a PowerMac then I was moved to a subsidiary to do webdesign and got an iMac, that is when I started to hate Apple.sted
- Macs were way less stable before OSX which is still a year or two away.CyBrainX
- Those were good times except for that mouse. Kensington Trackball ftw :-) CRT weighed a ton lol.Squiddy
- i still have my cube, and an old g4 kicking aroiund somewhere (the g4 tower doesn't work - i think the pram battery died. the cube works fine)hans_glib
- Still have my 2400c and Lombard G3prophetone
- sofakingback3
So after seeing Apple use previous designs for the iPad pro 2 and the SE...
Is it safe to say they peaked when jobs died?
This shit sucks... and so does the solution for this rechargeable mouse.
wtf
- lol. faildocpoz
- b... but it takes a few minutes to charge! Fuck me. One of the worst meeces I have ever used. Like pointing with a brick.face_melter
- Hahahahapango
- They... couldn't have it in the front, so it goes into USB mode whilst it charges, so you can still use it? That seems... fuckit, outright fucking stupid.detritus
- this is so stupidmonospaced
- I got one at the office the other day, utterly fucking retarded. No excuses whatsoever..set
- I've got one of these....works like a charm!
Worth every penny!!!!!
http://www.mobeetech…utopian - lol that happened to my mouse today while at work. Epic fail.antonyjwhite
- so basically, when it needs a charge and you still have 6 hours of work ahead... you have to find another mouse?prophetone
- 2-hour charge = 1 month use, and the battery will be monitored by the computer, so all you have to do is plug it in once in awhile.monospaced
- They're no longer dishing out innovation like it was fast food. I think for reasons that they've no protection against copycats.omg
- still stupid design, and I can't stand this mouse form factormonospaced
- PIITBsublocked
- Like I said, I have the "Magic Charger" two magic mice with an extra Magic Mouse rechargeable battery. I'm never without a mouse...ever.utopian
- i have a box of original wired Pro mouses, they are still the bomb, never failprophetone
- Sorry, mono - there's no defending this.
At all.
I'm bewildered that Apple would make this decision.detritus - I'm assuming that last note was Detritus. You know we can't see your username on mobile when you use separate lines like that?set
- Though you're the only cunt that does it so I always know.set
- Iset
- alwaysset
- knowset
- Anyway back to the mouse, I'm planning to have it run out at about 4pm once a month so I can go home two hours earlyset
- I wasn't defending it! I've shit on it at least twice here.monospaced
- But even a dumb shit like yuri can plug in a mouse once a month before leaving the office when the computer says the battery is low. Jeezmonospaced
- Lord Jeez would be dissappointset
- The "innovation" apple would have come up with a new design and make it wireless charging. That would have been on par with their brand. Not this. its oversofakingback
- Totally agree. This makes my eye twitch because of how anti design it is. It is literally a sacrifice in function for a look.monospaced
- Like a dead mice...pango
- or a bottombklyndroobeki
- Hayzilla3
Am I going mad?
Why is the new M1 16" I want $2,699 on the American site yet the UK site has it at $3,590! Is it a tax thing not included yet on the US one?- brexit innithans_glib
- Try buying one in Brazil :)NBQ00
- there's no sales tax on the US models but I believe thats 6-8% added on checkout? maybe someone can confirm.kingsteven
- in the UK they add 20% vat to everything, but the difference on a $400 and a £400 upgrade is 38% (see my post a couple days ago) so yeah it's fuckedkingsteven
- Sounds like a weekend trip to NY is on the cards.Nairn
- ^ And then the different cables/plugs set you back 700$ :)Longcopylover
- USA we add about 8-9% tax at purchase.monospaced
- I used to buy all my macs in duty-free dixons, don't know if that's still a thing. cheapest one way ticket, then back through the gate with 20% offkingsteven
- Thanks Biden!nb
- Start a smuggling ring?nb
- $400 + 9% = $436 (£316) so a
£400 (memory or processor) upgrade is 26% more expensive in the UK because Apple round everything up to 100kingsteven - hahaa! that's why i went bestbuy, and my bud helps with the shipping :)sted
- It’s the same situation here in Spain too. :/Chimp
- Brexitearsutopian
- I wonder what the cheapest city is. VPN that shitscarabin
- sted8
- this will be the first apple product i purchase for myself, ever :Dsted
- Congrats!Gnash
- ^5s!instrmntl
- Do you develop for Windows or Linux servers?drgs
- Congrats, Sted!PonyBoy
- so no longer a virgin, good for yougrafician
- @drgs i'm no developer!@ ;) 90% windows user, 10% is my corporate macbook what is basically a remote desktop client.sted
- @grafician i lost my virginity in 1999 when i was forced to work on an iMac-G3.
just never owned any with my name on it :)sted - The plan is to buy this cheap one and see how it goes for a few months. I hope it will be nice and we can fall in love so i can spend more on a bigger model :)sted
- drgs2
- It was an event.NBQ00
- This is actually the case in most places with cameras and recordings.monospaced
- We are always granting permission to use our recorded likeness in all media, in perpetuity.
This is fine.palimpsest - We have large events where I work all the time and while we have similar signs we make it clear you can opt out if you wantsausages
- Every event I throw (that's what I do for a living) has the same disclaimer. Every event you attend has the same. This isn't unique to Apple ffs.monospaced
- It's their footage which everyone attending willingly accepted to be a part of. Of course it's theirs in perpetuity. It ain't yours. :)monospaced
- Fuck thatdrgs
- Are you seriously not aware of this? Have you never been to a concert or any filmed event?monospaced
- how dare they! recording me on their property!pango
- how dare they advise me of this, giving me the opportunity to not be recorded without my consent! how awful, fuck that! I prefer no advisory.monospaced
- the problem with this sign that it doesn't discloses how that data is being used: security, advertising, stalkingsted
- @monospaced you pay to attend at the event, and your ticket is a contract.
but you're forced to accept this to BUY a product...sted - Only if they're filming an event live. It's not like this all the time. Also, they don't use their event footage for marketing, so really not an issue.monospaced
- I can understand the security/surveillanc... part, but to use a recording of me afterwards in any media in perpetuity? Why can't they live without it exactly?drgs
- it‘s legal blabla. just in case something awesome happens and marketing goes viral with it. would totally violate the law here in switzerland.uan
- stop buying apple
problem solvedpango - @drgs, this is standard language used at all events. It's not really an Apple thing, it's an industry thing.monospaced
- It's just legal stuff so you don't go in demanding to own the footage that contains you, or forcing them to delete their own work.monospaced
- I figure that's understood, but the language and 'contract' is entirely one-sided and ridiculous.Nairn
- i eat a lot of beans and fart a lot before i enter that recording studio.neverscared
- So much legal jargon seems unnecessarily one-sided and ridiculous. Read ANY terms for any service. Totally bonkers sounding.monospaced
- so thoughtfulutopian
- The only solution, as I see it, is to strap a dildo onto your head when you go to these things.Nairn
- everyone else does it, no one cares. apple does it, headlines and outrage.inteliboy
- Facebook and Instagram does that.
Everyday.pango
- monospaced3
Fixed it.
- Much better. The bezels should be half as thick and then it would be near perfect if this smaller chin had to be included.NBQ00
- Agree, I left the bezels as-is. Reduced the chin to half height. Added a small logo placed like they did in the '80s.monospaced
- With half the chin it'll need a yuge powerbricksausages
- Much better.babydick
- Yes this is cool but what will they sell in 2023? You're not thinking fourth-dimensionally... Marty!nb
- Hate it. All I see is a black rectangle. Nice try thoughStoicLevels
- Stoic you hate everything.NBQ00
- Not true. Try again.StoicLevels
- This would be a more logical evolutionChimp
- They should put the power brick in the base, or make the case a tiny bit thicker. The black bezel is required if you're watching a movie, btw.monospaced
- no bezel. no bezel!StoicLevels
- calm downmonospaced
- lolStoicLevels
- scary, I was thinking yesterday a small Apple logo would've been nice in one of those corners, AND NOW YOU WENT AND DID IT LOLgrafician
- It makes more sense than getting rid of it! Imagine a subtle glow, and it almost disappears when it's off. Small like the '80s Macs.monospaced
- mono should replace Ive at AppleNBQ00
- logo needs to be centre, no?shapesalad
- @shape, so I deliberately placed it small in the lower left corner as a throw-back to the original '80s and '90s Mac design.monospaced
- Why does Apple puts som much emphasis on how thin it is? It's a desktop, move the hardware to the back of the screendrgs
- What we've been saying, drgsNBQ00
- no, not centered @shape, it's very good like so, you made it perfect mono!grafician
- Perfectly mediocre maybe lolStoicLevels
- That's what 5 minutes in Photoshop gets you.monospaced
- RightStoicLevels
- Apple Designers don't have Photoshop skillsoey_oey
- SteveJobs2
This will sell well I think.
- YupGnash
- Essentially "Tile" but with an Apple logo on it.utopian
- Find my girlfriend/boyfriendgrafician
- I was surprised the battery is replaceable.evilpeacock
- stalk my girlfriend/boyfriend
bad idea_niko - I need an AirTag for my AirTagNBQ00
- Hang them from your AirPods like earrings for arseholes so you can find them when they go missing.
Fashion fuckery in 5... 4... 3...face_melter - there are actually features preventing stalking, good callspl33nidoru
- Just tile. But several years late.shapesalad
- woz build this and tried to sell it even before tile.uan
- I have a special set of skills. I will find you and I will kill youIanbolton
- spl33nidoru for the anti-stalking feature you also need this or the app or a subscription or something, not everyone knows about it_niko
- Raises privacy issues with how easy you can “bug” and track someone especially kids_niko
- Not just a Tile, I have a few. Tile's usefulness hinges on other Tile users installing the app, activating on their phones...prophetone
- Because Find My network is what, 50-100x more likely(?), to walk by your tag you will prob receieve a ping way sooner (days?) than probability w/ a Tileprophetone
- Pretty critical difference if considering for hiding in a vehicle or motorcycle etc - you want to know where it is as immediately as possible if stolen, anywayprophetone
- I'll def buy two of these, for vehicles, paired with Tiles as well because why not, as so cheap vs. monthly fee cellular tracking optionsprophetone
- But I mean for finding keys and stuff stick with the simple white Tile as design is way less intrusive, this looks like early 2000s Macbook ac adapter ufoprophetone
- Tile's not happy about it
https://techcrunch.c…prophetone
- CygnusZero41
My god the new ios is awful. This switch around between apps is incredibly wonky. How many people worked on this, and how much are they getting paid? Im sure any of us with any experience with this stuff could come up with something a lot more slick and smooth than this nonsense.
When you click the messenger app, it does like this scale up thing but it also does this sort of dip down move first. Hideous. Then clicking the home button, everything is scaling, all the icons, the background... I mean could this be anymore obnoxious?
- yep v.bad. don't get how some of their stuff is signed off lately.fadein11
- some cool features but overall not a fan. material is still killing itkona
- did you buy an iPhone 8?monospaced
- ^ no. mine still works fine, and the ios should worked just as great on an iphone 7. it doesnt, so theyve failed.CygnusZero4
- I was just curious. I wasn't going to say phone model matters anyway.monospaced
- I have not upgraded and don't really have any interest in doing so yet - both the iOS and my iPhone 7.mg33
- Yep just updated yesterday and this is the 1st time ever I've seriously regretted it. The big fonts in mail and elsewhere are hideous too. :/SteveJobs
- But UX bro. Data doesn't lie.Hayoth
- Time to check out the latest version of stock android. All your dreams will come true. It really is great...set
- Innovation baby!utopian
- ever since upgrading IOS, my battery drains so much faster. Its terrible.OP31
- I have a 7+ and don't really care. I have some crashing never seen before though. I will get the 8+ upgrade since I can get it for < the 7+ per month. weirdjaylarson
- I don’t have an iPhone right now, but the updates for iPad aren’t bad. Makes iOS look more like a desktop OS.yuekit
- At this point in the proceedings I'm becoming less and less bothered about phone OS's. ios11 works fine for me - i get messages, emails and play music. Done.face_melter
- iOS works great... but I hate this new design language of bold text everywhere. like one big wireframe OS. Apple please hire some new UI/UX design talent...inteliboy
- also iTunes STILL remains one of the most outdated piece of shit designed software on the planet. Embarrassing.inteliboy
- antimotion4
This looks like luxury toilet paper rolls...
- Innovation Never Shits!utopian
- black TP? Genius!fooler
- I actually want one, am i dumb? should i just go for the amazon or google one?_niko
- wut is it? mac pro yarn ball?moldero
- They're a little late to the game no?HijoDMaite
- _niko don't buy one at all. They're useless in every way and just built to sell you shit.mekk
- lolmaquito
- Can only access Apple Music? Imagine having Zane Lowe *everywhere* in your home. Unable to escape his nasal bleatings 'now it's time for Run The Jewels. Again.'face_melter
- I suppose it's just a hi-fi speaker to go up against the Sonos style offering, but with homekit and siri built in, plus all kinds of other processing and shitmonospaced
- I know a ton of people love the Amazon Echo and also the Google Home, so it's not surprising Apple is doing their version of it. It's certainly not the same.monospaced
- Kinda smart making it primarily about quality sound, which is a differentiator of sorts for sure.monospaced
- stop making sense, monoGnash
- sorry, I was just as skeptical myself so I decided to look more into it ... it's also a long way away: Decembermonospaced
- I don't want that Ikea vase in my home.ETM
- Bennn-2
i'm so happy with my Samsung Galaxy S7
I dont understand why creative people dont switch to Android... you can customize Android indefinitely and give it the look you want. Creative people normally like that, no? iOS is so hermetic and frankly, kinda ugly.
I know its a tough decision to switch from something when it's been years you're using it. I wasn't 100% sure when i've made the switch last year. But after a few months I was hooked; there's no way i want to go back to iOS. If you like options and custumize your stuff as you wish, Android is for you.
It's very funny that Android is seen by creative people as the system for nerds and non-creative people... Its should be different, creatives should try it and they'll see. iOS is made for our moms and dads.
Same things with computers, why paying that much for Apple computers just because OSX? Windows is perfectly fine these days. And all the softwares and apps are cross platforms now. Its the same thing everywhere.
Everyone is criticizing Apple but Apple have implemented the cool factor so deeply in public's mind that people continue to think Apple is cooler than Android. The power of marketing eh!
Anyways :P
- So true. Latest build of stock android looks gorgeous anyway. Every time I use iOS now I cringe. It looks shit and the UX is terrible.set
- And iphones are sometimes twice the price and shatter when you drop them once. My Sony X has been dropped on concrete 4 times and only has minor edge scuffset
- Plus people pay £100 extra for more storage - LOL. The same storage I can insert into my Sony SD slot for about £10set
- My Galaxy is 32Gb with a 128Gb SD lol :) I could go as up as 200Gb SD added to the 32Gb.Bennn
- Plus you're locked into iTunes when my phone just mounts as an HD on my mac. It really is rather astonishing that intelligent people still buy iphonesset
- Android still looks like shit to me. I like the customisation factor but user experience not so much better IMHO.yuekit
- I enjoy learning about other phones, but knowing the money I have in iOS apps, and the integration with my work and home macbook prosmg33
- there's just not a convincing argument to be made for me to consider something other than an iPhone. I'm sure I'm not alone in that.mg33
- I find it bizarre that anyone could find that material design 'looks like shit'... But each to their own. I guess =/set
- I'm not sure how much more customizable Android is than iOS. The convenient way iphones interface with my computers and Apple TV is too much to risk losing.CyBrainX
- I have more important things to do with my creativity to than customize my phone's icons. There is 0 value in customization.jtb26
- Windows is fine if....a unix based system in unimportant to you. Many dev tools don't work with Windows, or require hacks to run.section_014
- I want it to work. Sadly, Apple can't claim that anything 'just works' anymore. That's the problem.jtb26
- You can't make random claims that iOS is for your parents and then say you prefer Windows to OSX. What are you parents using for a desktop computer?CyBrainX
- Both OS's are so close it's irrelevant imho. I was keeping an open mind to the i7, but I am going for a Note 7, the screen is the deciding factor for me.formed
- Android = many variations and flavors, plus not always up-to-date for every phone. So it's not quite as simple as saying "just buy an Android".evilpeacock
- Plus, the Note 7 is recalled due to the exploding battery, so I'd wait to get one if you're looking at that model.evilpeacock
- I don't want to customize my phone. I just want it to work (which my iPhone 6s does just fine). Also, Windows is shit.soundsinsilence
- Windows is not shit, why people say such bs is beyond me. I love Apple's hardware, software not so much.
Yeah, I am waiting for some nice incentives to getformed - the Note 7. I was waiting to see what the i7 would be better than rumors to switch back but it's not.formed
- ''Windows is shit'' says someone who's not using it i guess. How is it shit?Bennn
- It will also burn your car or house down. FAA says not to fly with them. Yeah, great phone.severian
- Totally agree Benn.fadein11
- Was about to get the Note 7 until the damn battery issue. Currently got a Note4 and love it still and nearly 2 years old.fadein11
- Note 7 battery issue will be fixed quickly. Never had an issue with a samsung so idiot iphone fanboys saying there shit based on that is bullshit. Was afadein11
- supplier issue and could happen to any manufacturer including apple (like they havent had launch issues in the past lol).fadein11
- the apps that i like to use are mainly on the iOS that's why i use it, but this 7 version is dump without the no audio jack. i use the jack fir mics now i cantCGN
- *they'refadein11
- Samsung Galaxies look like a 2001 Ford Taurusseverian
- lol - buys phone for looks only - says it all. enjoy your overpriced out of date iphone.fadein11
- CGN wich apps are you using that are not on Android?Bennn
- Just the 'back' button on Android devices worth the switchBennn
- Enjoy being angry and owning something no one cares that you own.severian
- Note 7 battery issue tip:
http://www.theverge.…evilpeacock - haha - I don't buy something so people care that I own it, too old for that bullshit.fadein11
- Buy what you need/want. Neither iPhone or flagship Android are total crap. People are different, etc.evilpeacock
- amenfadein11
- I'm actually considering getting an android after have and iPhone for many years. what phone are you on Benn?dbloc
- "Plus, the Note 7 is recalled due to the exploding".
That would never happen with an iPhone...Peter - ...
http://www.inquisitr…Peter - $400 gets you a phone with a 5.5" QHD screen, unibody, expandable storage, decent CPU/GPU, fingerprint sensor, the whole magilla. Fuck expensive kit.face_melter
- I am counting on some nice incentives for a Note 7. I can't imagine the fix will take long. It's gorgeous, only a tad taller than my S5 and same widthformed
- w a much larger screen. I agree the S5 looks like crap, but the screen is gorgeous.formed
- So the hardware is now your new social network. Android users are not for parents, instead creative users because you can change the background.omg
- The Note 7 battery fix is unprecedented since it's all the shipped phones, not just select batches. It's costing Samsung BIG bucks, but at least they're on it.evilpeacock
- It was a colossal mistake, but what, 35 phones had problems? I blame Apple, if they weren't trying to beat the i7 release, it would never have happened (j/k)formed
- Interesting: http://www.theverge.…evilpeacock
- CygnusZero4-3
So I bought an imac about 14 months ago. The middle range one. It was not fucking cheap. Its been updated and everything. Cant anyone explain to me why this fucking piece of shit is slower than my damn iphone?
I feel like an battered wife that cant leave her abusive husband. Apple makes garbage products, but I keep buying them because Im so used to it.
- oh, and inb4 cunty apple apologists. their computers are hot garbage.CygnusZero4
- Slower than your "damn iphone" at what, exactly?monospaced
- at EVERYTHING. its slow as a fucking turd at even just simple shit like using safari or chrome with nothing else running.CygnusZero4
- oh, and inb4 you call me names, I didn't downvote youmonospaced
- at posting on qbn.ben_
- weird, chrome and safari run as fast as any machine I've ever seen on this here 2012 iMac without an SSDmonospaced
- ermahgerd downvotes just.... hurt. lolzCygnusZero4
- i hate this thing. how much can i get for a piece of junk 14 month old imac?CygnusZero4
- im getting a big ass beefy pc laptop that is going to blaze and never buying a mac computer again.CygnusZero4
- good, then you can end your 8 year cycle of buying apple products for the sole purpose of failing at using them and complaining on qbn :)monospaced
- lolz failing at using. $1500, it should work well. apple apologists! company is fucking trash since steve died.CygnusZero4
- Sorry yours doesn't work well, but all the ones we use work perfectly fine. So many of your issues seem unique to you. Sorry.monospaced
- The cool thing is you can probably sell that "junky" 14 month old mac for 75-80% of what you paid for it. Used Macs are the most overvalued of all tech.nb
- ^ I know what you mean, mine was tricked out with an SSD and extra ram yet still felt woolly and sluggish, Photoshop ran like mud even with small files.face_melter
- And that was after a couple of wipes/installs and even using nvidia's beta gfx drivers rather than Apple's stock update drivers.face_melter
- every iMac I have used has been superb, yes a little hot and older one's hard drives die etc... but just standard computer issues. One machine I would continuefadein11
- buying. Sounds like you have a bad one.fadein11
- http://www.qbn.com/t…monospaced
- this relaxed person againmekk
- I always read cygnus's posts in a beavis n butthead voice. Fitting.inteliboy
- Buy a Windows machine and buy an Android phone. Now.Bennn
- have you checked activity monitor? maybe some app is bogging you down. clean install with only the essentials is a good test, then add apps one at a timeakiersky
- also how much disk space do you have? the 10% free rule still applies in my experienceakiersky
- ^ 10% free is not enough. especially is you're dealing with large files or videoGnash
- Apple products are seriously overpriced quickly deteriorating pieces of shit.srhadden
- What did you expect from Apple? Their cheap shit is made in China by children slaves!utopian
- Definitely unusual. Could be logic board failure, which should be warranty repair. Or you have 3rd party crapware mucking something up.evilpeacock
- Sounds like bad maintenance. El Capitan also caused performance issues. Lol utopian. Always the first to throw nonsense pooHayoth
- utopian just fancies himself a professional apple h8r™ at times :)monospaced
- i havent seen utop share what he likes. im curious what he likes now.yurimon
- Your maintenance is shit broset
- Macs are as susceptible as PCs to malware from 'dodgy' sites these days, aren't they? ...detritus
- @detritus, not quite sure, haven't come across anything like itmonospaced
- the guy that said "quickly deteriorating" fucking nailed it with their shit products.CygnusZero4
- hans_glib3
this is pretty cool - i had thought it was two separate sheets...
- Nice. I'm guessing this uses shit loads less aluminium than the G5 design tooIanbolton
- Where’d all the waste go?imbecile
- Up your buttNBQ00
- coolGnash
- If it's aluminium, they'll no doubt melt it down and make more macs?Ianbolton
- Super cool and totally alien looking; the goal was to create a surface durable, but light as air.
I think Jony Ive and team achieved it.ideaist - great for airflow, but my understanding is that they failed to add any dust filteringmonospaced
- I guess it would just collect within the holes much like the Mac Pro circa 2012; I had to vacuum mine every now and then...ideaist
- Pizzerias hate him.utopian
- dust collector. Should have gone for liquid cooled, no vents, no grill= no dust inside.shapesalad
- its a cool patterncannonball1978
- Aaaaah, very good! I assumed it was two layers too, but couldn't work out how they did the light curvature on the rear face.Nairn
- Can’t wait to clean out all of the dog hair out of these.fooler
- I suppose you just lift the outer shell off and rinse it. Insanely Easy to clean compared to pretty much any other case in existence, but still.monospaced
- _niko6
Holy shit the battery drain on the ios16 update is just ludicrous
Don’t update until they fix this insanity
- Haven't noticed an appreciable difference, tbh.Continuity
- Don't they do this on purpose every couple of releases? Capitalism never sleeps.Chimp
- my phone was fully charged when I went to bed and this morning I woke up and it was 16%_niko
- it's literally draining before my eyes. But I guess it could be model specific that's the issue_niko
- Well, it should be noted that I'm running it on both my XS and 12 Pro, and it seems fine in both cases. Don't know which you're running ...Continuity
- XR_niko
- 10% drain in 10 mins :))grafician
- Here, niko:
https://piunikaweb.c…Continuity - That said, I switched off background app refresh on most apps.Continuity
- Keep calm and wait for 16.2grafician
- InNOvation Never Drainsutopian
- it was always shit. what are u talking about
?milfhunter - Happens on every new update. The phone is making a lot of database updates and other optimizations in the background. Can take days. Be patient.ArmandoEstrada
- NBQ002
The new Mac Mini is nice. Apple says multiple Mac Mini's could be combined together to render farms/ servers.
But how could you combine them operating from one macOS account and distributing render power across all from one scene in Maya or C4D or Houdini, etc? Anyone know?
https://www.apple.com/mac-mini/
- curious about this toonico412
- Not sure about 3D apps but for AE you could use RenderGarden > https://www.mekajiki…fyoucher1
- ^ Perhaps someone made a similar app for 3D appsfyoucher1
- Almost all rendering engines support swarm rendering and have for years.monospaced
- But how do you operate all Mini's from one macOS account?NBQ00
- Building a mac mini rendering farm would probably be the most expensive possible way to do such a thing.section_014
- It looks cool. lolNBQ00
- can be combined together but you have to buy the Apple proprietary cable to do so. $1500 per cable ;)microkorg
- Lord. They just operate on the same network ffs. This is ancient in technology timelines.monospaced
- the minis have been used like this for a long time ... Apple even made a server edition specifically for stacking in a networked data centermonospaced
- But how do you set them up without having to do so each individually? Would you need to set one up and then clone it all over to each (os/ apps settings, etc)?NBQ00
- I think we need to speak to an IT Network Administrator.shapesalad
- each is still its own computer, just networked together to allow them to split processing up ... it's pretty standard and can be done with any computermonospaced
- You just network them together and let the software (your choice) handle how the job is divided up.monospaced
- yes. it looks good.docpoz
- Nowadays, cloud rendering is probably the best solution.ApeRobot
- cloud is cloud, local is localdocpoz
- Mono you don't get my question. What I mean is: Let's say I buy 20 Mac Mini's. How do I set them up to be ready for distributed rendering?NBQ00
- Set up each one individually or is there a way to clone a master macOS account with all apps/ settings?NBQ00
- I do get your question. You NETWORK them, and then allow your CHOICE of software to handle the settings. There's isn't a single solution.monospaced
- You're assuming, wrongly, that they must be combined into a single computer with "master settings." Who told you this absolute nonsense rubbish?monospaced
- If you were honestly interested in building a render farm, you would have just googled it and learned a little on your own first.monospaced
- lol okNBQ00
- monos right, unfortunatelydocpoz
- Will Safari and Apple mail be able to run at the same time?utopian
- Weak GPU? What's the point?twooh
- Renderers would utilize the array of multi-core CPUs.monospaced
- NetRender in C4Dnthkl
- Bennn7
the new macbook with the i9 = SUPER HOT = not good
- good to knowmonospaced
- lifehack: pop out unused touch bar, instant ventprophetone
- Apple Innovation®utopian
- innovation never creepsdocpoz
- https://www.qbn.com/… [...] but they'll just throttle it down[...]mekk
- you knew mekk :)Bennn
- you need to use that laptop in a freezer, nice job Apple!Bennn
- they did that with their top end iMacs as well. Their cooling sucks ass, not airmekk
- It's full o' glue ain't it?robthelad
- https://imgflip.com/…prophetone
- nb3
I really want a smaller iPhone.
- me too, I hope they bring the 5 size backmonospaced
- sameinteliboy
- cannot understand why anyone would want a screen that small.fadein11
- +1inv
- No way. 6plus is where it's at.wordssssss
- I prefer the small screen because I like using it with one hand, and it fits nicer in my front pocketmonospaced
- I prefer technology to be more conspicuous, not so in your face bigmonospaced
- Rumors are there will be a 3rd size (smaller) next yearformed
- I'd love the form of the 6, but smaller, too...so there's a marketformed
- Smaller than the 5! I hate having a big heavy phone in my pocket, and I don't take a bag everywhere. I don't stare at it all day and don't need a big screen.nb
- I agree too... I went from the 4S to the 6 and kinda like the 4S size mroe.monospaced
- I liked the size of my 4s better no doubt but could not go back. My GF's 5 looks like a joke to me now.HAYZ1LLLA
- I also want a smaller one. I want the sony ericsson t29s minus antenna form, size, just with an iphone inside.uan
- Get an older 1, donemoldero
- I have a 4. I like it, but it's getting slow. I'll buy a 5s when they get discontinued so that I can have the latest/smallest option as long as possible.nb
- Unless Apple puts out something smaller than the 5s first, I'll get that.nb
- All I do on my iPhone 4 is listen to music and LOL as I don't answer any of my calls. This thing is perfect for me :)moldero
- I think the point is when you have a bigger screen you do lots of things with it you didn't before. I.E. I never use a tablet.fadein11
- Exactly, I found I never needed a tablet. And I use a Kindle for lengthy reading.Jaline
- Yep, a large phone means you don't need a tablet. I want a tiny iPhone for every day use and the option of bringing my tablet with me for web use.nb
- My GalaxyS5 has a one handed option. I dig it.sea_sea