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Re: Windows on New Macbook Pro Permanently Damages Speaker Due to Poor Drivers

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Post by pricechild »

deong wrote: post #55
rjtobin wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've ranted about this to friends but they didn't get it. Glad to know I'm not alone on this! Also the audio jack on the bottom: can no longer use headphones and prop the phone up on a desk when using FaceTime (which is surely a common use-case)

See, I'm the opposite. I always wanted the headphone jack on the bottom because that's where it needs to be for the phone to go properly in my pocket.

If screen rotation were free, surely you could both have what you want?

Re: Windows on New Macbook Pro Permanently Damages Speaker Due to Poor Drivers

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Post by etatoby »

hartator wrote: post #15

I think I am starting to get worried about the future of Apple. 2016 was a bad year. New iPhone has been the worst selling one in relative numbers since the iPhone. New MacBooks has several issues and controversial choices, while not bringing anything substantial to the table. New Watch changes are so small, nobody noticed an update.

I think Apple's problem is the very fact that they are trying to improve on their products, which are already considered top of the line. In doing so, they are putting out bad hardware / software choices that alienate existing users, while not attracting any substantial amount of new users.

If they just kept making the same stuff with minor hardware updates, you would hear much less criticism, if any at all.

As a proof, look at the complaints about their newest products, here or elsewhere. They all focus on the new features. Nobody is complaining that Apple is not trying to bring new stuff to the table. On the contrary, the problem is that they are trying hard to innovate on something that should stay in "maintenance mode."

It may be a cultural American thing, because I really don't understand why they are doing it. I think they are shooting themselves in the foot.

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Post by appletoss12 »

hartator wrote: post #15

I think I am starting to get worried about the future of Apple. 2016 was a bad year. New iPhone has been the worst selling one in relative numbers since the iPhone. New MacBooks has several issues and controversial choices, while not bringing anything substantial to the table. New Watch changes are so small, nobody noticed an update.

I actually was planning on buying the next iteration of the Macbook Air after having used one at a job about a couple years ago. The specs were great and the price was great at the time. As it stands now I'm probably going to end up getting a Windows laptop. This also would have been my first foray into Mac (I use an iPhone though.)

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hartator wrote: post #15

I think I am starting to get worried about the future of Apple. 2016 was a bad year. New iPhone has been the worst selling one in relative numbers since the iPhone. New MacBooks has several issues and controversial choices, while not bringing anything substantial to the table. New Watch changes are so small, nobody noticed an update.

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Re: Windows on New Macbook Pro Permanently Damages Speaker Due to Poor Drivers

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Post by epmatsw »

etatoby wrote: post #44
econnors wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Anecdotally, among my (20 something year old) friends, the iPhone used to be a must-have for many reasons; now, it's only a must-have for imessage. If android phones could send "blue texts" than I'm sure many would switch over.

Isn't WhatsApp widespread enough in your circles, as a IM replacement? I thought it was quite universal. Or is it a particular feature of iMessage that WhatsApp is missing?

In the US, I know 0 users of WhatsApp (excluding work friends from other countries). It doesn't have nearly the market penetration of even something like GroupMe as far as I can tell.

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Post by cicloid »

joshklein wrote: post #40
hartator wrote: post #15

I think I am starting to get worried about the future of Apple. 2016 was a bad year. New iPhone has been the worst selling one in relative numbers since the iPhone. New MacBooks has several issues and controversial choices, while not bringing anything substantial to the table. New Watch changes are so small, nobody noticed an update.

I'm also worried. At first, I rationalized weakness on the Mac front as a side-effect of a strategic prioritization of the mobile & cloud ecosystem. But then I got the new iPhone, and I've been surprised by my emotional reaction to it feeling buggy. It's all relatively minor in isolation; voicemail consistently fails to load messages multiple times before it succeeds, voicemail occasionally crashes, apps get stuck ha…

Do you feel those are issues with the hardware or iOS?

For me the hardware feels solid. But I see the rough edges on iOS.

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