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

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

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Post by pfranz »

WayneBro wrote: post #88
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.

The non-iPhone users don't send the blue text. Your sent texts are blue on your iPhone if you're messaging another iPhone user and it's green if not. Though, who actually cares about this and why? Anyway, I recently switched to iOS for an experiment and my biggest gripe is: no back button. Instead of a conveniently placed button, I have to always reach up to the upper left corner of the app to go back. My second bigg…

> my biggest gripe is: no back button

I had an Android for awhile and the hardware back button made no sense to me. I thought most phones eventually moved to a software back button. I never really knew if I would be going back inside the app, to the last app I had open, to the home screen, or if I was at the end of the queue and it did nothing. Apple took much longer to add it, but I prefer the context their implementation has and gestures for it.

> And third, I can't organize my icons the way I want to.

I have no idea what you're talking about. This is what it sounds like you're talking about[1]. I don't think it was in the original iPhone (2007), but I see references dating back to Jan 2008.

[1] http://i0.wp.com/content.screencast.com/users/Fosteronomo/fo...

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

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Post by pfranz »

mi100hael wrote: post #82
swah wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just look at Android phones and tablets and non-Apple notebooks: Apple will be fine. (I'm an Android user).

I ditched my rMBP in favor of a Dell M5510 Developer Edition because I was sick of my MBP pretty consistently freezing especially waking from sleep, or the sound drivers crashing, or my time machine backups becoming corrupted every other week. The build quality is 90% of the way there, as are a lot of smartphones like the One Plus 3 for half the price of an iPhone.

What do you use for local backup?

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

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Post by mikeash »

ardaozkal wrote: post #127
mikeash wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, there were some pretty bad ones in 90s. If they were not as contentious, it's only because people's expectations for Apple were far lower back then. Consider, for example, the original Power Mac G4 release. There were three levels available: 400MHz, 450MHz, and 500MHz. Turns out Apple had overreached with the 500MHz speed, so they had to roll it back to 350/400/450. Quite an embarrassment at a time when Apple w…

Yes, but those were times where computer design was still being experimented on a lot. Apple has much more knowledge and resources now, Their products having issues like these, in 2016, is pretty unacceptable.

That's what I'm getting at when I say that expectations used to be much lower.

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

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Post by mi100hael »

pfranz wrote: post #132
mi100hael wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I ditched my rMBP in favor of a Dell M5510 Developer Edition because I was sick of my MBP pretty consistently freezing especially waking from sleep, or the sound drivers crashing, or my time machine backups becoming corrupted every other week. The build quality is 90% of the way there, as are a lot of smartphones like the One Plus 3 for half the price of an iPhone.

What do you use for local backup?

I just have an rsync cronjob that makes an incremental backup to a network drive on my home LAN. There are some GUIs for rsync like BackInTime for those who are less inclined to deal with the command line.

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

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Post by TheOtherHobbes »

lostlogin wrote: post #119
spacehacker wrote: post #90

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There certainly is regression at all corners: 1. Try finding a close-up of the keyboard of the function key model on the MacBook Pro website. It seems it is just not there or I'm failing to find it. Previously Apple used to have a design section where you could see the products from all angles. http://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/ 2. The online shop is just horrible. Even finding the store takes a while and the icons lo…

Point 3 is incredible. It's like a selfie stick gone wrong (or perhaps, gone more wrong).

Actually there's an adaptor with the pencil that allows you to charge with it a standard lightning cable.

You can plug it into an iPad, but you really don't have to.

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

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Post by niij »

pat2man wrote: post #35
oarsinsync wrote: post #8

Followup post showing Apple is willing to replace the devices damaged by their faulty drivers > https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/5e7whh/update_bootca... and have since also updated their drivers > https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/5e7whh/update_bootca...

Seems like a reasonable and responsible solution to this issue. Perhaps the "Apple is imploding" comments were a bit premature.

The Apple is exploding camp got it right.

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

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Post by baq »

wpietri wrote: post #33
2bluesc wrote: post #3

Sounds like the audio amp is too powerful for the speakers if it permanently damages it. I'm betting the amp is integrated into a multi function chip or codec where it was selected because of integrated features rather then matched to the required speaker power.

Huh. So "we'll fix it in software" is the consumer device equivalent of the entertainment industry's, "we'll fix it in post"?

Of course, it's the only option that makes economic sense in most cases.

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

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Post by TheOtherHobbes »

etatoby wrote: post #62
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 pro…

They're doing it because Tim Cook isn't an innovator - so in fact there are very justified complaints that Apple isn't bring new stuff to the table, in the true meaning of new stuff.

Currently I don't see anyone at Apple who's an innovator. They're all talented execution guys, but they're not inventors.

There's a difference between invention and refinement. Apple has been doing a lot of refinement, but very little invention. And increasingly even the refinement is kind of sketchy.

There were definitely missed opportunities.

Apple could have turned Apple TV into Alexa - which would not only have been very cool, but would also have given everyone a reason to buy Apple TV.

Apple could have owned the domestic IoT space and added a layer of security and reassurance that's missing from current products.

Apple could have taken podcasting and created the video and audio creator's market now owned by YouTube.

Don't like these? There were others.

Instead we got bigger, smaller, thinner, shinier... Plus a payment system which is kind of limping along, a failed car project, a not very attractive watch, and increasingly un-special hardware and software that's actively frustrating influential professional users.

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

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Post by mikeash »

smpetrey wrote: post #120
mikeash wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's getting less common, but some people still pay exorbitant per-message rates for SMS. I no longer care, but when iMessage first came out I was really happy that I could finally text (some) people freely.

I'm floating in the same social circle right now. 99% of my friends and family have an apple device to communicate. I just kicked the text-messaging subscription bucket.

I only have unlimited texting because it ended up being cheaper for me to get a package that included it. It's nice to be able to sign up for SMS alerts and such without worrying about the cost, but if it hadn't been cheaper I'd still be relying on iMessage for everything.

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

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Post by dcohenp »

zeroer wrote: post #116
etatoby wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

I change sim card (and hence phone number) frequently for international travel. WhatsApp is horrendous for this use case. It makes me re-authenticate (or something) each time, and people have a hard time finding me. Identity should not be linked to phone number.

I do this often, too. Just FYI: all you need to do is tell WhatsApp "Never mind, I'm not actually changing my number" when prompted (which should only happen once per SIM card change). That's it. You'll continue being identified to your WhatsApp contacts by your "home" phone number (not your temporary one).
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