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Re: Apple’s Latest Macs Have a Serious Audio Glitching Bug

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Post by rerx »

rbanffy wrote: post #136
MattBearman wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Depending on your Macbook's age and your location, you may be able to get the keyboard replaced due to sticking keys. I ended up getting a brand new MBP when they repeatedly fucked up repairing my sticking keyboard. Obviously it would be better if the keyboards didn't break so easily to begin with, but at least you may not have to put up with it :)

Once I entered an Apple store with a cracked case (white MacBook fell from the table). I left with a brand new lower part (hard disk excepted - they moved mine to the new machine) for free. There was a recall for the case, IIRC, one for the upper palm rest (something to do with magnets that made the plastic crack) and they replaced the keyboard for no reason. I have to say Apple's support experience is stellar. I can…

With Lenovo you would get the 3 years onsite warranty with accidental damage protection at the time of purchase. Then a technician will come to your office or home and to replace the broken parts of your Thinkpad. That beats having to go to an Apple store IMO.

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Post by anentropic »

_asummers wrote: post #19

Semi-related: But does anyone know why unplugging headphones while audio is muted causes the audio to become unmuted? This is easily my least favorite bug and results in a 10 second shuffle of frantically finding the mute button again, sometimes with the laptop closed. It seems like something that would never pass QA in previous iterations of Apple, though I could be remembering the past more fondly than was true.

My favourite bug is the one where your audio gets randomly panned until one day you realise you're only listening to the Left channel of the music, and you have to go into audio settings and pan it back to the centre

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Post by philjohn »

BuildTheRobots wrote: post #164
tobyhinloopen wrote: post #145

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Exactly my complaints. Awful and notoriously unreliable keyboard. The missing HDMI and USB-A are also stupid but at least it can be solved with a dock or dongle. Broken keyboard cannot be solved, and they break all the time. Lets hope the 16” 2019 will fix at least the keyboard...

I'd suggest that "solved with a dock or a dongle" is just as awful a fix as "why not bring a usb keyboard with you".

I always argue that Apple went with USB-C a little too early, but it IS the future.

More and more monitors now support it, and a single cable to both charge your laptop, and extend your laptop to the display is a killer feature.

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Post by 8fingerlouie »

StreamBright wrote: post #115
8fingerlouie wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When it comes to (smart)phones, you don't really have much choice. You either consent to being exploited by Google, or you pay a pound of flesh to Apple. As for the pricing of the phones, nobody is forcing you to upgrade every year. I've done that ever since the original iPhone came out, but when i bought the X, i also decided to only upgrade every 2-3 years to justify the cost. MacBooks are a sad story though. I'm "…

True. We need a 3rd player on this market that does not do surveillance and produces products with reasonable price. A business focused phone would be great. There are very few applications that you could get away.

There are other options, or will be other options, i.e. the librem 5 (https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/) The problem is that "out of the box" it's more or less a similar experience to the first iPhone. It's a phone, with messaging and a browser. None of the apps you've come to depend upon are there.

Here in Denmark, where digitization of the society is well underway, you're pretty much lost without official apps. You _can_ use a browser for most things, but since there are apps, almost none of them are optimized or even usable on a phone screen.

Below is just a small portion of the things that would be impractical to live without with a "non supported phone". (impractical, not impossible!)

* Our country wide common sign on solution, NemID (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NemID) also has a smartphone app. The solution is used for authentication with all government and financial institutes, along with a lot others. The keycard remains a viable solution, for now.

* Most mail is delivered through e-boks (https://www.e-boks.com/corporate/en), which includes bank statements, insurance policies, tax records, building permits, sanitation and other. The solution is open for every company to use. It is also possible to reply to a sender through this solution. (requires NemID signon)

* Banking is done through an app. (requires NemID signon)

* Person to Person payments (including the option to split a bill), and to some extent in-shop payment is being handled by MobilePay (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MobilePay). It's kinda like PayPal, but a local solution. (requires NemID signon)

* Communication with schools and kindergartens is done through "SkoleIntra" and "Børnenettet", or "Tabulex" for when school is over. This includes teacher to parent communications, homework assignments, parent to parent communication, vacation registration, calling in sick, and more. It's probably the most hated system in the world :)

* Even receipts from a wide selection of shops are digitized and delivered to an app (https://en.storebox.com/#/), allowing easy access (and tracking of your shopping habits / credit card usage)

* Even emergency services has an app that will allow you to call emergency services, and it will relay your position to the operators so they know exactly where you are.

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Post by philjohn »

docker_up wrote: post #41

Apple appears to be coming to some sort of head at this point. This is speaking as someone heavily invested in Apple products and shares. Their iPhones have reached a peak, where it appears people are no longer willing to pay so much for them. They are too damn expensive, with nothing to justify their costs. I am one of the morons who upgraded to the XS, but only because I needed the 512GB storage. If not for the inc…

Eh, I'm in two minds about the touch bar. Once you get used to it there are SOME good uses (IntelliJ has a pretty good touch bar implementation, for example).

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Post by matwood »

docker_up wrote: post #41

Apple appears to be coming to some sort of head at this point. This is speaking as someone heavily invested in Apple products and shares. Their iPhones have reached a peak, where it appears people are no longer willing to pay so much for them. They are too damn expensive, with nothing to justify their costs. I am one of the morons who upgraded to the XS, but only because I needed the 512GB storage. If not for the inc…

> Their iPhones have reached a peak, where it appears people are no longer willing to pay so much for them.

They may have reached peak growth, but the numbers show that outside China (which in hindsight appears to have larger economic issues), millions of people buy iPhones.

Are all the current iPhone users going to suddenly switch to Android? Very unlikely.

By all accounts the XS is a great phone. If I had anything other than the X, I would have upgraded.

> Apple is the richest company in the world, and instead of paying their engineers top wages, they are wasting it on stock buybacks.

You realize that Apple has so much money they can do both. This is not a binary decision.

A much bigger issue for Apple is that they need more stores. They have a huge advantage over any other phone maker in that people can walk in and get service and support. The stores are so busy now, that it has become a challenge. Hopefully the departure of the head of retail shows that Apple has realized they have not grown the store base fast enough.

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Post by puranjay »

docker_up wrote: post #41

Apple appears to be coming to some sort of head at this point. This is speaking as someone heavily invested in Apple products and shares. Their iPhones have reached a peak, where it appears people are no longer willing to pay so much for them. They are too damn expensive, with nothing to justify their costs. I am one of the morons who upgraded to the XS, but only because I needed the 512GB storage. If not for the inc…

And here I am switching to Mac after a lifetime on Windows.

All the things you say about Apple might be true, but the alternative is substantially worse. Microsoft dropped the ball way more than Apple ever did with Windows 10. And hardware quality among laptop manufacturers is frustratingly inconsistent, even within the same brand.

My last Lenovo worked great for 5 years despite being a low end machine. My much more expensive new Lenovo has had a keyboard replacement and significant performance issues in one year.

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Post by 8fingerlouie »

maeln wrote: post #160
hrktb wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To give another angle, my iPad Pro cost around 1000€. The iPhone X is about the same price. Event taking into account miniaturization, waterproofing and just “luxury” tax, it’s insane that both products cost the same when their capabilities are so wildly different. I know there are reasons (like paying licensing and cetification for the cellular stack, and pure greed), I just feel they are wrong reasons.

Also, and thats the main thing keeping me from having an iPhone at this point, is that, even after paying a premium price for an iPhone, you have to spend even more money due to the App Store situation. On my Android, I use a lot of open-source application that, I find, are often really the best app to do X or Y. They are also free, often without annoying advertisement, with the option to pay for a "premium" version…

Google Play Services is what makes sure i'm staying on an iPhone.

As for OSS, apple allowed free developer licenses for non-profits some time ago. https://developer.apple.com/support/membership-fee-waiver/

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Post by slezyr »

rbanffy wrote: post #136
MattBearman wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Depending on your Macbook's age and your location, you may be able to get the keyboard replaced due to sticking keys. I ended up getting a brand new MBP when they repeatedly fucked up repairing my sticking keyboard. Obviously it would be better if the keyboards didn't break so easily to begin with, but at least you may not have to put up with it :)

Once I entered an Apple store with a cracked case (white MacBook fell from the table). I left with a brand new lower part (hard disk excepted - they moved mine to the new machine) for free. There was a recall for the case, IIRC, one for the upper palm rest (something to do with magnets that made the plastic crack) and they replaced the keyboard for no reason. I have to say Apple's support experience is stellar. I can…

There is no Apple stores in some countries or only in some cities. Often, Apple costs even more there. You can order parts from aliexpress and replace on your own if it's Lenovo.

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Post by talkingtab »

docker_up wrote: post #41

Apple appears to be coming to some sort of head at this point. This is speaking as someone heavily invested in Apple products and shares. Their iPhones have reached a peak, where it appears people are no longer willing to pay so much for them. They are too damn expensive, with nothing to justify their costs. I am one of the morons who upgraded to the XS, but only because I needed the 512GB storage. If not for the inc…

I agree with your assessment of the situation. Apple products are actually functionally worse than they used to be. Think about that - would you buy a car that did not work as well as your old one?

I differ on the cause, however. Steve Jobs was an artist - a product artist. There was a team in place that balanced his vision with an ability to execute. That is not true anymore.

It is one of the more interesting things to think about: how do you produce an iPod versus a Zune? Or what a Mac versus what we have now.

Personally, I don't think the issue is they don't give a damn, I think they don't have a clue as to how to give a damn.

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