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Jony Ive to form independent design company with Apple as client

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Re: Jony Ive to form independent design company with Apple as client

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Post by _ph_ »

hamandcheese wrote: post #437
Wowfunhappy wrote: post #413

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> When I do presentations in my department's conference room, I just AirPlay to the AppleTV connected to the projector. That's, uh, great if there happens to be an expensive AppleTV connected to the projector.

An Apple TV is not expensive compared to the cost of a conference room.

Just that I have never been in a conference room with an Apple TV attached to the projector. They are a pretty expensive addon considering that I rarely see other Macs at the business meetings I attend.

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mstade wrote: post #187
jedberg wrote: post #138

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Airplay 2 works great if the place you're presenting in supports it, but most places don't upgrade their equipment that often.

Screen cast dongles are pretty much a dime a dozen these days though. Maybe I’m lucky but in he past two years or so I haven’t been anywhere that still relies on hdmi for presenting on big screens. Except conferences.

Which screen cast dongles are cheap and support Air Play? I would really be interested to push for them locally.

Re: Jony Ive to form independent design company with Apple as client

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Post by _ph_ »

gnachman wrote: post #160
jedberg wrote: post #102

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Nothing wrong with USB-C and the big trackpad is fine too, and I would love to have touchID on my 2015MBP. But getting rid of mag power and the USB-A ports, HDMI port, and SD card slot was a big step back. Maybe you don't ever need to present anything from your laptop, but if you talk to anyone who does, they will tell you how awful it is to not have an HDMI port. The USB-C to HDMI is the worst adapter I've ever seen…

> worst adapter I've ever seen I can help with that: https://www.apple.com/sg_smb_5200/shop/product/MB571Z/A/mini... Half the charm is lost without seeing the two DVI cables that plug in to it.

It only has one DVI port and the USB-pass-through. Funny as it is, I am writing this post on a Dell 30" screen connected via this very adapter to a 2015 MB Pro. Yes, this was one of the worst contraptions of a dongle ever made, but in this case, it was the only way to create dual-link DVI ouptut (needed for resolutions larger than 1920x1080) from a Displayport.

Re: Jony Ive to form independent design company with Apple as client

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Post by SirHound »

mstade wrote: post #94
jedberg wrote: post #42

Given his penchant for thinness over function, I hope this means we can have a thicker pro laptop again, with all the ports back and a more robust keyboard.

It’d be interesting to see the results of a survey on this I think, I and I know many of my peers are of the exact opposite opinion. I like the move to usb-c, I like the new keyboard, I don’t mind (but also don’t really use) the Touch Bar but I can’t live without Touch ID at this point. The big trackpad is magical to me, and the thickness and weight of the 13” is just right. I have an older MBP as well, 2013 maybe, a…

I agree but I'd be happy to go back to a MacBook Air for all this.

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Post by LoSboccacc »

simonh wrote: post #518
LoSboccacc wrote: post #498

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it's a funny chain of consequences. put a notch, now the bottom border is too thick, so you thin it up with a very expensive manufacturing process. if you had not a notch there, there would have not been a need to move away the chin to maintain visual symmetry. anyway even with most manufacturer producing notch design, I still find no benefit that entices me to move to a notch model for a feature that adds a total of…

A symmetric bezel is literally the only selling point iPhones have over phones half the price. Really.

yes? android can do:

phone calls

internet browsing

apps

heck, I can use firefox and ublock on android, so iphones look even worse feature wise from here. they look good and cost a lot and that's it.

even the app quality argument holds little value today as there's not many app today that aren't just cross-compiled

plus, a billion of little cuts, like not being able to download an mp3 and use it as alarm or ringtone, having to use safari for sites that use webgl, having skype etc to open link into safari forcing every time a copy paste etc etc.

iphones aren't bad experience as long as you commit to every single defalut they pick for you. outside that, they're pretty and they're expensive.

three years ago the tech gap in the hardware itself was enough to justify the price, with even high end androids having wholly inadequate performances, and I had iphones all the way up to the 5s, but that's irrelevant now, with even the midrange android beefy enough to go trough every application you can throw at them with ease.

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Post by wingerlang »

tapland wrote: post #510
wingerlang wrote: post #449

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This is literally the way I feel about it as well. I’ve seen the ears as increased space rather than the notch cutting into the display.

This is a very weird way of viewing the issue. The space is physically there, but because the size of the phone is ok anyway experience-wise it seems to be an extra feature?

All I’m saying is that the notch doesn’t FEEL like it removes screen for me, rather ticks away the status bar making the notch “issue” not an issue at all.

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Post by orky56 »

simonh wrote: post #518
LoSboccacc wrote: post #498

Earlier quoted context omitted.

it's a funny chain of consequences. put a notch, now the bottom border is too thick, so you thin it up with a very expensive manufacturing process. if you had not a notch there, there would have not been a need to move away the chin to maintain visual symmetry. anyway even with most manufacturer producing notch design, I still find no benefit that entices me to move to a notch model for a feature that adds a total of…

A symmetric bezel is literally the only selling point iPhones have over phones half the price. Really.

OS?

Re: Jony Ive to form independent design company with Apple as client

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Post by rusk »

_ph_ wrote: post #527
mulderc wrote: post #506

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I have been looking at some of the past plastic devices and actually really love the design and feel. Wonder if they should try that again.

I still have my G5 iMac in a corner and its design is just wonderful. The acrylic housing with a white interior holds up just great. It also was possible to open it with a screwdriver or even a penny.

I liked this. It looked like a toy but it had pretty serious internals. Kind of the opposite of how things are now ...

Re: Jony Ive to form independent design company with Apple as client

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Post by skocznymroczny »

jedberg wrote: post #42

Given his penchant for thinness over function, I hope this means we can have a thicker pro laptop again, with all the ports back and a more robust keyboard.

I may be in a minority, but I find the 2013 etc. Macbooks way too thick for my tastes. 2015 Macbooks Pro seem like the sweet spot. Although I love the thinness of 2016+ Macbooks also.
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