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Apple Event March 8, 2022

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Re: Apple Event March 8, 2022

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gurkendoktor wrote: post #243
paul7986 wrote: post #38

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My iPhone SE 2020 is either hacked or it just cant handle running the latest iOS(it stumbles and stutters on various click actions). Also, the battery life is awful!. I am semi-excited about getting the SE 3 as it's the only phone with Touch ID and for me I think that's the best and safest unlocking UX especially if you ever need to open your phone in the car. Just grab it and its open ...one step vs. grab it..look a…

I have an iPhone 12 mini, and sometimes when I drag down to enter the search field, it feels like I'm waiting for an HDD to spin up (stuck for a second or two). It's probably not a hack, but just the towering complexity of all the different software systems developed under tight deadlines.

My suggestion to both is to do a clean install of iOS with a computer backup. As iCloud restore doesn't seems to do the trick and sometimes causes even more problem.

Make 100% sure you have multiple backup though because backup corruption is still a thing forever reason. Apple just haven't bothered to fix it.

Re: Apple Event March 8, 2022

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Toutouxc wrote: post #25
nicoburns wrote: post #7

The new iPhone SE looks like a really solid phone. The only thing it doesn't really have compared to the 13 is the better camera and the larger form factor / fancier screen tech. And weirdly there doesn't seem to be much in the Android world at that price point anymore.

It's a shame it's still using the 2014 design. I don't really care about the camera or the screen tech, but the form factor looks actively retro compared to every other smartphone out there (and every other Apple product (okay except the cheapest plain iPad)).

I think it is actually perfect for kids.

No more stupid absurd "borderless" Screen. You even make the false positive detection of holding a phone perfect. Or you make a simple border around it.

Touch ID and Home Button is a trillion times more intuitive than swiping. It is one of those question like single or double mouse button. People dont understand why double mouse button isn't exactly a great design.

Re: Apple Event March 8, 2022

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Post by ksec »

jrnichols wrote: post #304
diddid wrote: post #100

Apple events used to be something I really looked forward too but they are kind of boring now. The hype they give in their events is starting to feel almost a parody of itself. I don't know, I can't put my finger on it, but for me the magic is gone and they should just announce at CES along with everyone else.

I still look forward to them but these more recent ones are just way too formulaic and polished. I do miss the old Steve Jobs keynotes.

Taste. That is what is fading away with Apple. And what used to set Apple apart from other Silicon Valley companies.

Steve cares about their product. So how much time each product gets to on staged. To the point sometimes he is willing to launch it without mentioning it in keynote and just drop something on a press release, just to give more spotlight for other products.

Now every Apple keynotes are no longer a showcase of excellence and craftsmanship, where a company used to care about making insanely great product for our customers. Instead it is lots of virtue signalling and sales pitch.

Re: Apple Event March 8, 2022

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awiesenhofer wrote: post #266
yisonPylkita wrote: post #156

128GB of RAM in M1 Ultra is unimpressive compared to 1.5TB of RAM in Mac Pro. Right now Apple doesn’t have a replacement for Mac Pro with Apple Silicon EDIT: At the end of the presentation Apple said Mac Pro refresh is coming later so let’s wait and see

That Mac Pro probably won't include a new chip though since they said "one last chip" when presenting M1 Ultra. So no more than 128gb of HBM, but maybe there will be some kind of DIMM support?

I assume they will do 2x M1 Ultra. There are limited quantities of LPDDR5x with 64GB per package. That is 512GB for M1 Ultra, 1TB for 2x M1 Ultra.

I think and assume they will continue to stick with LPDDR5 rather than standard DDR5 with DIMM slot.

Re: Apple Event March 8, 2022

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Post by theshrike79 »

drexlspivey wrote: post #150
josh2600 wrote: post #52

The pace at which apple is pumping out new silicon is astounding. It’s hard to imagine anyone competing with them pound for pound, especially in the flops per watt game. I still can’t get over the fanless MacBook pros and the battery life. I actually hope somebody is challenged enough by this to really push for competition as this level of performance asymmetry will ultimately result in further pricing asymmetry as c…

It’s all fun and games until Taiwan is invaded, what then? Back to Intel chips?

I'm kinda hoping that the global reaction to Russia's fuckeroo in Ukraine is forcing China to rethink annexing Taiwan. Or at the very least they're doing some serious re-planning to withstand the Weapon of Mass Economic Destruction we levelled on Russia.

Re: Apple Event March 8, 2022

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Post by theshrike79 »

gowld wrote: post #289
alwillis wrote: post #220

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Did Apple just imply that buying a faster processor from them levels the playing field for underrepresented minorities? In the context of a $4000 Mac Studio with something like FinalCut Pro allows them similar creative power that the inaccessible, siloed $10,000 workstations. You're much more likely to see a Mac Studio in a school, library or computer lab where underrepresented people live. I had a gig a few years ag…

A school/library should not waste money on a $4000 computer.

Our library has a room with a PS4 with four controllers and a full VR set and 3D-printers and a CAD vinyl cutter and a bunch of sowing machines etc.

It's not a waste of money when you bring expensive equipment to tens of thousands of people to use.

A single $4k computer for a 1000+ student school should be an afterthought, spread that cost over 5 years and the cost per student is minuscule. This is not a Chromebook you get for every student, you'll need one or two max - unless the school specifically focuses on A/V production.

Re: Apple Event March 8, 2022

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jrockway wrote: post #250
Nextgrid wrote: post #182

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In my case Face ID was a significant downgrade, even before the pandemic and masks. With Touch ID, I can reach into my pocket, place my finger on the button as I'm taking the phone out, and by the time I got the phone out it's already unlocked, played the unlock animation and is on the home screen. If the phone is on the table/etc I can just put my finger on the button and unlock it - so again by the time I actually…

Can someone explain to me why unlocking with FaceID requires you to swipe up? Pressing the power button and having my face visible seems like a good signal to let me start interacting with icons. That, to me, was the FaceID downgrade. It's still easy to unlock when you pull it out of your pocket, it's just annoying that you have to shift your grip downwards to swipe up. (One problem with designing products in Califor…

My phone is on a stand on my table, when I get a notification it displays "" and the icon. When I look at it, FaceID detects it and shows the full notification text, which may contain personal information.

If it unlocked fully, I'd just see a bunch of icons, not the notification and I'd need to swipe to see them.

Re: Apple Event March 8, 2022

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Post by theshrike79 »

yisonPylkita wrote: post #156

128GB of RAM in M1 Ultra is unimpressive compared to 1.5TB of RAM in Mac Pro. Right now Apple doesn’t have a replacement for Mac Pro with Apple Silicon EDIT: At the end of the presentation Apple said Mac Pro refresh is coming later so let’s wait and see

To quote Gen Z: M1 memory hits different. For many workloads on the M1, you really can get by with less RAM.

Of course there is the HN Superstar who needs 1TB just to get their IDE open, but for most people the 8GB works as well as 16GB on the Intel versions.

Re: Apple Event March 8, 2022

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Post by beached_whale »

jmull wrote: post #273
beached_whale wrote: post #186

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My only gripe is that docker runs in a VM and there's nothing like that on macos. Other than that, it's out of my way so meh

Docker runs x86/64-based containers fine on my Intel-based Mac. I'm wondering if one of the reasons to get an Apple silicon Mac might be to natively/locally run ARM-based containers, which might be the future.

I notice the relative perf difference for my workloads. Also, having to preallocate memory forces a question that is often hard to answer ahead of time and harms other parts of the system while not needed.
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