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Re: MacBook Air M1 screen crack for no apparent reason

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Post by sseagull »

calsy wrote: post #534
slicer2 wrote: post #331

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If you add external monitors, keyboard and mouse you just recreated non-mobile work environment that costs more money and has worse performance than workstation.

This site is just becoming ridiculous. You understand what a portable device is right? That you can UNPLUG the laptop from the external monitor and still use it.

But you do understand that owning a desktop does not preclude also owning a laptop, right?

I have a desktop, and a laptop used as a thin client. The laptop can be inexpensive or have nice features (like a touchscreen), while the real power, storage, etc, is on the desktop.

Re: MacBook Air M1 screen crack for no apparent reason

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Post by newaccount74 »

rowanG077 wrote: post #545
newaccount74 wrote: post #543

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I agree that the screen is fantastic, but you are wrong about the webcam. The webcam on the new 14"/16" Macbook Pros is complete crap.

Then why does the notch exist? And compared to what is it crap, webcams have always been utter shit if you compare it to smartphones or dedicated video cameras. If I look at a review comparing the Intel based Mac webcam and the 14 inch Macbook pro webcam you see how insanely better it is: https://www.tomsguide.com/reviews/macbook-pro-2021-14-inch

I made some side by side photos and videos (that I don't want to share because of privacy) of Macbook Pro 2015, M1 Macbook Air 2020, 16" M1 Macbook Pro 2021, and the front facing camera of a cheap android phone.

My conclusion:

- the only good camera is the front facing camera of the cheap android phone

- the 2015 MBP camera has low resolution and lots of noise, but the image at least looks natural

- the images from the M1 Macs look very similar. They added extreme smoothing to hide the noise. The result is that there is no details at all in the images. Skin looks unnaturally smooth and facial hair is a blurry mess. When you move your head, there are weird artefacts near the eyes.

- comparing M1 Macbook Air 2020 and M1 Macbook Pro 2021 looks similar, except the smoothing seems even stronger on the 2021 Macbook Pro

- even in perfect lighting the resolution of the camera is very low. There is no way this is actually a 1080p camera. The 720p image of the 2015 Macbook Pro has more detail than the cameras in the new Macs.

- the only good thing about the cameras in the M1 Macs is the low light performance. The algorithm is pretty good at producing a usable image even in very low light.

It's really not a good camera. It really sucks. Everything else about this laptop is perfect: The display, the speakers, the keyboard -- everything is wonderful, apart from the fact that whenever I facetime with someone I look like a blurry mess.

Re: MacBook Air M1 screen crack for no apparent reason

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Post by Krasnol »

qbasic_forever wrote: post #129
Krasnol wrote: post #106

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A CMOS battery lasts probably something around 5 years.

Does it scale down your graphics and sound to look like Tiger handheld LCD games when you're gaming on the CMOS battery?

I plug it in just the same way I'd do with a gaming laptop.

Re: MacBook Air M1 screen crack for no apparent reason

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Post by danpalmer »

It’s possible that there are some issues here, but the fact that these comments talk about a wide variety of laptop models with completely different screens, form factors, manufacturing processes, etc, suggests that there may not be a systematic issue.

One model having the issue would suggest a manufacturing issue. However it’s unlikely that completely different models all exhibit the same issue in the same way.

More likely, screen damage is a common form of accidental damage, and anyone googling for support will find threads like this and pile on with their own experience despite no actual link.

Re: MacBook Air M1 screen crack for no apparent reason

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Post by commandersaki »

danpalmer wrote: post #564

It’s possible that there are some issues here, but the fact that these comments talk about a wide variety of laptop models with completely different screens, form factors, manufacturing processes, etc, suggests that there may not be a systematic issue. One model having the issue would suggest a manufacturing issue. However it’s unlikely that completely different models all exhibit the same issue in the same way. More…

I'm glad someone said it.

But having said that Apple would never admit to such a widespread fault even if it did plague their laptops. I fondly remember the 2015 A1502 trackpad cable failure where the keyboard and trackpad fail because of a deteriorated cable. It's a well known issue, but Apple just refused to acknowledge fault.

Took them forever to admit that their butterfly keyboards were faulty too.

Having said that, this apple discussion forum is probably a terrible way to organise around a supposed model being prone to screen cracking. The quality of the reports are bad. Also for every reported m1 air that has a screen crack, it would be nice to see pictures so a pattern -- if one exists -- could be identified.

Re: MacBook Air M1 screen crack for no apparent reason

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Post by smoldesu »

auggierose wrote: post #517
smoldesu wrote: post #430

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I think it's closer to Ford being both your manufacturer, insurer, and sole authority on vehicle repair. This is something our nation already faced, and rectified with legislation.

What exactly is your point? What legislation are you referring to? What exactly is Apple doing wrong here? Not paying off some Smurf who dropped his MacBook one time too often? Interesting that you compare Apple with Ford: https://fee.org/articles/how-henry-ford-zapped-a-licensing-m... Like Ford, Apple wants to be free to innovate. If you don't like the quality of their products, don't buy them. There are plenty of o…

> If you don't like the quality of their products, don't buy them.

"If you don't like the country you live in, just move!"

Seems pretty asinine now that the shoe is on the other foot. Here's the problem: I bought the iPhone X. I have the Macbook Pro. None of them do anything for me. Sometimes I boot up the Macbook to test a Darwin build once in a blue moon, but MacOS isn't even on my radar of daily-driver OSes right now. The BSD compatibility layer is festering, and Apple's refusal to implement modern APIs like Vulkan is childish. MacOS has been heading downhill for the better half of a decade, and Linux support on M1 is barely existent.

So, I think I'm perfectly contented to call Apple out for poor innovation. I paid their price-of-admission, now I get to leave a bad review. If you don't like the content of my feedback, don't take it personally. There are plenty of other great comments out there. Oops, maybe not so much from the technocrat-apologist crowd on Hacker News.

Re: MacBook Air M1 screen crack for no apparent reason

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Post by auggierose »

smoldesu wrote: post #568
auggierose wrote: post #517

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What exactly is your point? What legislation are you referring to? What exactly is Apple doing wrong here? Not paying off some Smurf who dropped his MacBook one time too often? Interesting that you compare Apple with Ford: https://fee.org/articles/how-henry-ford-zapped-a-licensing-m... Like Ford, Apple wants to be free to innovate. If you don't like the quality of their products, don't buy them. There are plenty of o…

> If you don't like the quality of their products, don't buy them. "If you don't like the country you live in, just move!" Seems pretty asinine now that the shoe is on the other foot. Here's the problem: I bought the iPhone X. I have the Macbook Pro. None of them do anything for me. Sometimes I boot up the Macbook to test a Darwin build once in a blue moon, but MacOS isn't even on my radar of daily-driver OSes right…

> "If you don't like the country you live in, just move!"

Done that.

> Apple's refusal to implement modern APIs like Vulkan is childish

No, it makes perfect sense. Metal is a nice, compact, and easy API. This is one of the reasons that allowed them to get out the M1 in the first place, because they could reuse all the work on Metal for iOS. Why would they try to accommodate the shit show that is Vulkan? And why would they try to appease people who really want Linux, not macOS?

Personally though, I am turning away from Apple when it comes to programming. It is just becoming too insular. It is great if you want to only reach people in Apple land, the tools (like Swift and Metal) are pretty nice. But in the end, web tools are also very nice these days, and your reach is just so much bigger. It is great to see your software running on a £150 Chromebook!

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