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I’m still using a 15” MBP from 2012 for my personal computer! Waiting to see if a 15” MacBook Air gets released soon, as per the rumors.
Cybersecurity dawg. Unless you are running Linux on it, you are at least 10x more at risk of a worm like penetration than something running a up to date OS.
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I’m still using a 15” MBP from 2012 for my personal computer! Waiting to see if a 15” MacBook Air gets released soon, as per the rumors.
The Macbook Air that's out right now is like 13.6 inches. The screen is much better than the 2012 models, so with the resolution it will feel as big probably if not bigger.
Still slightly higher than Q1 2020 or Q1 2019, so really just regression to the mean after the unusual spike in demand created by the pandemic. Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/263428/apples-revenue-fr...
Generally Apple users don't update their computers too often, and when they released the M1 models a lot of people had models pre-2016 that needed upgrading (since pos-2016 models sucked balls). So, part of that unusual demand was also customers finally upgrading their old MacBooks.
Are you fucking kidding me?
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I don't know how it actually works, rather an Interpol kind of database where products serial numbers are tracked in some way. Being caught on lies where we actually bought our phones or cameras, while being controlled on the French/Swiss border wasn't that out of the ordinary.
Was that necessary on every border crossing, e.g. showing copies of import fee payment receipts for each device? Sounds like a lot of overhead.
Most of the time not at all, and then you get that one that wants to show off or had a bad day.
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Just take it out of the box and put it in your carryon, making it your 'work laptop' right? How would you risk being caught at customs?
How to get past customs isn’t the problem, however it’s still tax evasion. You can also buy a house much quicker in Europe if you find a way not to pay 50% of your income in tax… oh and that Porsche now looks quite affordable too..
Not it's not. What are you even talking about? Buying goods for personal consumption/usage and bringing them into is perfectly legal..
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I never lost data in iCloud - is this a common occurrence?
No, they just don't like Apple software and are looking for a reason to ding them. Which, fair, XCode is trash. If they don't think either service is great, they can just run a local media server or use dropbox. Apple doesn't force you to use iCloud, and I personally think it's less obtrusively advertised on the OS than OneDrive. Personally.
I say this as someone who has been using a Mac as their preferred system since the late nineties.
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That is if you don’t get caught at customs… you’ll have to pay at least the VAT on the value of your purchase and possible a duty as well. So if you want to do it legally you’ll have to add 20-25% to the price which no longer makes it very appealing.
The probability of getting caught is low. Unless you're bringing back several boxes. Unpack, put it in your backpack, boom it's your personal item.
Why would it be illegal if you just bought a single laptop for personal usage?
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I use iPhones for the “cuz it just works” factor, and with those M chips, I am tempted to make the switch from Windows PCs These days laptop PCs are unreliable across most brands I have tried and supplied with crapware and the operating system is hostile and forces stuff like OneDrive on you and begs you not to install Chrome. Last 2 years over 2 devices: Broken screen (not due to external) Touchscreen not working Li…
> These days laptop PCs are unreliable across most brands I have tried and supplied with crapware and the operating system is hostile and forces stuff like OneDrive on you and begs you not to install Chrome. That is true but Apple's OneDrive equivalent thing iCloud is the same way, they even show fake red notifications on program icons to make you sign into iCloud and use dark patterns to make you use iCloud. They do…
Uhh, citation needed.
You think the webkit team is just sitting on their hands because of some upper management mandate?
edit: Don't just downvote me. Provide some evidence for this take.