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Apple Registers Several New Mac and iPad Models in Eurasia

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Re: Apple Registers Several New Mac and iPad Models in Eurasia

#6
I feel back in time. I remember Apple before Steve Jobs came back. Same as today: dongles everywhere, massive product line nobody understood, pro segment frustrated, no more innovation, etc. As the messiah is dead, I did not wait for a miracle, I went to Windows (impressive) with a lenovo x1 carbon (hardware updated every years). Still using an iphone because overall better, but the software is a terrible closed mess... :( So sad... Steve prophetised Apple faith: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AxZofbMGpM

Re: Apple Registers Several New Mac and iPad Models in Eurasia

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About time. Laptops with 8th-gen Intel processors have been out for over eight months already.

Intel and Apple have gotten out of sync lately. I think this time is worse than usual due to the butterfly keyboard issue.

Apple's size and the fact they are using the butterfly type keyboard throughout their laptop lines, means that inertia in deciding to make a change and then implementing it throughout their manufacturing chain is a fraught and time consuming process.

Re: Apple Registers Several New Mac and iPad Models in Eurasia

#8
Here is hoping they fix the keyboard, add more ports, get rid of the touchbar, and add magsafe back for the Macbook Pro.

I've been holding on as long as I can with my mid-2012 model and if it dies before the above is done I'll be switching.

Apple needs to get back to being a hardware company because being locked to mediocre hardware because of an OS isn't going to cut it.

Apple needs a consumer model and a developer / pro model that gives developers and creators what they need in a laptop.

Stop butchering the pro line!

Re: Apple Registers Several New Mac and iPad Models in Eurasia

#9
My relationship with Apple at this point is like a homeless kid who got adopted by a nerdy eccentric parent in 2002, who taught me UNIX and gave me a little place to code; but lately that parent has been off listening to music with people who don't care about any of this, and when I ask this metaphorical parent for something I need, they wave their hands at me without looking and say "yeah, yeah, there's some new laptops under the stairs in a box, I'm busy, ask me again in a year". And I say, "you can log in with a blank root password", and I hear them sigh and mutter something about even giving me an OS at all.
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