Apple's soldered-in SSDs are engineered in the WORST way possible [video]
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Re: Apple's soldered-in SSDs are engineered in the WORST way possible [video]
#2It's a real shame that Apple is this way (and certain other brands) when there are genuine reasons for why macbooks are pretty darn good (arm, battery life, etc.), of course when you carve out a Walled garden like apple it's no wonder though.
Re: Apple's soldered-in SSDs are engineered in the WORST way possible [video]
#3This in nothing new or surprising. Virtually everything Apple has engineered for decades prioritizes Apple's interests over the users in some way.
iPhones don't support memory cards or wired headphones for the same reason.
I tell all my Apple friends to name something their $1000 iPhone does that my $200 Motorola can't. I can name several simple, practical, useful things an iPhone can't do --- not because Apple can't do it but because they don't want to.
I made the mistake of showing an Applehead how I could use a Windows PC to archive photos from an iPhone to a memory card and free up space. This unleased a stream of requests from others to do the same.
This should be just as easy to do in the Appleverse garden but apparently it's not --- because Apple prefers you buy a new iPhone or pay for on-line storage instead.
Re: Apple's soldered-in SSDs are engineered in the WORST way possible [video]
#4Many OEMs want us to believe that we have to sacrifice modularity and serviceability in the pursuit of miniaturization, better performance, privacy and security. I'm not so convinced. It feels like they were neglected and perhaps intentionally undermined and then blamed on the other features.
Re: Apple's soldered-in SSDs are engineered in the WORST way possible [video]
#5This in nothing new or surprising. Virtually everything Apple has engineered for decades prioritizes Apple's interests over the users in some way. iPhones don't support memory cards or wired headphones for the same reason. I tell all my Apple friends to name something their $1000 iPhone does that my $200 Motorola can't. I can name several simple, practical, useful things an iPhone can't do --- not because Apple can't…
Do people really spend significant amounts of time arguing whose phone is better in the real world?
Re: Apple's soldered-in SSDs are engineered in the WORST way possible [video]
#6This in nothing new or surprising. Virtually everything Apple has engineered for decades prioritizes Apple's interests over the users in some way. iPhones don't support memory cards or wired headphones for the same reason. I tell all my Apple friends to name something their $1000 iPhone does that my $200 Motorola can't. I can name several simple, practical, useful things an iPhone can't do --- not because Apple can't…
Theres is one thing non apple manufacturers can’t do: iOS
I’ve given old iphones / helped purchase new ones to my Android friends over the years - none got back to android.
The experience is subjective but a well designed user interface with attention to detail an very responsive hardware/software combination that keeps working like that after 4+ years beats every other option. Specially after apple focused on selling services and now old devices seem more performant than ever.
Also you don’t need a $1000 iPhone - a refurbished 2nd gen SE is about 250 on amazon.
Re: Apple's soldered-in SSDs are engineered in the WORST way possible [video]
#7If it wasn't because of the ARM transition I just wish they remake the Pre 2016 MacBook Pro and fit in a newer Intel Mobile SoC and not touch anything else.
Re: Apple's soldered-in SSDs are engineered in the WORST way possible [video]
#8This in nothing new or surprising. Virtually everything Apple has engineered for decades prioritizes Apple's interests over the users in some way. iPhones don't support memory cards or wired headphones for the same reason. I tell all my Apple friends to name something their $1000 iPhone does that my $200 Motorola can't. I can name several simple, practical, useful things an iPhone can't do --- not because Apple can't…
Theres is one thing non apple manufacturers can’t do: iOS I’ve given old iphones / helped purchase new ones to my Android friends over the years - none got back to android. The experience is subjective but a well designed user interface with attention to detail an very responsive hardware/software combination that keeps working like that after 4+ years beats every other option. Specially after apple focused on sellin…
I disagree. This isn’t Mac System 6 vs Windows3
The Apple brand carries the day now. It’s called “aspirational luxury”. Even PhD students who could solder together a laptop with parts off Alibaba still want a MBP because: sex.
PS: What’s more powerful: “aspirational luxury” or “fame seeking”? I think Apple better build-up that SharePlay feature a whole lot (and come up with ancillary features to identify and add people with whom to SharePlay) or we are all going to find out in VisionPro vs QuestPro.
Re: Apple's soldered-in SSDs are engineered in the WORST way possible [video]
#9This in nothing new or surprising. Virtually everything Apple has engineered for decades prioritizes Apple's interests over the users in some way. iPhones don't support memory cards or wired headphones for the same reason. I tell all my Apple friends to name something their $1000 iPhone does that my $200 Motorola can't. I can name several simple, practical, useful things an iPhone can't do --- not because Apple can't…
> I tell all my Apple friends to name something their $1000 iPhone does that my $200 Motorola can't.
Lockdown mode.
Re: Apple's soldered-in SSDs are engineered in the WORST way possible [video]
#10This in nothing new or surprising. Virtually everything Apple has engineered for decades prioritizes Apple's interests over the users in some way. iPhones don't support memory cards or wired headphones for the same reason. I tell all my Apple friends to name something their $1000 iPhone does that my $200 Motorola can't. I can name several simple, practical, useful things an iPhone can't do --- not because Apple can't…
> iPhones don't support memory cards or wired headphones
You’re right about memory cards, but wrong about wired headphones. They work just fine, I just either need headphones with a Lightning plug or a Lightning to 3.5mm adapter, similar to all the Android phones that don’t have a 3.5mm headphone jack, but replace Lightning with USB-C.