Apple didn't revolutionize power supplies; new transistors did (2012) • Hacker News Board

Re: Apple didn't revolutionize power supplies; new transistors did (2012)

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Post by spectre3d » Sat, Oct 02, 2021, 4:58 PM UTC

xqyf wrote: post #139

alexose wrote: post #82

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I've been using a GaN-based power supply for my MacBook Pro and it's just as good as advertised. Slightly bigger than a deck of cards, yet it runs cooler than the stock unit. Hopefully this tech finds its way into more devices as it gets cheaper. It would be neat to have GaN based inverters for electric cars.

They work great to charge my Android. One day MacBook chargers may even charge iPhones!

iPhones ship with a USB-C to Lightning cable.

Plug that into the MacBook charger and you’re good. No problem here, is it not working for you?

Re: Apple didn't revolutionize power supplies; new transistors did (2012)

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Post by spectre3d » Sat, Oct 02, 2021, 6:28 PM UTC

manderley wrote: post #133

kcb wrote: post #78

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Mainstream 1080p wasn't the worst of it. Just a decade or so ago it was impossible to find a non-17" Windows laptop without a 1366x768 TN screen with awful contrast and viewing angles so bad there was no good angle. Even super premium $3000 "Ultrabooks", it was true insanity.

Plenty of Windows laptops with good quality IPS screens were available 10 years ago, even 13" models. And I primarily remember pre-Retina Apple for only offering laptops with very low screen resolutions.

1920x1200 on the 2009 17” MacBook Pro, pre-Retina.

The consumer MacBooks and iBooks before them definitely had frustratingly low resolutions.

Re: Apple didn't revolutionize power supplies; new transistors did (2012)

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Post by anaganisk » Sun, Oct 03, 2021, 4:55 PM UTC

musicale wrote: post #153

Whenever Apple is discussed, there often seems to be a conflation of invention (coming up with something new) with innovation (applying an invention in a way that changes things.) Apple didn't invent the personal computer, or the GUI, or Wi-Fi, or MP3 players, or smartphones, or app stores, or tablets, or smartwatches, or ARM processors – but they introduced innovative, and indeed transformative, products in those ca…

But Android did it first /s.