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Re: Apple Reports Second Quarter Results

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Post by ghaff » Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 9:12 PM UTC

lvl102 wrote: post #20

zitterbewegung wrote: post #13

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They are worth it. Nearly every complaint was addressed in the new MacBooks Pros and I feel like its a return to form for the company. The only downsides I can really see is that Wifi on the laptop should have been 6E and the SD Card should have been SD Express but it seems like it was that way due to the length it took being engineered (which isn't an excuse).

My only gripe is the lack of USB-A to make it truly dongle free.

I'd need a hub in my office anyway. But when traveling it would be nice to have a USB-A so that I could mostly get by without plugging in a hub or at least a dongle.

Re: Apple Reports Second Quarter Results

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Post by threeseed » Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 9:12 PM UTC

dontlaugh wrote: post #23

lvl102 wrote: post #20

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My only gripe is the lack of USB-A to make it truly dongle free.

Exactly. USB A would be far more useful than the SD card slot for almost everyone.

MacBook Pro is not designed for everyone.

Content creators rely on SD cards everyday and cameras actively sold today use it.

Devices stopped being shipped with USB-A a long time ago now.

Re: Apple Reports Second Quarter Results

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Post by lotsofpulp » Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 9:13 PM UTC

deathanatos wrote: post #30

> its fiscal 2022 second quarter ended March 26, 2022. Apple's 2022Q1 is completely in 2021?

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/fiscalyear.asp

Re: Apple Reports Second Quarter Results

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Post by tacker2000 » Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 9:13 PM UTC

lvl102 wrote: post #10

galogon wrote: post #2

The Watch, Mac and iPhone are doing great but the iPad lacks ambition and doesn't seem to have a direction. Who is in charge of the iPad division at Apple?

iPad has so much potential with M1 now. They can make it a hybrid with iOS and MacOS for example. In fact, I’d be shocked if that’s not what they end up doing with the M2 line of iPad Pros.

Yea, what if one could instantly switch between macos and ios?

Imagine having a super powerful ipad pro running mac os for your work stuff, and when you are lying on the couch you detach the keyboard and any external monitors and switch to the more touch friendly ios.

I think that would be a much better approach than to try to merge the 2 OSes into one hybrid OS that can do neither this nor that very well.

Re: Apple Reports Second Quarter Results

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Post by mattl » Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 9:14 PM UTC

threeseed wrote: post #26

lvl102 wrote: post #20

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My only gripe is the lack of USB-A to make it truly dongle free.

Just buy a USB-C to USB-A adapter and leave it permanently attached. USB-A is a legacy connector and needs to just die already.

Why does it need to die?

Re: Apple Reports Second Quarter Results

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Post by threeseed » Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 9:15 PM UTC

lbotos wrote: post #11

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #9

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> one has to assume that the ultimate direction is for some sort of convergence of iPad and MacBook Why?

I mean, they are building their own processors now, and both the macbook and the iPad have the same processor. Why maintain two operating systems if one could work. I say that because obviously there are differences with iOS and MacOS, but apple controls both.

Because iOS was designed for touch and MacOS designed for mouse.

Very hard to unify completely different paradigms.

Re: Apple Reports Second Quarter Results

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Post by parkingrift » Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 9:15 PM UTC

galogon wrote: post #2

The Watch, Mac and iPhone are doing great but the iPad lacks ambition and doesn't seem to have a direction. Who is in charge of the iPad division at Apple?

I use the iPad Mini for taking handwritten notes and it works beautifully for that use case.

I would use an iPad Pro as my "laptop" if Apple would let me run macOS. It's a Macbook Air but without a directly attached keyboard saddled with an inappropriate OS for the hardware.

Re: Apple Reports Second Quarter Results

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Post by bee_rider » Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 9:19 PM UTC

threeseed wrote: post #26

lvl102 wrote: post #20

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My only gripe is the lack of USB-A to make it truly dongle free.

Just buy a USB-C to USB-A adapter and leave it permanently attached. USB-A is a legacy connector and needs to just die already.

Like just constantly have a dongle hanging off the side of your laptop, waiting to get bent? Possibly damaging to port?

Re: Apple Reports Second Quarter Results

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Post by ghaff » Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 9:20 PM UTC

mattl wrote: post #35

threeseed wrote: post #26

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Just buy a USB-C to USB-A adapter and leave it permanently attached. USB-A is a legacy connector and needs to just die already.

Why does it need to die?

The argument is that it's legacy and it will die because USB-C is better is a variety of ways. And in true Apple fashion, Apple is killing it somewhat aggressively. Though it's not just Apple. Something like a Google Pixelbook is USB-C only as well.

Re: Apple Reports Second Quarter Results

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Post by JumpCrisscross » Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 9:20 PM UTC

reducesuffering wrote: post #18

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #9

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> one has to assume that the ultimate direction is for some sort of convergence of iPad and MacBook Why?

The trajectory is obvious, and includes iPhone. You don't need three different chips, just different interfaces. One unified computing and storage general purpose computer, available via mobile, audio (Airpods), visual (AR), large UI (Macbook / Mac), health (Watch), etc. They're already unifying under M1 / ARM.

> already unifying under M1 / ARM

It's far from obvious to me. Unifying back ends and unifying products are night and day propositions. Nothing Apple is doing points towards a thin-client strategy.