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Re: CT scans of AirPods evolution

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Post by jquery »

eertami wrote: post #223
stouset wrote: post #154

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I’ve run my M1 Max all night blasting every core doing heavily vectorized math computations and when I come back in the morning the small room it was in isn’t even noticeably warmer than ambient temperature and the fans aren’t even on.

Isn't the M1 Max pulling like 30-40W tops? I don't understand why that would ever be expected to create a noticeable temperature change. I doubt any laptop CPU would create a noticeable difference.

Yeah, low power draw is kind of the M1 Max’s thing. My desktop PC crushes the M1 Max when doing workstation type tasks. But for content consumption and even light workloads it’s very efficient.

Re: CT scans of AirPods evolution

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Post by woutr_be »

illegalsmile wrote: post #300
woutr_be wrote: post #264

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For me it's the other way around, the original AirPods stay in my ear at all times. With the pros, I constantly need to adjust it, and they've fallen out of my ears multiple times whilst in the gym. I'm a bit reluctant to by the 3rd gen Airpods, since my two other pairs are still in perfect working condition.

I recently picked up a pair of 3rd gen airpods after my first gen died. I also have air pod pros. I didn't even leave the parking lot before I returned the 3rd gen and replaced them with new 2nd gen airpods. The fit was horrible and unlike the APP that have the flexible and size-adjustable ear tip the 3rd gen offered nothing to change fitment. I don't even find that the APP fit as well as the 2nd gen airpods. If I we…

Oh, I thought the 3rd gen had the same kind of fit as the 2nd gen? I do like the pros for when I'm working, the noise cancelling is really great. But I can't use them for exercise, since they just fall out so easily.

Re: CT scans of AirPods evolution

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Post by gonehome »

woutr_be wrote: post #302
illegalsmile wrote: post #300

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I recently picked up a pair of 3rd gen airpods after my first gen died. I also have air pod pros. I didn't even leave the parking lot before I returned the 3rd gen and replaced them with new 2nd gen airpods. The fit was horrible and unlike the APP that have the flexible and size-adjustable ear tip the 3rd gen offered nothing to change fitment. I don't even find that the APP fit as well as the 2nd gen airpods. If I we…

Oh, I thought the 3rd gen had the same kind of fit as the 2nd gen? I do like the pros for when I'm working, the noise cancelling is really great. But I can't use them for exercise, since they just fall out so easily.

This is surprising to me given the rubber tips - have you tried the other sizes?

Re: CT scans of AirPods evolution

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Post by noisy_boy »

raffraffraff wrote: post #297

I don't really care about AirPods, but that webpage fucking rocked . Rotating the scans as I scroll? Nice. I'd look at scans of anything on that website.

Agreed. I only wish that they had two images rotating side by side - one the transparent scan and one the opaque image so I had both the transparent and opaque views simultaneously for all rotation angles.

Re: CT scans of AirPods evolution

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Post by hbn »

jrockway wrote: post #80
tw600040 wrote: post #76

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It does. But it's not about that. It's about being able to get rid of wires and associated mess.

Are wires a mess? Looking at the Zoom calls I've been on, I've never heard "oh sorry I'm all tangled up in my wires", but have seen "my batteries are dead" or "my headphones won't pair with my computer", etc. (I say "seen" because you don't hear much from people debugging their "magic" wireless headphones.) This has added up to many person-hours of delays, while the wires just keep working.

> "my headphones won't pair with my computer"

That's the other things Airpods solves (assuming you're on a Mac)

The pairing process is so simple and seamless, it's the only bluetooth headphones I've ever used that isn't a huge pain to pair every time I want to use them (and especially the first setup). When I first got them, I popped open the lid of the case next to my phone, it popped up, I clicked the button to pair, and it's paired. And any device logged into your Apple ID is automatically paired to them too, so I just went over to my laptop and it was already connected.

Re: CT scans of AirPods evolution

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Post by elzbardico »

oblio wrote: post #218
elzbardico wrote: post #100

This is still the strongest apple advantage: design, engineering and build quality. Recently I wanted to buy a second notebook so I could leave my MBPro at home in trips where I didn't want to work, but still had a machine that run linux and windows for some quick idea or even some light gaming. Decided for a Samsung Galaxy Book Pro. Expensive machine, but slightly cheaper than a MacBook Air. good i7 11gen processor,…

> This is still the strongest apple advantage: design, engineering and build quality. The thing is, Appple's hype wave is huge. I NEVER see this kind of blog post about Samsung or Huawei or Sony devices. Yet many of their devices are marvels of engineering, too. Look at the tone of this article: > The construction would make an origamist blush. Make we can get an experienced electronics comment on this kind of congra…

No. In practice the samsung cutting edge stuff that looked like a marvel of engineering was just fluff with small irritating stuff that compounds over time. Samsung is obsessed with features, not with perfecting them.

Re: CT scans of AirPods evolution

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Post by elzbardico »

nvarsj wrote: post #283
elzbardico wrote: post #100

This is still the strongest apple advantage: design, engineering and build quality. Recently I wanted to buy a second notebook so I could leave my MBPro at home in trips where I didn't want to work, but still had a machine that run linux and windows for some quick idea or even some light gaming. Decided for a Samsung Galaxy Book Pro. Expensive machine, but slightly cheaper than a MacBook Air. good i7 11gen processor,…

Samsung has never had great build quality in my experience - they seem to focus on looks above all else, with throwaway hardware that never gets software updates. I wonder why you went for a galaxy book pro? Why not buy a Thinkpad or Dell? They can have their own issues but the build quality should be much better.

I wanted a second machine, and the main criterias where 1) Run linux fine. 2) Intel Evo 3) As light and thin as possible.

Yeah, I was stupid :-(

Re: CT scans of AirPods evolution

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Post by mceachen »

quickthrower2 wrote: post #224
elzbardico wrote: post #100

This is still the strongest apple advantage: design, engineering and build quality. Recently I wanted to buy a second notebook so I could leave my MBPro at home in trips where I didn't want to work, but still had a machine that run linux and windows for some quick idea or even some light gaming. Decided for a Samsung Galaxy Book Pro. Expensive machine, but slightly cheaper than a MacBook Air. good i7 11gen processor,…

I chose the iPhone because of the “just works” nature but now they’ve made it impossible to get photos off using Windows (disconnects in copy, iTunes or DCIM, tried workarounds, due to heavily walled garden no other app can be used to get 500 photos off). Lots of people online with same issue. If I can take photos and copy them off I might as well go back to androids.

I feel your pain. Two different possible solutions:

1. Turn off automatic image conversion, and then retry copying over USB: it takes a while to convert HEIC to JPEG, and an eternity to convert HEIC to MP4. It's something like Settings > Photos > Transfer to Mac or PC > keep original format

2. Install a file transfer app on your phone and computer, like Resilio Sync or Photo Sync.

My family's phones use Resilio Sync that sync with a NAS on the bookshelf and PhotoStructure (I'm the author).

Re: CT scans of AirPods evolution

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Post by emmanueloga_ »

Arn_Thor wrote: post #225
emmanueloga_ wrote: post #172

I imagine it may be hard and they don't have incentives to "fix it", but I think the single most important disadvantage of airpods is the battery life... no matter how long it lasts, there's no way to replace it, so they became essentially discardable items. [1]? 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_obsolescence

I'd argue there's a difference between planned obsolescence and products that are of such a nature that it's just about impossible to pull them apart. (Now, whether that means the latter category of products is defensible is a different question)

Everyone in here is showing admiration for apple engineering ability so as i said, probably a difficult problem, but not impossible.

I found this product [1] that's probably not as high quality as airpods but looks like a nice proof of concept actually :-)

1: https://pqearbuds.com/

Re: CT scans of AirPods evolution

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Post by woutr_be »

gonehome wrote: post #303
woutr_be wrote: post #302

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh, I thought the 3rd gen had the same kind of fit as the 2nd gen? I do like the pros for when I'm working, the noise cancelling is really great. But I can't use them for exercise, since they just fall out so easily.

This is surprising to me given the rubber tips - have you tried the other sizes?

I have, and the medium ones give me the best fit, but it's still not enough. The shape of the 2nd gen was just a better first for my ears.
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