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wooger
Apr 16, 2005

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Finally dev relevant, but tedious A F

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wooger
Apr 16, 2005

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So dull. Watches are not going to be a big app market, no one cares what colour the straps are.

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Apr 16, 2005

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ZeeBoi posted:

maybe because the app market for watches has been badly implemented before and this will help boost it?

Or because it’s a watch and no one cares beyond about 2-3 3rd party apps anyway.

So, if the OS had been dark to behind with, would anyone be clamouring for “blinding white mode”?

wooger
Apr 16, 2005

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I just had to mute the stream when Memoji bs began. What relevance has this to any developers life?

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Apr 16, 2005

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logikv9 posted:

the audience was silent for a second when they realized that the loving monitor doesn't come with a stand unless you pay out an extra $1000

Seriously? This seems like a joke.

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Apr 16, 2005

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Lambert posted:

I mean, the updated mac mini is insanely priced as well. Also, tends to get uncomfortably loud. Also, it's okay to want products made for you instead of some hypothetical other user that would be perfectly served by this machine.

Yep. There is no GPU on that thing even, it’s such poor value compared to the equivalent NUC. And those upgrade prices... £540 to go to 1TB £540 to go to 32GB.

It remains the case (as for 10+ years) that most potential (and many actual) Apple desktop users would prefer an xMac (desktop CPU, mini tower, 2 GPU slots, upgradeable ram/SSD) over anything they sell.

This would also make Macs an option for anyone who wants to game.

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Apr 16, 2005

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Penisaurus Sex posted:

Add RAM on your own and use Thunderbolt for external storage.

I've never understood the fascination with having massive storage in the new (post 2015 really) Apple products. Get what you need for programs, OS, and maybe a current project, and expand the rest via TB3.

That's not how a PC works obviously but that's the best way to make Apple devices work.

TB3 enclosure = extra cost and ugly wires, obliterating any benefit from having a mini case. The base price for all these things should include 1TB at least.

This is a thing on Mac due to lock-in + laughable upgrade pricing for storage, not because it’s superior or sane. And it’s not a thing on PCs because a 1TB M2 NVMe SSD is ~$200.

There’s is no benefit to a laughably small SSD other than cost savings for Apple (and gouging people into playing $500 for a <$200 upgrade).

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