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> The fact is that many of the innovations we come to appreciate Apple for come from their ownership of both the hardware and the software. Since they switched
by protomyth 10y ago
> The fact is that many of the innovations we come to appreciate Apple for come from their ownership of both the hardware and the software.
Since they switched to Intel, what are these innovations that I cannot just buy? I see the new Touch Bar, but even that I can skip[1]. I really wonder what would be different?
I doubt they will ever go back, but Apple sure isn't doing a whole lot to satisfy my desktop love. What exactly on the Mac mini and Mac Pro cannot be bought by a third party?
1) The whole idea of something that make me move my eyes to the keyboard is unwelcome.
- redial 10y agoI don't know if you would count this as innovations, but magsafe, the glass trackpad still ahead of anything else and the full unibody enclosure in my mind are clear innovations that made a mac a much better alternative than the competition. I also think they were only possible because people are willing to pay a little more to get macOS, thus allowing Apple a higher price point to develop and include those features.
- protomyth 10y agoNeither of which helps the desktop computers. Hackintoshes aren't all about getting a cheaper computer these days. They are about buying current chips and higher memory. I'm now one of those willing to pay for macOS, but the hardware is a big downside to the OS experience. For example, being limited to 16gb because of power consumption because they picked LPDDR3 memory instead of LPDDR4.
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- greedo 10y agoRIP Magsafe...