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I suspect that if Apple released this, this site would be cheering for it.

iasay 4y ago
That's a terrible straw man. There is universal dislike for bad engineering. Butterfly keyboards and touch bar for example...
- nottorp 4y ago
  Yep. Fuck the butterfly keyboard and touch bar. But I'll still get an Apple laptop next time I get a new device because it's the least annoying when they don't let Ive run amok.
monkey_monkey 4y ago
I suspect that says more about your own innate biases than it says about the users of this site.
- snarfy 4y ago
  It might be a small minority but there are still quite a few Apple apologists on this site. That's fandom for you. Tech is notorious for it.
  - suction 4y ago
    I bet you've heard the saying "in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king" . That's what Apple is. You can be a "fan" of the one-eyed man without believing everything he makes or says is awesome.
  - monkey_monkey 4y ago
    I think most people are aware of fandoms and that some people will blindly support something, but that's very different from saying "this site would be cheering for it".
suction 4y ago
Only because Apple's track record so far is a lot better than Asus' or other OEMs in terms of not adding novelty or gadget-y features to their pro products.
- theturtletalks 4y ago
  Apple has mastered the second mover advantage. They let all the other companies blow money on R&D and educating users while they simply observe the pain points. Then, they swoop in a few years later and reap the benefits.
  - _ph_ 4y ago
    To be fair, they don't just "reap the benefits". They are working hard at improving new technology until it is really a product. They have many prototypes long before the first product, but don't end up selling those prototypes.
- xgbi 4y ago
  Did you forget the touchbar or the “low travel keys” that break after a few months? I feel apple lost the edge on innovation on the desktop space a long time ago.
- rowanG077 4y ago
  What novelty features did Asus do? Apple did touchbar, the thinnest keyboard on earth, a super underpowered 12 inch MacBook, a screen with an iphone build in. And that is only the last few years.
  - suction 4y ago
    In Asia I saw Asus laptops with "tribal tattoos" decoration on the shell. That sort of "novelty".
    - rowanG077 4y ago
      I mean there also (or used to be) a golden iphone.
varispeed 4y ago
At least it would be more energy efficient...
thedrbrian 4y ago
Apple wouldn't release it though. They'd take one look at the massive crease in the middle of the screen and say "no".

That's a terrible straw man. There is universal dislike for bad engineering. Butterfly keyboards and touch bar for example...

nottorp 4y ago
Yep. Fuck the butterfly keyboard and touch bar. But I'll still get an Apple laptop next time I get a new device because it's the least annoying when they don't let Ive run amok.

monkey_monkey 4y ago

I suspect that says more about your own innate biases than it says about the users of this site.

snarfy 4y ago
It might be a small minority but there are still quite a few Apple apologists on this site. That's fandom for you. Tech is notorious for it.
- suction 4y ago
  I bet you've heard the saying "in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king" . That's what Apple is. You can be a "fan" of the one-eyed man without believing everything he makes or says is awesome.
- monkey_monkey 4y ago
  I think most people are aware of fandoms and that some people will blindly support something, but that's very different from saying "this site would be cheering for it".

suction 4y ago

Only because Apple's track record so far is a lot better than Asus' or other OEMs in terms of not adding novelty or gadget-y features to their pro products.

theturtletalks 4y ago
Apple has mastered the second mover advantage. They let all the other companies blow money on R&D and educating users while they simply observe the pain points. Then, they swoop in a few years later and reap the benefits.
- _ph_ 4y ago
  To be fair, they don't just "reap the benefits". They are working hard at improving new technology until it is really a product. They have many prototypes long before the first product, but don't end up selling those prototypes.
xgbi 4y ago
Did you forget the touchbar or the “low travel keys” that break after a few months? I feel apple lost the edge on innovation on the desktop space a long time ago.
rowanG077 4y ago
What novelty features did Asus do? Apple did touchbar, the thinnest keyboard on earth, a super underpowered 12 inch MacBook, a screen with an iphone build in. And that is only the last few years.
- suction 4y ago
  In Asia I saw Asus laptops with "tribal tattoos" decoration on the shell. That sort of "novelty".
  - rowanG077 4y ago
    I mean there also (or used to be) a golden iphone.

varispeed 4y ago

At least it would be more energy efficient...

thedrbrian 4y ago

Apple wouldn't release it though. They'd take one look at the massive crease in the middle of the screen and say "no".