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Niche or not, being more than a decade behind the competition is gauche.
by timschmidt 3y ago
Niche or not, being more than a decade behind the competition is gauche.
- stouset 3y agoOn one somewhat niche feature, on the lowest SKU in that particular product lineup. I can pick areas where Apple is beating Intel. Different products have different feature matrices, news at 11.
- bee_rider 3y agoThey also don’t show any signs of catching up to the Raspberry Pi’s on GPIO capabilities.
- timschmidt 3y agoThey did with https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/series/79047/intel-quark-soc.html https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/series/... but sadly seem to have killed off that product line.
- bee_rider 3y agoThat was Intel, not Apple. It does seem like a shame, though—Intel’s IOT department seems to try lots of things, but not get many hits.
- reactordev 3y agoApple does not compete on checkboxes. If they deemed is necessary to remove, there’s a reason. Not saying I agree, just that’s how they operate. If there isn’t a need to support 3 displays then they won’t, regardless if the “competition” did it years prior.
- fsckboy 3y ago>there’s a reason they operate 100% on profitability, not what's technically feasible. They are extremely focused on making money. Yes, there is a reason after all.
- reactordev 3y agoExactly my point. It’s technically feasible to do many things. Apple will do what Apple does. Try to upsell you into the higher tier hardware.
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- ffgjgf1 3y ago> there’s a reason. Not saying I agree, just that’s how they operate. Almost always it’s maximizing profit margins rather than anything else.
- d3w4s9 3y agoIf that were true Apple would have stopped bragging about battery life.
- nerdbert 3y agoThe longer battery life is genuinely useful to a wide range of people in a way that being able to connect 38 external monitors is not. I recently went on a 5-day trip and forgot to bring the charger for my M2. The first day I thought I'd have to rush around and find one. By the fourth day I still had 8% and then finally realized I could charge it via USB-C instead of magsafe.
- ffgjgf1 3y ago> connect 38 external monitors Just 2 would be enough. Which seems like a basic feature their competitors are are capable of supporting for a very low costs. They in fact are competing on checkboxes, specifically they are probably using this limitation to upsell theirs more expensive models.
- reactordev 3y agoCan you not connect 2 monitors on a Mac?
- ffgjgf1 3y agoNot on those with a non-pro M chip.
- nerdbert 3y agoEven if you use one of those Thunderbolt/USB-C expansion dongles?
- kridsdale3 3y agoCorrect.