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by jsz0 10y ago
> A larger danger for Apple, I think, is affordability. This was is interesting because Apple had previously been reducing the costs and expanding the options available for entry level Macs. This makes me think they will be doing a major
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I suspect the 2013 Mac Pro was sort of an experiment by Apple to test out the market for high end desktops. The radical redesign reflects where they think desktops are heading or at least where they see the market for Apple desktops heading
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> Docker Issue: Can’t clean old images The worst part of this problem is when you do run out of disk space docker's image/container database often gets corrupted resulting in the great cryptic 'could not find container ent
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by jsz0 10y ago
Sounds like USB-C hubs / docking stations will make your life a lot easier in the long run.
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> being stuck with USB 2 FYI there are macOS compatible PCI-E USB 3 cards available. Apparently some of the newest USB-C PCI-E cards work too though I haven't tried it myself.
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Why would that be? An i5/i7 with 16GB of RAM and fast disk IO is likely to be just fine for quite a lot more than 10 people.
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> its all limited to 1 gig ethernet. 10GE ThunderBolt NICs are a thing. Alternatively you could use a ThunderBolt PCI-E enclosure.
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Actually the new MBPs seem to meet all your requirements... - Redundant power supplies: Connect multiple USB-C power adapters. Bonus built in UPS battery backup! - Redundant network interfaces: Connect multiple USB-C Ethernet adapters and&#
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> Are you suggesting that they are Pro'ing it wrong?! If what they're doing works for them it's not wrong but in this case it's not working anymore. Now they have to switch operating systems, software and workflows ju
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> Are professional users really a "vocal minority" of the MacBook Pro? A lot of professionals have workflows / infrastructure that does not rely on the specs of any individual computer. Past a certain point it's the o
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> All those cores and RAM become meaningless when I have to do everything in a VM anyway. Virtualization is a bit less efficient but it certainly does not prevent you from utilizing multiple CPU cores or all your available RAM -- minus t
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> Surely Apple is not using latest Intel mobile CPUs, not the Kaby Lake. Ah I must have missed that in all the hysteria over the TouchBar and USB-C. That is valid criticism especially for the 13" model that would benefit from a fast
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> I want a meat-grinder CPU to make photo-editing Isn't Apple using the latest & greatest Intel mobile CPUs? > I want a modern video card so game-playing is cool when I feel like it. I don't know much about gaming but i
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> Can I put power into all of them? Yes though it will only charge from one of them. A neat consequence of this is you can now connect multiple power supplies for redundancy. Not at all important for most people but there are some scenar
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by jsz0 10y ago
How about a $10 USB-C mouse from Amazon?
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It's the total opposite for me. I used mechanical keyboards for over a decade but I'm just much faster and accurate on modern non-technical keyboards. Every now and again I get the nostalgia and hookup one of the many mechanical k
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> What I don't understand is the "pro" in the name You can do all those things (and more) via ThunderBolt 3. You can even reuse old hardware by putting PCI-E cards into external enclosures. That's pretty Pro don'
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Piracy is definitely a factor. It's very easy to find high quality live streams these days. They're not even something a person needs to seek out anymore because they get posted in various 'live threads' for sporting eve
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> And now the near-future seems to be full of dongles That's not necessarily a bad thing. With the right dongle you can now connect almost anything you want to a laptop. It was just a few years ago that it was simply impossible to c
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> I keep reading about how unhappy people are with Apples latest reveal. That's probably because a lot of the people who are happy no longer bother to read or comment on these types of stories. There's just too much negativity
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I look at my keyboard when I use function keys (no muscle memory) and some symbols I rarely use. Does that make me a bad person? Sorry.
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Adapters and dongles are pretty much unavoidable these days. There are simply too many semi-modern ports still in use for each type to be included on a laptop to cover everyone's needs. It makes sense to move towards modern ports that
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by jsz0 10y ago
Society. Kids that are raised outside of what is considered the acceptable social norm often have problems adjusting when they get older. For example I actively try to avoid eating out at restaurants with people who are too fussy about thei
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by jsz0 10y ago
I'm having a hard time understanding these tweets. Playing a song and adding songs to 'up next' are two different things. That dialog box has saved me multiple times. What's wrong with it? It only occurs when you are tel
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by jsz0 10y ago
IIRC the location / icon for the song/album repeat toggle hasn't changed in iTunes since 11.0 in 2012 though. The menu entry for it hasn't changed in more than a decade. Music on iOS 10 was a big revamp so that's un
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> iPhone won't be charged for my desk usage Your desk probably has a power outlet located nearby in case you are willing to change your routine.
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Overthrowing democratically elected governments is not a carbon neutral process.
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> I really wonder why people seem to like Finder over Windows Explorer. IMO the main problem with Windows Explorer is the UI changes so often it's kind of confusing to do really basic tasks sometimes. There's so much functional
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> It has forgotten about its power users. Features like HiDPI displays and NVMe are very much power user features. Apple was among the first in the industry to adopt those features so they've had a period of time over the last year
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> Meanwhile the rest of us got to breathe their pollution and die sooner. The people who own the cars breathed in the pollution too. Almost certainly more than people who did not own one.

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