> That's kind of a big deal, though, right?
Anecdata: I don't use wifi on my work computer. Ethernet is faster and more reliable, and since my desk/monitors/mouse/keyboard stay in the same place it's easy to drag another wire over there too.
Anecdata: I don't use wifi on my work computer. Ethernet is faster and more reliable, and since my desk/monitors/mouse/keyboard stay in the same place it's easy to drag another wire over there too.
When do you 'need it'?
I've now got a requirement for solid bluetooth (5) in every pc I own. I don't "need" it, but I also don't need most of the things that make my life more pleasant.
One important thing to be aware of: because of their size, you can only fit a single battery cell inside each bud; as I understand it, this prevents any ability to specially manage the lifetime of the battery. I remember hearing something like “expect about 380 full recharges until the battery is no good.”
Anyway. Switching between devices is so seamlessly awesome. “Transparency” mode works well and is easy to switch in and out of. They do a great job of detecting if you just pulled them out of your ear and manage stop/start. Combined with a cellular Apple Watch, it totally rocks, giving you complete communications hook-in and letting you keep your phone at home. I assume they make you buy the phone not only because it’s technically easier to implement the full experience, but also because the Watch would totally cannibalize iPhone sales. The iPhone suddenly feels like a niche device when you have the AirPod/Watch combo.
My primary complaint with the AirPod Pros is that no matter which size insert I use or how tightly I secure them, they tend to fall out of my ears when I smile. I wish you could get them in the “peg” form-factor.
This has been my mini-review.
ah, this so much. I was fine with cheap sony earplugs with cables until i fell for the meme and bought a pair bluetooth sony headphones.
That's a gamechanger, really.
Counter-Anecdata: I currently couldn't use my laptop for work without wifi.
I recently moved and my current place has no suitable desk (or chair) near to the internet gateway.
If I had no wifi I could as well have a brick instead of a laptop.
If I had poor wifi (eg: freebsd not supporting wifi-ac) work would be a torture and video-conferencing with colleagues would be unusable.
If you're going to run an OS with bad or lack of wireless support, might as well grab a cheap PC tower.
I think most people today would look at a laptop with bad wifi and wonder what its purpose was.
I just ordered a desktop and was a bit surprised and also relieved to find that it comes with wifi built in.
The idea of a wired network sounds great to me, but the reality is my house isn't set up for one.