asendra

The only time your mac ask for your credit card information is when you are trying to pay something with your Apple account and you don't already have it.

If you don't want to be uncomfortable then simply don't try to pay for something with your Apple account.

Except when you want to use the device and charge it...

iPads/iPhones, the last few generations don't throttle, at least not in 30m-1h of continuous usage, compared to Android devices.

Check Anandtech reviews if you don’t believe it.

Ignore the stated frequency in the geekbench page as its almost always wrong. That intel cpu is pegged at 3.2Ghz for the duration of the bench vs (supposedly) 2.36Ghz on the iPad.

Unsurprising? So it is an easy thing to do to at least equal Intel with their vast experience after only a few years, when no one else is able to do it?

By the way if you have a problem with the number of cores just compare the single core score. I don't see a problem though, it they can cram one more core in same tdp then it's fair.

The jury is still out wether Apple could compete with Intel at those higher TDPs (15w-28w-45w)

I think this is a better comparison, as both have same TDP and fanless. (That Intel is a Kaby Lake Y Core i5 1.2Ghz/3.2Ghz Boost cpu)

Edit for perspective: Thats the same cpu in the just upgraded MacBooks.

http://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/compare/3036382?baseline...

You might prefer this one, as I find it much more relevant. http://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/compare/3036382?baseline...

That is a Core-i5 Kaby Lake Y. Same approximately TDP, both fanless. Thats the CPU in the new Kaby Lake MacBooks that Apple just upgraded too.

It still loses to the A10X it seems in multicore, very similar single core performance.

That was about Geekbench 3, the previous version. The new version doesn't have those problems, and also it uses the exact same workload between desktops and mobile devices.

In those same forums there are comments by Linus about the new Geekbench 4 and they are much more positive. http://www.realworldtech.com/forum/?threadid=159853&curposti...

Yes, that is a bummer. It means that all those NFC iphonse 6/6s in countries without Apple pay will never use the capabilities. Just stupid.

Not really.

My understanding is that not even that is safe. Amazon mixes stock for the same sku product from all their suppliers, so even if only one of them is selling fakes, you can get one.

Not even "Ship from and sold by Amazon.com" is safe for the same reason I believe.

To clarify: This is based on experiences I've had en AmazonES buying things directly from Amazon (Gillete razors from the top of my head) and them being obviously fake. Also from previous discussions in HN

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12061288

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13955981

All the rich people that bought the expensive Teslas have used up almost all of the tax credits so the majority of model 3 buyers will be SOL

I just keep waiting for Twitter to show some fucking adaptability.

But how will they further the understanding of human biology! [0]

[0] - "Our goal is to further the understanding of human biology, not just turn things orange on a timer. It's a longer term undertaking and a much more difficult one." https://forum.justgetflux.com/topic/237/custom-sunset-sunrus....

You can't even set up the hours you want f.lux to run. And the reason given by the developers is insane. Just for that I say good ridance.

And solar panels. And electric vehicles..

They are supporting them at least 4 years, not 2. That's Google.

Edit: Well now you edited your response and mine doesn't make sense :/

I read the other day a bullshity response in their forums like that their objective was to understand human behaviour not just set timers or something like that.

Edit:

- "Our goal is to further the understanding of human biology, not just turn things orange on a timer. It's a longer term undertaking and a much more difficult one."

https://forum.justgetflux.com/topic/237/custom-sunset-sunrus...

Well, given that the Flux team has refused for years to allow us to configure the times and for how long it activates itself, I welcome Apple bringing this to the mac.

True, i can't imagine that being the case in macOS. Though, I was still very disappointed to find out that using the ethernet thunderbolt dongle used more battery that using wifi in my 2015 rMBP.

I think what he meant to say was that the Wii U has been mostly underutilized.

So much this.

Language evolves. If the vast majority of people understand by Autopilot the capability of driving alone without assistance, and you know it, I don't care that the proper textbook definition of that technology refers to assisted driving.

You are being disingenuous at best.

Apple's chip. Not Qualcomm's. That's what he/she is laughing about.

I think that order takes into account revenue not volume.

It's 16:10.

Yeah, this is basically my opinion too. Luckily I was due for an upgrade last year when the Broadwells came out so Im set for a few years, otherwise this would have been a painful update for me.

I believe is fair for them to raise prices if they need to in order to properly achieve their targets. I'm willing to pay those prices every 3-4years for a better machine where I do 100% of my work. But they need to make them worth the price!

Instead, they removed a lot of useful things used every day by me, added things many won't have a use for (I use my laptop docked most of the time) and still they didn't make them top of the line spec wise (8gb/256gb at 2000$, max only 16gb), while being 500$ for the same BTO options!.

2 years ago, while I still had just a Macbook Air, I built a gaming PC, but choose all the hardware from the tonymacx86 guide so I could use it also for iOS development.

Last year I bought a Broadwell rMBP and relegated the Gaming PC to just gaming.

Imho, too much work to mantain it updated and properly working. If I was still in high school, I could live with all the cons, but as a working freelancer, I won't.

Quantum PC master race? /s

Damn, I would love to have an excuse to play around with this.