Apple Announces 'Let Us Loop You In' Event For March 21st (theverge.com) 66
An anonymous reader writes: The official Apple Events page has been updated in advance of the newly announced media event. Invitations were sent out earlier Thursday inviting members of the press to "let us loop you in." The event will be streamed using Apple's HTTP Live Streaming technology and will require an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch running iOS 7.0 or later. The company is expected to announce a new, smaller iPhone SE, that will be the same size as the iPhone 5 but with improved specs like a A9 processor and 8-megapixel rear camera. In addition, Apple is expected to announce a new, smaller iPad Pro. It is rumored to feature a 9.7" display and a Smart Connector to support Smart Keyboard -- it may even be compatible with the Apple Pencil. We can expect some kind of update for the Apple Watch, most likely new Apple Watch bands. A black version of the Milanese Loop may be in the works to match the Space Black Apple Watch. Of course, Apple will talk encryption as the event is scheduled one day before the next hearing between Apple and the FBI on March 22. Apple may surprise us with new MacBooks or OS X updates but we will most likely have to wait until Apple's developer conference in June.
looking for 1 of 3: (Score:2, Interesting)
1 midtower
2 mac pro that isn't a garbage can (and garbage design, frankly)
3 mac mini with quad core, actually capable of ooomph and a couple drives, the mini old server format.
What I'm going to get is another shitty iphone.
sigh
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I have the feeling that most people complaining about the Mac Pro actually don't have a Mac. They are not asking for a better product than they have, they just keep complaining without ever buying.
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The trashcan issue, yeah those are non customers. The its been 2 years since an update and it is now very overpriced those are real mac people.
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There is a difference between a full tower with the ability to use desktop RAID [1] and FPGA boards versus yet another toy that has at most a gob of SSD, limited GPU power, and cannot be upgraded. The tower was a workstation. The trashcan is an overpriced toy.
The ironic thing: The Mac Pro, pre-cylinder, used to be on par with Dell, HP, and other PC makers, feature by feature, price-wise. Which meant it was actually a bargain to use those machines. Now, the PC makers have leaped a generation or two ahea
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[1]: Yes, people will say that "real men use a NAS". As of today, Macs can't do iSCSI. Macs can't do 10GigE. Macs can't do FC. The fastest I/O you are going to get is from the Apple-only M.2 wannabee SSD. Even a Thunderbolt drive barely performs better than a USB 3.0 drive.
1. GlobalSAN iSCSI Initiator [studionetw...utions.com] allows iSCSI Targets. Or if you like F/OSS Solutions, iSCSIIntiator [github.com] does it, too.
2. Sonnet has a TWIN 10GigE to Thunderbolt adapter [sonnettech.com]. Pricey, yes; but I think that might be the case with 10GigE overall. And you didn't say "cheaply"...
3. Several companies, including Atto [attotech.com], have both Thunderbolt to FC (as well as TB to 10GigE) adapters. Promise [promise.com] has a TB to TWIN 16 Gig FC adapter, too.
Sure, some of these interfaces cost as much as a cheap used-car; but OTOH, the people that need
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I agree to an extent. Complaining about the design (that it looks like a garbage can) is pretty silly. Even complaining about expandability and upgradeability is a bit off the mark-- Mac Pros have always had limited hardware compatibility, but the new ones can be expanded and upgraded pretty effectively via the Thunderbolt interfaces, assuming an appropriate Thunderbolt hardware exists.
However, I would agree that Apple has a big gap in their lineup: A non-pro headless Mac with some power. They have iMac
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I'd buy a super mac-mini in a heartbeat. The wife and I are pretty tired of OSX, but I'd still go for it if it was available. We're looking to upgrade our 2008 24" iMac and at this point we're both(!!! - she's not a nerd) leaning towards Linux or even Windows. I'm just not willing to pay the mac tax for outdated hardware. I could go for an iMac, but then I have the same problem I'm facing now - a nice display that's going to go in the garbage because the associated hardware is outdated.
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You may want to rethink that. The iMac is one of the few pieces in the lineup that's actually been updated with Skylake CPUs.
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On one hand, it does. On the other hand, you usually don't pick Apple just for the hardware. You pick it for the combination of software and hardware.
So if you are seriously pining for something particular Apple hardware, I think you must already be using OS X.
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You seem to be saying that you think that the people saying that Apple doesn't make computers that meet their needs are the same people that don't actually own Apple computers. Surely that makes perfect sense?
Actually, it seems he's saying that the people complaining that Apple doesn't make computers that meet their needs are also the people who say they would never buy an Apple, not even if they had the perfect computer for them.
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I actually have a mac pro. I had the old tower version and I now have the "garbage can" version. There are two things I don't like about the new version. 1. My old tower mac pro had 4 internal drive bays. Now I have a desk full of external hard drives hooked up to the mac pro. I much prefer the internal drive bays. I wish I could post a picture on slashdot to show you the morass of black cables surrounding the mac pro. 2. I get the spinning beach ball of death much much more frequently than my old mac pro.
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Is there a reason why they're all not all together in one enclosure?
As for the beach balls, I have the feeling from reading here and there that the nMP is a fickle machine. Leo Laporte of Twit.tv actually give his nMP away (or sold it or some such) because of the stability issues. Not at all what one would expect from such a machine.
I'm still running a MacBook Air from 2013. It's not a pro, but it handles most of what I throw at it and it's been so bizarrely reliable that I have no problem waiting for the S
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What I'm going to get is another shitty iphone.
AND a new iWatch strap, you lucky dog!
Seriously, I like Apple products, I have an iPhone and I recently picked up a refurbished watch for a "good" (in Apple terms) price; as someone involved in app development I kind of started to need one. But when we start getting excited about a new strap for a bloody watch is when we should stop and think if we're not taking our fanboi-ism a tad too far.
I'm with you on the Mac Mini; I'd love a more powerful model... at a slightly less ridiculous price.
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But when we start getting excited about a new strap for a bloody watch is when we should stop and think if we're not taking our fanboi-ism a tad too far.
The Apple Watch is not a technology product. It is a fashion product. You wear it to make a statement about yourself. Apple realized from the beginning that the Watch was not competing with Samsung or LG, but with Rolex and Patek Philippe. From a fashion perspective, a new strap that accentuates the watch is a big deal. There is no point in buying an Apple Watch if nobody is going to notice it.
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But when we start getting excited about a new strap for a bloody watch is when we should stop and think if we're not taking our fanboi-ism a tad too far.
The Apple Watch is not a technology product. It is a fashion product. You wear it to make a statement about yourself. Apple realized from the beginning that the Watch was not competing with Samsung or LG, but with Rolex and Patek Philippe.
So that's why it not only outsells the competition, but also the non-competition. Because Samsung tried to sell their high-tech tool by telling people to make a statement about themselves: that they secretly film girls with their watch and then show it to them in some bar.
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> 3 mac mini with quad core, actually capable of ooomph and a couple drives, the mini old server format.
^ THIS
My wish list would add:
4 MacBook Pro with GTX 980M (for CUDA support)
5 OpenGL 4.4 support
6 Official support for eGPU
Re:Apple SE Price: $599 (Score:5, Informative)
Consumers get to save $50 for a slightly smaller phone. It'll go over as well as the iPhone 5c
You do realize that for some folks, even the 4.7" iPhone6 and 6s are too big?
Not everyone wants a large phone or phablet.
Re:Apple SE Price: $599 (Score:5, Interesting)
You do realize that for some folks, even the 4.7" Phone6 and 6s are too big? Not everyone wants a large phone or phablet.
This. The iPhone 4 (that I had, broken now) is:
115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm
iPhone 5:
123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm
iPhone 6:
138.1 x 67.0 x 6.9 mm
Even the Xperia Z5 Compact, pretty much the only other "mini flagship" is up to:
127 x 65 x 8.9 mm
It's getting thinner, fine... but it's getting taller and wider because obviously with more space you can put in more CPU, more GPU, more RAM, more cameras, more battery, more misc chips like touch id etc. but I liked how pocket friendly it was. If Apple pulls of a high quality "mini" phone they might at least get one sale and that's me. It's pretty clear the mainstream market is more willing to compromise on size than me though.
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Its only pocket friendly because your pockets are too small. I'm not a big fan of the whole skinny jean hip-huggers so tight they cut the circulation off to your balls and raise your voice an octave.
In all seriousness, I understand how pockets shrink the smaller you are and you can't expect a 110b 5'1'' woman to wear baggy enough clothes to store a phablet in their pocket. However, while phones have gotten bigger, they've also gotten much thinner and many have tapered edges. My 5.7'' screen phone fits fi
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Its only pocket friendly because your pockets are too small. I'm not a big fan of the whole skinny jean hip-huggers so tight they cut the circulation off to your balls and raise your voice an octave.
In all seriousness, I understand how pockets shrink the smaller you are and you can't expect a 110b 5'1'' woman to wear baggy enough clothes to store a phablet in their pocket. However, while phones have gotten bigger, they've also gotten much thinner and many have tapered edges. My 5.7'' screen phone fits fine in my front pocket because of this, while my droid 1 from like 5 years ago was a bulky mess at half the size because of its thickness and sharp edges.
I'm a huge fan of skinny hip-huggers on hot looking gals everywhere, so consequently I'm supporting the appropriate sizing for the new iPhone.
Women, feel free to put on you hip huggers!
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Agree 100%.
I got a 6S 6 months ago because my battery life on my 4 was getting short enough that it was starting to bug me.
I hate my 6S. It still feels awkward in my hands and it's tall enough that it's fallen out of my shirt pocket a number of times when I bend over to pick up my pants in the bathroom. (Obviously I'm doing it wrong!)
Wish I had waited a bit longer to get the smaller one, but the rumor on a smaller iPhone has been floating for more than a year, so I didn't think it likely until recently.
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Same here. I have had generations of phones. The 6S is the first phone I've had which requires being placed on a shelf, TP dispenser, or otherwise held, otherwise when using a restroom stall, it will just fall out of the trousers. Every generation before that (3, 4, 4S, 5, 5S), not an issue.
Some people just like large phones or phablets. I prefer a smaller phone, especially when using a more protective case like an Otterbox Defender, because if I'm out camping or doing some maintenance on a vehicle, I d
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I got a 6S 6 months ago because my battery life on my 4 was getting short enough that it was starting to bug me.
So you are a victim of Apple's non-replaceable battery scheme?
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I recently switched from a 5S to a 6S, but I find it a bit too big and too thin for my taste. If Apple bring back a 4" model into their lineup with full specs, fingerprint scanner, the works, having the form factor of the 5s, then that might very well be my next phone.
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Consumers get to save $50 for a slightly smaller phone. It'll go over as well as the iPhone 5c
You mean the phone that outsold almost every other phone model at the time? Yeah, it's gonna be just as unsuccessful.
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http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/03/22/apples-iphone-5c-failure-flop-outsold-blackberry-windows-phone-and-every-android-flagship-in-q4 [appleinsider.com]
You forgot their new product to stop back dooring. (Score:1)
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Apple Butt Plug.
I'll take that over an Android "Share Plan".
Hmmmm, new watch bands (Score:2)
Also... (Score:4, Interesting)
The event can also be streamed from second-, third- and fourth-generation Apple TV set-top boxes. On a Mac, users must be running Safari 6.0.5 or later on OS X 10.8.5 or later, and PC users must use the Microsoft Edge browser in Windows 10.
In any case Pen support for the regular iPad would be nice, but unless there's some surprise addition this looks like another boring event. Apple has been busy this past year with the MacBook, Watch, iPad Pro, Apple TV, etc, but right now their entire product lineup is either too old or too new to tempt me.
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Support for HTTP live streaming on all platforms seems to be much more widely available than the list in the article suggests:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]
We need something new (Score:2)
let us loop you in -- Sounds intresting (Score:1)
If they wait even longer... (Score:3)
Apple may surprise us with new MacBooks
That, or they may continue to make good money with 3 year old CPUs.
Except for the iMac, virtually the entire Mac lineup gets the advice: "don't buy" because they're all based on Intel's previous gen chips (Haswell). Skylake is nowhere in sight currently: http://buyersguide.macrumors.c... [macrumors.com] Now I have to admit, the MacBook Pro series only uses Intel's high-end integrated GPU, so they've actually been waiting on Intel the whole time. But still.
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And 32 GBytes of RAM? I've held-off for three years on an upgrade, because I need more RAM to run vms.
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Haswell (4th gen) is actually 2 revs out of date, Broadwell is 5th gen and Skylake is 6th.
It seems the 13" rMBP has a Broadwell chip, but the top of the line 15" rMBP really isn't that much different, spec wise, than it was in late 2013.
Aren't Intel's older CPUs actually FASTER? (Score:3)
Didn't Intel say they're going for SLOWER CPUs? AFAIK 4790K is the fastest single thread x86 CPU and it is quite a few years old (it is also considerably more expensive now than it was when launched!!!).
I know, sure it isn't really the same with portables and there are energy efficiency improvements but still the point is that 3 years old CPUs aren't what they used to be so to speak :-)
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But maybe that's your problem, that you can't blame Apple for that?
Let Us LOCK You In (Score:2, Funny)
The actual announcement is: "Let Us Lock You In"
FTFY
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That's getting a bit old. If you want to use iCloud and related, sure you're locked in.
But if you're a techie like most of the people here, you'll switch that off and use apps that are cross-platform. OwnCloud/Dropbox, SimpleNote, WhatsApp, etc. For the regular stuff like email and calendaring, just use anything that works over IMAP and CalDav.
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And don't use iTunes, don't get any proprietary accessories / chargers, don't use AirPlay, don't use iMessage... in the end you might as well not get an iPhone to begin with if you care about vendor lock-in.
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And don't use iTunes, don't get any proprietary accessories / chargers, don't use AirPlay, don't use iMessage... in the end you might as well not get an iPhone to begin with if you care about vendor lock-in.
Well, at least you won't be locked into Google then. Or Amazon.
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When you are "locked" into Google you have choices between dozens of manufacturers. They all use standard chargers. The messaging application (Hangouts) is cross-platform. You don't need any proprietary software to manage your music library (MP3 copy and paste works fine).
The level of vendor lock-in-ess if much, much lower than with anything Apple makes or even touches.
You can even choose no to use the Play Store and use Amazon instead. Or you can install your own APK manually and not use any of those if yo
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Between all the different USB specs, I have at least three "standard" chargers. But, hey, at least I can gloat that it's not proprietary right?
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When you are "locked" into Google you have choices between dozens of manufacturers.
Yeah, people keep switching between Android manufacturers - hoping that this time their phone won't suck. Much better that way.
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Apple is by far the worse.
http://apple.slashdot.org/comm... [slashdot.org]
I tried to read the summary (Score:1)
But my Cerebellum committed suicide half way through.
But only if you're already roped in (Score:1)
Granted, I have seem people leave Android for Windows Phone or BlackBerry, but I have never seen anyone leave any of the three platforms for iOS. Okay, so that's an anecdotal
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Well, step up and shake my hand.
After years of being stranded on Gingerbread, with no further updates, my wife and I switched to iPhones at the beginning of this year. I've been very happy with the change. Pleasant little surprises have revealed themselves every other week or so, like when I called my wife's phone for a test, and her iPad rang and she was able to answer from there.
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About the most complicated thing I think I've run on my iPhone is Hearthstone, although I may have tried Goat Simulator once.
Most non-technophiles are probably reluctant to move off a platform they are familiar with, especially something that they may need to depend on working, like a phone.
The techies that write up the reviews seem to use something for just a week or two before writing about the experience, probably due to deadlines set by their editors. Hence the reason that it's hard to find good side-b
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