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Posted 19 May 2012 - 07:02 AM
Once again, a great effort by the Macalope. Apple is rarely the "first" into any product category, but when it enters one, it tends to redefine it. They did it with the iPod, the iPhone, the MacBook Air, and the iPad.
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Posted 19 May 2012 - 07:43 AM
I enjoy what you write but I wonder, how come you don't put your name on your pieces? If you're going to publicly call out others, shouldn't you put your name on it? The people you skewer do. And I get the irony of my not putting my name on this, but I am not writing a regular column that goes out of its way to insult people.
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Posted 19 May 2012 - 07:54 AM
With their blatant copying of the MacBook Air, I'm only wondering how long it will be before these companies decide to copy the iPad the same way. With plenty of journalists in tow praising them for "tweaking" or "adding to" the iPad's design, of coure.
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Posted 19 May 2012 - 07:55 AM
dkat, on 19 May 2012 - 07:43 AM, said:
I enjoy what you write but I wonder, how come you don't put your name on your pieces? If you're going to publicly call out others, shouldn't you put your name on it?
Party pooper.
the doug part of dougscripts.com
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Posted 19 May 2012 - 08:11 AM
"Look a little closer at some Ultrabooks that may look like MacBook Air clones, and you’ll find that laptop makers have added their own touches or improvements to the design."
The thing is, you *have* to look a little closer, so you can see the gaps and seams and screws and other craptastic touches that Apple would *never* tolerate on a prototype, much less a shipping product.
The thing is, you *have* to look a little closer, so you can see the gaps and seams and screws and other craptastic touches that Apple would *never* tolerate on a prototype, much less a shipping product.
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Posted 19 May 2012 - 08:25 AM
"When Android 5.0 "Jelly Bean" launches this fall" Bad choice of a product production name. I am getting horrible visualizations of licorice jelly beans, you know the ones that look like rabbit pooh.
Just a thought.
Just a thought.
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Posted 19 May 2012 - 08:32 AM
Macalope is going to invoke “are too, times infinity."
Careful there, you just left yourself open to the possibly fatal rejoinder of "are too, times infinity, plus one". Thus I have defeated my arch nemesis of my youth, also known as my baby sister in many petty arguments to the death. There is also the "what you said plus one".
Careful there, you just left yourself open to the possibly fatal rejoinder of "are too, times infinity, plus one". Thus I have defeated my arch nemesis of my youth, also known as my baby sister in many petty arguments to the death. There is also the "what you said plus one".
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Posted 19 May 2012 - 08:34 AM
Why does posting here crash Safari on my iPad? :-(
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Posted 19 May 2012 - 09:24 AM
What gets me is Intel's ads pretending they invented the Ultrabook category.
Eric
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Posted 19 May 2012 - 09:25 AM
dkat, on 19 May 2012 - 07:43 AM, said:
I enjoy what you write but I wonder, how come you don't put your name on your pieces? If you're going to publicly call out others, shouldn't you put your name on it? The people you skewer do. And I get the irony of my not putting my name on this, but I am not writing a regular column that goes out of its way to insult people.
The name is... Macalope.
And those are not insults, they're compliments.
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Posted 19 May 2012 - 09:34 AM
IIRC, Intel wasn't keen on doing any work to reduce the size of CPUs, until Apple threatened to walk in the direction of AMD. Apple engineers in fact helped Intel to reduce CPU size. The Macbook Air is the reference guide for all ultrabooks, whether the WinPC crowd like it or not.
I want to see some WinPC nerd showing off his/her ultrabook, just so I can whip out and slap my MBA on the desk and say: "Boring. Been there, done that... five years ago and got the T-shirt to prove it".
I want to see some WinPC nerd showing off his/her ultrabook, just so I can whip out and slap my MBA on the desk and say: "Boring. Been there, done that... five years ago and got the T-shirt to prove it".
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Posted 19 May 2012 - 10:08 AM
"if Apple ships an iPhone with a larger screen, it’ll be because the company thinks it’ll make for a better phone."
It is likely that Apple needs a bigger screen for the same reason they were introduced on Android phones--namely a bigger battery. You won't find any LTE phones at the smaller sizes because there isn't enough room for a big enough battery to get reasonable battery life. While Apple is probably going to use next generation, lower power chipsets, they still are going to relatively power hungry. They need more space for a better battery.
My guess is it remains a 3x2 screen with 1152 x 768 at 4.2 inches. That keeps the iPhone aspect ratio and the retina display 329 dpi and gives plenty of room for a bigger battery.
It is likely that Apple needs a bigger screen for the same reason they were introduced on Android phones--namely a bigger battery. You won't find any LTE phones at the smaller sizes because there isn't enough room for a big enough battery to get reasonable battery life. While Apple is probably going to use next generation, lower power chipsets, they still are going to relatively power hungry. They need more space for a better battery.
My guess is it remains a 3x2 screen with 1152 x 768 at 4.2 inches. That keeps the iPhone aspect ratio and the retina display 329 dpi and gives plenty of room for a bigger battery.
