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I'm not buying it

Given that it does have a headphone jack (look under "Charging and Expansion"), will you be buying it?

Cowards.

Actually there is a new model with escape and function keys. A model without the Touch Bar.

http://www.apple.com/macbook-p...

I'm not buying it

Given that it does have a headphone jack (look under "Charging and Expansion"), will you be buying it?

The ipad pro can't run the full version of photoshop so it is functionally useless.

The iPad pro can in fact use the full version of Photoshop when it's being used as a second screen with a Mac running Duet, which I do all the time.

Or get an app like Astropad.

Rather curmudgeonly of you to not realize how flexible the whole system is.

But frankly you are also not realizing the strength pf drawing apps that exist for the iPad Pro already... Photoshop actually kind of sucks as just a drawing tool.

Nope. It's quite easy to find stores that say "Available for pickup today":

http://www.apple.com/shop/buy-iphone/iphone-se/64gb-space-gray

See: Apple's "you're holding it wrong"

I saw:
Number of iPhone 5 pre-orders in the first 24 hours 2,000,000
Number of iPhone 4s pre-orders in the first 24 hours 1,000,000
Number of iPhone 4 pre-orders in the first 24 hours 600,000 -- this one was being held wrong.

iPhone-5-First-Weekend-Sales-Top-Five-Million
iPhone-4S-First-Weekend-Sales-Top-Four-Million
iPhone-4-First-Weekend-Sales-Top-1-7-Million --- this one was being held wrong.

Based on your example of Apple's holding it wrong, Samsung just created themselves a license to print money. People here aren't unfairly treating anyone, you're just not realising how a major scandal has almost zero influence on a product released a year later. You're also forgetting that the Note is probably the single best Phablet in the Android ecosystem, and Android people won't jump-ship to the iPhone. They'll just wait until the Note 8 comes out with their new 100% less incendiary incidents feature, and then buy like good consumers do.

See: Apple's "you're holding it wrong"

I saw:
Number of iPhone 5 pre-orders in the first 24 hours 2,000,000
Number of iPhone 4s pre-orders in the first 24 hours 1,000,000
Number of iPhone 4 pre-orders in the first 24 hours 600,000 -- this one was being held wrong.

iPhone-5-First-Weekend-Sales-Top-Five-Million
iPhone-4S-First-Weekend-Sales-Top-Four-Million
iPhone-4-First-Weekend-Sales-Top-1-7-Million --- this one was being held wrong.

Based on your example of Apple's holding it wrong, Samsung just created themselves a license to print money. People here aren't unfairly treating anyone, you're just not realising how a major scandal has almost zero influence on a product released a year later. You're also forgetting that the Note is probably the single best Phablet in the Android ecosystem, and Android people won't jump-ship to the iPhone. They'll just wait until the Note 8 comes out with their new 100% less incendiary incidents feature, and then buy like good consumers do.

See: Apple's "you're holding it wrong"

I saw:
Number of iPhone 5 pre-orders in the first 24 hours 2,000,000
Number of iPhone 4s pre-orders in the first 24 hours 1,000,000
Number of iPhone 4 pre-orders in the first 24 hours 600,000 -- this one was being held wrong.

iPhone-5-First-Weekend-Sales-Top-Five-Million
iPhone-4S-First-Weekend-Sales-Top-Four-Million
iPhone-4-First-Weekend-Sales-Top-1-7-Million --- this one was being held wrong.

Based on your example of Apple's holding it wrong, Samsung just created themselves a license to print money. People here aren't unfairly treating anyone, you're just not realising how a major scandal has almost zero influence on a product released a year later. You're also forgetting that the Note is probably the single best Phablet in the Android ecosystem, and Android people won't jump-ship to the iPhone. They'll just wait until the Note 8 comes out with their new 100% less incendiary incidents feature, and then buy like good consumers do.

Wikipedia

Customer reviews on Apple's own propaganda headquarters. Read the comments. They're hilarious. Just about everyone hates the charging port being on the bottom.

Now, which is the case here? Did you actually not know about one of Apple's products? That seems unlikely considering the amount of shilling and trolling you do on behalf of Apple. Or, did you in fact know about this shitty mouse and thought asking for a citation was a not so clever way to make it seem like someone else was mistaken while hoping that no one would actually double check? Yeah, that seems exactly like you.

The previous X1 Carbons had an LED changeable strip similar to what Apple is doing.

Oh, please! The Lenovo strip was NOTHING like what Apple is doing.

Lenovo's non-improvement was just a slight modification of those retarded "status" strips on POS plastic Windows laptops, that simply used a Lexan strip with a Deadfront Grey mask covering screened-on "annunciators" for WiFi, HD access, etc. lit-up by fixed LEDs that would shine through the Deadfront Grey, with some sort of membrane switch layer. There was absolutely NO "Programmability" to it, since IT WASN'T A "real" (graphical, bitmapped) DISPLAY. No WONDER they removed that embarassment pronto!

Here, we have that "piece of a good idea" Lenovo had, but fully-realized and actually made FUNCTIONAL by Apple.

Many people have wanted "programmable keytops" for quite some time now (there has even a product or two). Well, this is Apple's "toe in the water" for that concept.

Next go-around, if the rumors are true, Apple will have E-Ink "keytops" on ALL the keys. THEN what will you bitch about? I'm sure it will be SOMETHING...

Oh, and anyone who has ANY thought that Apple is Keyboard-Hostile, needs only to look at two things:

1. The Keyboard Shortcuts list for OS X/macOS. Oh, and don't forget the other two lists linked off of that list!

2. The fact that OS X/macOS has, since the beginning, had a Keyboard Shortcuts EDITOR, which allows you to trigger ANY Menu-Command with a User-Defined Keybinding. You can define both System-Wide and Application-Specific Keyboard Shortcuts. And in more recent versions of OS X/macOS, the functionality of that Editor has been DRAMATICALLY increased; such that there is fairly-well unprecedented ability to define/redefine keybindings/key layouts.

Actually pretty damned nice, and something I have heard was just now added to Windows (in one form or another) in the most-recent version or two.

They do, which were a result of Europe's power adapter laws if I recall correctly. Besides that, reputable companies like Belkin offer similar solutions.

Total inversion of what happened. Apple didn't want DRM and was forced to add it. Here's Job's thoughts on DRM.

There's still some hypocrisy though. I agree with them for music - I would also agree with them for TV and films, but I'm not hearing the same level of pressure from them.

*Is Developing. https://developer.apple.com/li...

Try $25: http://www.apple.com/shop/prod...

USB-C to USB-A adapters are like $5 on Amazon if you _really_ need one.

Seriously... this is MUCH ado about absolutely nothing.

For your printer: ($5 USB-C to USB-B) http://www.monoprice.com/produ...

For your iPhone: ($25 from Apple USB-C to Lightning)
http://www.apple.com/shop/prod...

The head phone jacks are also optical out on multiple machines.

https://support.apple.com/en-u...

Play high sample rate digital audio on Mac computers
The audio hardware in some MacBook Pro, Mac Pro, and iMac computers supports 176.4 kHz and 192 kHz digital audio when connected using optical output.

These computers support up to 192 kHz sample rate for audio playback:

• MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013) and later
• MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013) and later
• Mac Pro (Late 2013)
• iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2014)
• Mac mini (Late 2014)

Old-School USB Ports

USB 3.0 came out in 2009. Not really old-school, even if the port design is older.

Funny enough while looking that up I found this:
"Using USB 3 devices on Mac computers" https://support.apple.com/en-c...

I assume they'll delete this page soon. Not like Apple cares about previous generations anyway.

"ApplePay requires TouchId. If you could just enter a pin on your phone to use Apple Pay, it would be no more secure than a credit card"

https://support.apple.com/en-c...

"To help ensure the security of Apple Pay, you must have a passcode set on your device and, optionally, Touch ID. "

So what happens if you opt not to use it? Since apparently that IS an option.

TouchID is a potential dealbreaker for a lot of people; because it is LESS secure than a passphrase. It's easier to spoof and the current legal environment appears to make it easier to be compelled to provide a touchid unlock than it is to compell someone to divulge their passphrase since the latter violates one's right to remain silent. While the former is more like being required to submit to having your fingerprints and photo taken.

http://mashable.com/2014/10/30...

"How is NFC always being active a security risk?"

Same way WiFi being on is a security risk. Or being plugged into a network is a security risk. If there is a flaw in the chipset/drivers/firewall/listening services/etc/etc that can be exploited there may be a way to do anything from crash the phone to gain access.

An attacker could also deliberately keep the phone in a higher power state as it repeatedly initiates communications with it to drain the battery. It just seems to me that its needless and unnecessary to have NFC on when the phone is locked.

That's not to say I think wifi should be off, and the phone stored in a lead box... but i do support minimizing the attack surface. And I can't really see any reason why NFC should be on when the phone is locked.

If tomorrow Google or Samsung went to Apple and said "We want our next phone to be a Lightning-Compatible device"... Do you honestly think Apple would go for that? Their own wording suggests otherwise: https://mfi.apple.com/MFiWeb/g... [apple.com]

So much for it being an open standard which both device and accessory makers can build for.

I never claimed it was an OPEN standard. But then, neither is Zigbee. Both are licensed. But honestly, I don't really see a proscription in the wording of the document you linked against creating another "host" device that supported Lightning. For example, I believe I saw an article for a Lightning memory stick, but I might be mistaken. But if approached by the right entity, Apple really might let a Lightning connector exist on a competitor's device. Yes, I believe that could happen.

Again we see how you just don't understand the arguments being put towards you.

What do you think Apple's MFi Program is for?

Um... further balkinization in favor of the Apple ecosystem?

It is PRECISELY for OEMs that want to design Lightning-Compatible devices.

Half true... as it covers only half of the sort of devices which could exist... ie things which plug into an iPhone/iPad/iOS device.

If tomorrow Google or Samsung went to Apple and said "We want our next phone to be a Lightning-Compatible device"... Do you honestly think Apple would go for that? Their own wording suggests otherwise: https://mfi.apple.com/MFiWeb/g...

So much for it being an open standard which both device and accessory makers can build for.

Some high-end headphones still come with 1/4" plugs. You would be in the same boat if you wanted to use them, wouldn't you?

Key word: *some*, and in the grand scheme of the market... they are a rounding error... so no, you wouldn't be in the same boat they are targeted towards the more niche markets of stationary use, either in a studio or physically attached to a stereo/record player/etc.

Care to try to compare apples to apples maybe?

No. Maybe you should do a better job of putting those "concerns" in perspective.

I'm sorry that your perspective & imagination is so limited, it's a pretty common attitude I've been seeing from mac fans (as your name suggests) who cannot comprehend of things other than what they have experienced.

Lemme guess... do you think that touch enabled displays on a desktop/laptop is stupid due to 'gorilla arms'? I've heard that argument from Mac users since Steve Jobs said it... and have used touch enabled desktops & laptops and did find them useful from time to time.

If you have a device that gets a WORKING WEEK's worth of run-time playing music,

Just playing music... limited radio traffic, screen off, just music, not unlike the horsepower in an engine is tested (ie not in a car, driving down the road)... as artificially as can be so as to produce the maximum theoretical results.

Apple is a good bit more honest than you on this, they even say the following at the bottom of the iPhone 7 specs page:

All battery claims depend on network configuration and many other factors; actual results will vary.

Why would they say that? Throw in other device usages, you know, GPS, a radio or two, maybe even some gaming? You don't think you'll have a good bit less available time?

They even admit all of this (http://www.apple.com/iphone/battery.html) if you do a little more reading.

and you REALLY think you're going to get caught-out having to charge while continuing to listen to music, you need to spend a little more time in the real-world.

I see how quickly my wife can drain her iPhone 6s Plus if she's away from a charger for too long, thankfully she has the option to charge it while having a mini-stereo plug attached when she's in the car.

You're right. It is also about Embrace, Enhance, Extinguish. Especially with the Linux stuff.

Like I said, you know little of the Satya kool-aid, whose views on tech, leadership & open source are rather different than Steve's, try to keep up?

Again we see how you just don't understand the arguments being put towards you.

What do you think Apple's MFi Program is for?

Um... further balkinization in favor of the Apple ecosystem?

It is PRECISELY for OEMs that want to design Lightning-Compatible devices.

Half true... as it covers only half of the sort of devices which could exist... ie things which plug into an iPhone/iPad/iOS device.

If tomorrow Google or Samsung went to Apple and said "We want our next phone to be a Lightning-Compatible device"... Do you honestly think Apple would go for that? Their own wording suggests otherwise: https://mfi.apple.com/MFiWeb/g...

So much for it being an open standard which both device and accessory makers can build for.

Some high-end headphones still come with 1/4" plugs. You would be in the same boat if you wanted to use them, wouldn't you?

Key word: *some*, and in the grand scheme of the market... they are a rounding error... so no, you wouldn't be in the same boat they are targeted towards the more niche markets of stationary use, either in a studio or physically attached to a stereo/record player/etc.

Care to try to compare apples to apples maybe?

No. Maybe you should do a better job of putting those "concerns" in perspective.

I'm sorry that your perspective & imagination is so limited, it's a pretty common attitude I've been seeing from mac fans (as your name suggests) who cannot comprehend of things other than what they have experienced.

Lemme guess... do you think that touch enabled displays on a desktop/laptop is stupid due to 'gorilla arms'? I've heard that argument from Mac users since Steve Jobs said it... and have used touch enabled desktops & laptops and did find them useful from time to time.

If you have a device that gets a WORKING WEEK's worth of run-time playing music,

Just playing music... limited radio traffic, screen off, just music, not unlike the horsepower in an engine is tested (ie not in a car, driving down the road)... as artificially as can be so as to produce the maximum theoretical results.

Apple is a good bit more honest than you on this, they even say the following at the bottom of the iPhone 7 specs page:

All battery claims depend on network configuration and many other factors; actual results will vary.

Why would they say that? Throw in other device usages, you know, GPS, a radio or two, maybe even some gaming? You don't think you'll have a good bit less available time?

They even admit all of this (http://www.apple.com/iphone/battery.html) if you do a little more reading.

and you REALLY think you're going to get caught-out having to charge while continuing to listen to music, you need to spend a little more time in the real-world.

I see how quickly my wife can drain her iPhone 6s Plus if she's away from a charger for too long, thankfully she has the option to charge it while having a mini-stereo plug attached when she's in the car.

You're right. It is also about Embrace, Enhance, Extinguish. Especially with the Linux stuff.

Like I said, you know little of the Satya kool-aid, whose views on tech, leadership & open source are rather different than Steve's, try to keep up?

Not true

http://www.apple.com/shop/prod...

Apple designs the processors where the first digital signature key resides and cannot be changed. From there it is a chain of one level verifying the next.
https://www.apple.com/business...

There is no need to actually infiltrate the factories manufacturing the original ROM since you can just throw them away and install your counterfeit rom instead.

No, you have to replace the entire processor with a counterfeit. The first "ROM" that starts the chain of signature checks at each level of software is burned into the processor and can not be changed.
https://www.apple.com/business...

No. Firmware must be signed by Apple. Any substitution or modification (or a bit hit by an alpha particle) won't have a valid signature and the hardware will refuse to run it.

Would that be the hardware produced by hardware produced by Apple and shipped to Foxconn, or the hardware produced by Foxconn?

All of it, there is a chain a digital signature checks with the processor using a key burned into its mask on up iOS and then apps.

"When an iOS device is turned on, its application processor immediately executes code from read-only memory known as the Boot ROM. This immutable code, known as the hardware root of trust, is laid down during chip fabrication, and is implicitly trusted. The Boot ROM code contains the Apple Root CA public key, which is used to verify that the Low-Level Bootloader (LLB) is signed by Apple before allowing it to load. This is the first step in the chain of trust where each step ensures that the next is signed by Apple."
https://www.apple.com/business...

Which firmware, specifically, are you referring to? -PCP

Everything from the ROM burned into the processor to the reprogrammable firmware to the operating system ...

"When an iOS device is turned on, its application processor immediately executes code from read-only memory known as the Boot ROM. This immutable code, known as the hardware root of trust, is laid down during chip fabrication, and is implicitly trusted. The Boot ROM code contains the Apple Root CA public key, which is used to verify that the Low-Level Bootloader (LLB) is signed by Apple before allowing it to load. This is the first step in the chain of trust where each step ensures that the next is signed by Apple."
https://www.apple.com/business...

Right, and Foxconn can't add their own signing keys to the devices when they're the ones burning the ROMs that hold them.

There is more than one "ROM", there is a series of them. The first "ROM" is burned into the processor. Foxconn does not operate the foundry that manufactures these processors. And it is probably part of the QA process to have Apple verify the ROM burned into the processor before they bang out a million of them.

"When an iOS device is turned on, its application processor immediately executes code from read-only memory known as the Boot ROM. This immutable code, known as the hardware root of trust, is laid down during chip fabrication, and is implicitly trusted. The Boot ROM code contains the Apple Root CA public key, which is used to verify that the Low-Level Bootloader (LLB) is signed by Apple before allowing it to load. This is the first step in the chain of trust where each step ensures that the next is signed by Apple."
https://www.apple.com/business...

Ford added Carplay and Android Auto as at least an option to pretty much all of its 2017 models. That's better than most manufacturers at this point.

See the current lists yourself:
https://www.android.com/auto/
http://www.apple.com/ios/carpl...

um... http://www.apple.com/shop/prod...

Well don't just present me with FACTS! How do you expect me to defend my un-researched position? >:~|

Still, I guess what I was getting at is that every *default* configuration for every Mac sold is the ~80 key keyboard. The laptops are fixed at ~80 keys anyway, the default keyboard shipped with the iMac is ~80 key, and the Mini and Pro don't ship with keyboards unless requested.

You mean this?

The main drawback is apparently they don't allow third-party navigation apps to use it (wtf, Apple). But there are workarounds - start third-party app, play music, and put Apple Maps into carplay mode. You'll get the audio prompts from the third party, with display from Apple Maps.

The most recent bending issue, resulting in touch disease, is not overblown. At the company I work at every iPhone 6+ has failed before 24 months. My wife's 6+ failed at 14 months and would not be covered by apple.

Hmm... I don't know if you are supposed to have it covered. Did you buy their extension plan? I'm just curious. Their website said they only warranty up to 1 year...

Try this one instead.

No, because BASIC is an awful language that's hard to use. Meanwhile, languages intended for everyday use have got much more accessible, like Swift, which Apple uses in their free learn-to-program iPad app, Swift Playgrounds: http://www.apple.com/swift/pla...

For students or families who favour Apple products, Swift is the obvious choice. Very modern and yet easy to learn. But powerful enough to make real apps.

Start with the Swift Playgrounds app on an iPad. Teaches by setting challenges:

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/ap...

Then download XCode for Mac when ready to take it further.
XCode has Playgrounds for your own experimenting.

Yes. https://support.apple.com/en-u...

Apple has had non-user replaceable batteries since the original iPhone (almost 10 years now) and they haven't lost a billion in valuation due to that.

iPhones have had battery recalls. Moreover many iPhones, pods and pads have suffered unusually short battery lifetimes. My kids had two iPod touch 5th generation both purchased at the same Apple Store on the same day and both used nearly identically and charged on the same charger the same amount of time yet one battery failed within 6 months and the other is fine after two years. Apple has been lucky with fires and they did lose stock value over the issues with iPhone 5, just not a billion dollars like Samsung.

Why can't we get a decent OS and proper applications for these powerful smart-phones?

Has it occurred to you that you are in the wrong ecosystem?

If you check their website Apple states 'Sapphire crystal lens cover' in the specs of their phones: http://www.apple.com/ca/iphone... , so if you are trying to scratch the underside claiming sapphire, then you are probably doing something wrong?

Is this a non-story or did I miss something?

This is a non-story. No one would make a lens entirely out of sapphire.

First, why waste money machining something so hard? Just laminate your lens with it.

First, sapphire has an anisotropic crystal structure. Its index of refraction will vary with the direction light is traveling through the sapphire. That means image aberrations, or in simple language: blurry, doubled, or color-fringed images.

If you check their website Apple states 'Sapphire crystal lens cover' in the specs of their phones: http://www.apple.com/ca/iphone... , so if you are trying to scratch the underside claiming sapphire, then you are probably doing something wrong?

Is this a non-story or did I miss something?

How is that different from one of these?

You know about MacOS Powernap mode? https://support.apple.com/en-u...

http://www.apple.com/mac-mini/

It's bigger, more expensive, has a weaker GPU and less USB ports. What more could you want?

"Would you rather it didn't warn you? The fact is, Siri is OFF by default on macOS; so if you are that privacy-conscious, you don't HAVE to "Opt-IN".

Oh 'macs4all' your fanboi is shining through again. Nobody said Siri was on by default. And you are right, Apple did the right thing by shipping it off and making it opt in (hello Microsoft Cortana -- are you listening! I bet you are... because you're on by default!)

Nevertheless, once turned on Siri is much the same privacy sucking nightmare Cortana and Google are. The fact that it's off by default doesn't change what it is if you turn it on. Its literally the headline feature of the OS update; so talking about it in context with Sierra seems reasonable to me.

https://www.apple.com/macos/si...

Oh, and you don't HAVE to use MacOS' Contacts list. I NEVER have. The ONLY Contact I have EVER had in my macOS Contacts/Address Book for the past 16 years is my own.

So what? You think Siri won't chase down one's contacts in outlook in the next update even if it doesn't already?

That thing that anti-government-funded healthcare people always misquote about how you can control people through healthcare...this is that fear made real. Forget all the marketing bollocks, the endgame for this is that both Aetna and Apple have real time access to information about your health. It is absolutely possible for them to use this data malliciously and legally.

This is all terrifying and I am find the fact that people will fall for it troubling.

If only Apple had a privacy statement so we could know if our data was protected

How do posts like this bend up labelled "Informative" –it's total rubbish! Would the FBI et al be dragging Apple through the courts if it had such ready access to your data?

Apple sells SD card readers that work with almost all iOS devices including the iPhone 7.

Not quite as nice as having a slot built-in to the phone and application support is a bit limited due to the fact that only a few iOS applications support external storage devices but it does work.

Apple also sells a Lightning to USB host adapter which lets you use other USB devices such as keyboards, mice, flash drives, and external hard drives (as long as they don't attempt to pull too much power over USB)

Sigh...

You can buy 10.6, 10.7 and 10.8 from Apple for I think USD20 each.

You can download El Cap from your Purchased Items list if you've previously "purchased" it; that's what I ended up doing.

As of this moment (10:13 PDT on 22 Sep 2016, two days after Sierra's release), Apple's own page on "older versions of OS X" says, and I quote directly, "The most recent version of OS X is El Capitan (10.11)." If you click on the relevant link, though, you go to the Sierra page. 10.9 or 10.10? It's as though they never existed, at least on this page.

You can apparently download some earlier versions from Apple's developer site if you buy into their developer program. Maybe they're available at the free level, or maybe they aren't available any more at all; if I can dredge up my old developer credentials, I'll look into it.

You can also Google up a bunch of purported download links from non-Apple sites. Please feel free to use one of those if it strikes you as a good idea; none for me, thanks.

When I started using Macs, I was happy to spend hours digging around in printed documentation, Usenet postings, and MacsBug to figure out how to make something work. It was a hobby, and one I enjoyed. Today, I want to spend my time using the machines to do stuff, not trying to find corners that Apple hasn't finished sweeping clean.

MBP = $1100
Dell Inspiron = $800

iPhone 7 USD$649

iPhone 7 Plus USD$769

iPhone 7 USD$649

iPhone 7 Plus USD$769

USA, no tax:

Galaxy S7 $669.99

http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/phones/galaxy-s/samsung-galaxy-s7--32gb---unlocked---black-onyx-sm-g930uzkaxaa/

Galaxy S7 Edge $769.99

http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/phones/galaxy-s/samsung-galaxy-s7-edge--32gb---unlocked---silver-titanium-sm-g935uzsaxaa/

iPhone 6s $549.00

http://www.apple.com/shop/buy-iphone/iphone6s/4.7-inch-display-32gb-silver#00,20,30,40,60

iPhone 6s Plus $649.00

http://www.apple.com/shop/buy-iphone/iphone6s/5.5-inch-display-32gb-silver#01,20,30,40,60