I think the problem is, Apple should be dying if it can't keep producing products.. but part of the problem with the economy is that once you get to be the size of Apple you can float and when you get in trouble you complain to the government about how many jobs will be lost and they bail you out.
Oh, sorry. I guess lots of people living in the third world do have problems with their laptops being too heavy. You weren't talking about a first world problem after all. *sigh*
Well of course you will have custom needs as a person who is disabled. I cannot speak from that perspective. As I have been saying all along, I can understand if there is a physical reason why you cannot carry the extra 12 pounds, and you have identified a reason. From the perspective of 99% of people, they can carry a 15 pound laptop as well as a 2 pound laptop, and their hyper-sensitivity to 'extraneous weight' is a weak reason at best.
Convenience is definitely not the same thing as functionality. I think that's a big problem with people right there. At one time if something did the job then people liked it. Not they need it to be the right color, the right weight, the right size... Functional means a thing can do the job or not. The weight of something just makes it better at doing the job for you, because you don't like carrying heavier things.
Yes and I swear at Apple every time I go to use my Macbook on a monitor and I can't find my adapter. When I bought the macbook, it didn't even occur to me that there would be anything different then VGA.. because VGA was still working for me everywhere else. All the other systems I purchased at the same time or later came with a VGA port, and I really wasn't even looking for a VGA port on them. I know I'm fighting a losing battle here, because we live in a world where consumers want what they want, and industry changes to the whim of consumers and old electronics get thrown out and the world is becoming a giant garbage heap and that is the way it is. All I'm saying is that it would be nice if industry moved a little slower for the sake of the environment.
Also, I'm not even saying you shouldn't be able to have that laptop. If you want to have a laptop with a display port or hdmi only then fine. I'm saying it's sad that the whole market tends to move that way, even when there are plenty of people happy with full sized laptops.
I will never get that. How are you functionally being prevented from carrying a full sized laptop? I regularly carry 2-3 full sized laptops when traveling, no one has ever told me I cannot get on the plane with them. Again, having a bag that weighs 5 pounds versus a bad that weighs 15 pounds is for your convenience.
I agree, phones shouldn't be the size of bricks for the sake of ports. However, I don't see the need to get a laptop from an inch thick to 1/4-inch thick either. That comes from the pursuit of the new shiny toy that looks cool, not from a functional reason.
I feel sorry for a world that must get rid of electronics because they use a port that looks old. I have three VGA monitors that work perfectly fine, and I hope to not have the throw them in the trash before they stop working perfectly fine.
But hey, fortunately there is an equivalent number of Uber drivers on the road that are making as much or more money to support their families with Uber money they rake in. Right? Right? I can feel this country healing. I can feel the healing.
Oh my lord, this has to be the best 'screw everyone I can do it if I want to' post I have seen yet. Funny how Uber always brings this out of people. I'm not quite sure if they're being paid by Uber to throw these up and in turn make Uber look like angels or if they are really this uncaring and cold to people around them in real life.
If you mean someone else might hit my automated vehicle, yes of course that might be the case, but where I am from insurance is a requirement and the vehicle of the driver at fault will pay for it. If you're saying the automated vehicle is like Russian roulette and it might find a situation it can't handle... And if it does find that situation you will be liable.. I'm not sure how they would ever sell that.
What is the point of paying a premium for a self driving car if there is still a possibility of it getting in an accident? Isn't that kind of the whole point of self driving cars?
I think the companies pouring billions into this are going to be solely disappointed. It's reminding me of the 1970's when they thought they were a few years away from human like AI.
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Because NUC machines are almost the same price as a cheap laptop and don't even come with a screen?
USB-C? Heck I don't even shop for USB3 compatibility.. I think I have USB2 on my laptop and so far it's been working just fine for me.
I think the problem is, Apple should be dying if it can't keep producing products.. but part of the problem with the economy is that once you get to be the size of Apple you can float and when you get in trouble you complain to the government about how many jobs will be lost and they bail you out.
Oh, sorry. I guess lots of people living in the third world do have problems with their laptops being too heavy. You weren't talking about a first world problem after all. *sigh*
I'd say yes to all of that.
Actually thinkpad T series laptops are what is popular around here. Cheap, durable, and they last for ten years.
Well of course you will have custom needs as a person who is disabled. I cannot speak from that perspective. As I have been saying all along, I can understand if there is a physical reason why you cannot carry the extra 12 pounds, and you have identified a reason. From the perspective of 99% of people, they can carry a 15 pound laptop as well as a 2 pound laptop, and their hyper-sensitivity to 'extraneous weight' is a weak reason at best.
Wow.. Such incredible first world problems. an iPad is too heavy.
Convenience is definitely not the same thing as functionality. I think that's a big problem with people right there. At one time if something did the job then people liked it. Not they need it to be the right color, the right weight, the right size... Functional means a thing can do the job or not. The weight of something just makes it better at doing the job for you, because you don't like carrying heavier things.
Yes and I swear at Apple every time I go to use my Macbook on a monitor and I can't find my adapter. When I bought the macbook, it didn't even occur to me that there would be anything different then VGA.. because VGA was still working for me everywhere else. All the other systems I purchased at the same time or later came with a VGA port, and I really wasn't even looking for a VGA port on them. I know I'm fighting a losing battle here, because we live in a world where consumers want what they want, and industry changes to the whim of consumers and old electronics get thrown out and the world is becoming a giant garbage heap and that is the way it is. All I'm saying is that it would be nice if industry moved a little slower for the sake of the environment.
Also, I'm not even saying you shouldn't be able to have that laptop. If you want to have a laptop with a display port or hdmi only then fine. I'm saying it's sad that the whole market tends to move that way, even when there are plenty of people happy with full sized laptops.
I will never get that. How are you functionally being prevented from carrying a full sized laptop? I regularly carry 2-3 full sized laptops when traveling, no one has ever told me I cannot get on the plane with them. Again, having a bag that weighs 5 pounds versus a bad that weighs 15 pounds is for your convenience.
I agree, phones shouldn't be the size of bricks for the sake of ports. However, I don't see the need to get a laptop from an inch thick to 1/4-inch thick either. That comes from the pursuit of the new shiny toy that looks cool, not from a functional reason.
I feel sorry for a world that must get rid of electronics because they use a port that looks old. I have three VGA monitors that work perfectly fine, and I hope to not have the throw them in the trash before they stop working perfectly fine.
But hey, fortunately there is an equivalent number of Uber drivers on the road that are making as much or more money to support their families with Uber money they rake in. Right? Right? I can feel this country healing. I can feel the healing.
Oh my lord, this has to be the best 'screw everyone I can do it if I want to' post I have seen yet. Funny how Uber always brings this out of people. I'm not quite sure if they're being paid by Uber to throw these up and in turn make Uber look like angels or if they are really this uncaring and cold to people around them in real life.
Once everyone submits to a full Facebook anal probe.
Let me guess.. it's like the Isle of Man which is tax free.
If you mean someone else might hit my automated vehicle, yes of course that might be the case, but where I am from insurance is a requirement and the vehicle of the driver at fault will pay for it. If you're saying the automated vehicle is like Russian roulette and it might find a situation it can't handle... And if it does find that situation you will be liable.. I'm not sure how they would ever sell that.
Then I still shouldn't be liable... That's like marketing a toaster that might short out and electrocute people.
Glad I'm not the only one this happens to! Had to do this the other day. Unfortunately I had no mod points to share.
What is the point of paying a premium for a self driving car if there is still a possibility of it getting in an accident? Isn't that kind of the whole point of self driving cars?
If I have to carry liability insurance for a driverless car, then it is not ready to be on the road yet. I'll just keep using a manual car, thanks.
But if I am in a driverless car then an accident is never my fault. The insurance of the person who is at fault should be paying for the accident.
I think the companies pouring billions into this are going to be solely disappointed. It's reminding me of the 1970's when they thought they were a few years away from human like AI.