Does that mean we can expect lower prices for smartphones and laptops that contain flash storage
Of course it does, and this will further exacerbate the value gap between flagship phones and second tier phones. Historically, the higher value tier has always won this competition. It also means even more Chromebooks, with 128GB becoming the new minimum and 512GB in the midrange. Good news for schools and Linux road warriors.
If I'm not using maps to find my way around blah blah blah
According to you, this market [lifewire.com] does not exist.
Repeat this to yourself as you fall asleep: "I am a self centered prat with an inflated estimation of my own life experience who thinks the world revolves around me and my needs." "I am a self centered prat with an inflated estimation of my own life experience who thinks the world revolves around me and my needs." "I am a self centered prat with an inflated estimation of my own life experience who thinks the world revolves around me and my needs." "I am a self centered prat with an inflated estimation of my own life experience who thinks the world revolves around me and my needs." "I am a self centered prat with an inflated estimation of my own life experience who thinks the world revolves around me and my needs." "I am a self centered prat with an inflated estimation of my own life experience who thinks the world revolves around me and my needs." "I am a self centered prat with an inflated estimation of my own life experience who thinks the world revolves around me and my needs."...
Apple has a long history of trying to prevent choice and innovation. They forced DR to lobotomize GEM, threatened Microsoft for the best part of a decade to prevent them from producing a decent UI for Windows (you really don't want to know what Windows was like pre-95), and until the late nineties was notorious for avoiding open technologies, even when there was no serious advantage to its own. While things warmed again under Jobs, the latter went ballistic over Google's Android despite the iPhone itself being a blatant copy of an LG design.
They're not the good guys, they're just a company that very often comes up with some good ideas.
Every single bit of that is a lie.
Sorry, every bit of that is bang on, I saw it all with my own eyes. And that's just the tip of it. Being charitable to Apple if anything, maybe that is a mistake.
You do realize, of course, that your "citations" add up to a big "Because I said so.", right?
Don't be disingenuous.
I'm not. Don't be deliberately obtuse.
I will say this for you: you have that arrogance thing down pat. You have that newspeak thing down pat. You are the reason people hate Apple, you are a fine ambassador. Carry on.
Are you going to put your laptop in the car next to you?
I take it you have never gone on a business trip. You get to the hotel room, you set up your laptop and connect to the hotel wifi. How much does it suck to now have to tell your laptop where you are? It should already know.
Never confuse "no one cares" with "I don't care because I don't have that use case". You might never have a laptop, you might never go on a business trip. That's you. Because of the volume in handsets, the cost now to include GPS is roughly zero.
Yes, lock down the boot loader and ship it with Windows 10S = fail = this is not the PC you are looking for.
If Microsoft wants this product to not fail like the last time then it needs to be as much like a PC as it possibly can be, except for the processor. That includes the boot loader.
Apple has a long history of trying to prevent choice and innovation. They forced DR to lobotomize GEM, threatened Microsoft for the best part of a decade to prevent them from producing a decent UI for Windows (you really don't want to know what Windows was like pre-95), and until the late nineties was notorious for avoiding open technologies, even when there was no serious advantage to its own. While things warmed again under Jobs, the latter went ballistic over Google's Android despite the iPhone itself being a blatant copy of an LG design.
They're not the good guys, they're just a company that very often comes up with some good ideas.
Every single bit of that is a lie.
Sorry, every bit of that is bang on, I saw it all with my own eyes. And that's just the tip of it. Being charitable to Apple if anything, maybe that is a mistake.
You do realize, of course, that your "citations" add up to a big "Because I said so.", right?
If you go with an apple laptop, an iphone will provide all those for your laptop.
I would rather gouge my eyes out than go with an Apple laptop. I have one, by the way, it was given to me. It's off. Used it for a while, enough to know to know exactly why the "Apple way" leaves me cold, let alone the lock-in, and the utter embarrassment of being seen with these things in public.
Well, Microsoft is going to jump on this bandwagon too. The mistake they made last time round with Windows 8 is unlike to be repeated: this time Windows on ARM will be as much like the reigning Wintel version as they can possibly make it. I'm actually hoping for this because I don't perceive any other path at the moment to getting a decent ARM Linux laptop.
Of course there's always the possibility that they might lock down the bootloader just to freeze out Linux. Sigh. So in that case I stick with Wintel, or more probably, WinAMD.
Intel is still struggling to make 10-nanometer chips at the same time as ARM is talking about 7nm and 5nm parts.
Let's be fair. 1) Intel 10nm is roughly equivalent to TSMC/GF/Samsung 7nm. 2) "Struggling to make" is roughly equivalent to "talking about".
As nearly as I can tell, Intel bit off just a bit too much this node with a metal pitch that is just about 10% finer than deep UV multipatterning alone can do reliably, so they had to bulldoze their fab line for a do-over and never got into their precious copy-exactly zone. Meanwhile, the "bunch" went ever so slightly more conservative and are now supposedly starting 7nm production ramp, but nobody has seen these chips actually arrive in channel. Nobody seems to have clear intelligence on whether the "bunch" also has yield problems this node. Maybe just a few more weeks until we get answers?
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Does that mean we can expect lower prices for smartphones and laptops that contain flash storage
Of course it does, and this will further exacerbate the value gap between flagship phones and second tier phones. Historically, the higher value tier has always won this competition. It also means even more Chromebooks, with 128GB becoming the new minimum and 512GB in the midrange. Good news for schools and Linux road warriors.
Looking forward to spending under $100 for a 1tb 2.5inch laptop drive.
Sata 2.5" is dying fast, nearly all new designs are M.2. Faster, better. Desktop PC and enterprise will be the last island.
Because of high bit-demand from data centers and smartphones.
Fortunately, byte-demand is not as high, but they cost more so it all works out. Gigabyte demand even more so.
See the M on the back? Kind of gives the game away. Otherwise it's another of a hundred similar looking slabphones.
Actually, there is less than $1 of epinephrine in each Epipen.
It is relevant in any case. It is a statement of fact. You come across like you have a vested interest.
Wow, somebody is systematically going through and modding down this factual information. Paid to do it, I assume.
Actually, there is less than $1 of epinephrine in each Epipen.
Modding it down does not change the fact. What kind of subhuman does it take to do that, with millions of at risk children unable to pay the ransom?
If I'm not using maps to find my way around blah blah blah
According to you, this market [lifewire.com] does not exist.
Repeat this to yourself as you fall asleep: "I am a self centered prat with an inflated estimation of my own life experience who thinks the world revolves around me and my needs." "I am a self centered prat with an inflated estimation of my own life experience who thinks the world revolves around me and my needs." "I am a self centered prat with an inflated estimation of my own life experience who thinks the world revolves around me and my needs." "I am a self centered prat with an inflated estimation of my own life experience who thinks the world revolves around me and my needs." "I am a self centered prat with an inflated estimation of my own life experience who thinks the world revolves around me and my needs." "I am a self centered prat with an inflated estimation of my own life experience who thinks the world revolves around me and my needs." "I am a self centered prat with an inflated estimation of my own life experience who thinks the world revolves around me and my needs." ...
Idiot.
Apple has a long history of trying to prevent choice and innovation. They forced DR to lobotomize GEM, threatened Microsoft for the best part of a decade to prevent them from producing a decent UI for Windows (you really don't want to know what Windows was like pre-95), and until the late nineties was notorious for avoiding open technologies, even when there was no serious advantage to its own. While things warmed again under Jobs, the latter went ballistic over Google's Android despite the iPhone itself being a blatant copy of an LG design.
They're not the good guys, they're just a company that very often comes up with some good ideas.
Every single bit of that is a lie.
Sorry, every bit of that is bang on, I saw it all with my own eyes. And that's just the tip of it. Being charitable to Apple if anything, maybe that is a mistake.
You do realize, of course, that your "citations" add up to a big "Because I said so.", right?
Don't be disingenuous.
I'm not. Don't be deliberately obtuse.
I will say this for you: you have that arrogance thing down pat. You have that newspeak thing down pat. You are the reason people hate Apple, you are a fine ambassador. Carry on.
Are you going to put your laptop in the car next to you?
I take it you have never gone on a business trip. You get to the hotel room, you set up your laptop and connect to the hotel wifi. How much does it suck to now have to tell your laptop where you are? It should already know.
Never confuse "no one cares" with "I don't care because I don't have that use case". You might never have a laptop, you might never go on a business trip. That's you. Because of the volume in handsets, the cost now to include GPS is roughly zero.
I can't really understand why you would need GPS in a laptop unless you don't carry a smart phone
Maps. The full size screen is really so much better than a phone.
Yes, lock down the boot loader and ship it with Windows 10S = fail = this is not the PC you are looking for.
If Microsoft wants this product to not fail like the last time then it needs to be as much like a PC as it possibly can be, except for the processor. That includes the boot loader.
Whoops, they already deliver. I'm getting one :)
Yaaaaas. If they deliver, I will send them my money. GPU could be a sticking point.
That's not manufacturing costs
And what do you imagine that manufacturing costs of this glorified syringe actually are?
Actually, there is less than $1 of epinephrine in each Epipen.
It is relevant in any case. It is a statement of fact. You come across like you have a vested interest.
Actually, there is less than $1 of epinephrine in each Epipen.
Apple has a long history of trying to prevent choice and innovation. They forced DR to lobotomize GEM, threatened Microsoft for the best part of a decade to prevent them from producing a decent UI for Windows (you really don't want to know what Windows was like pre-95), and until the late nineties was notorious for avoiding open technologies, even when there was no serious advantage to its own. While things warmed again under Jobs, the latter went ballistic over Google's Android despite the iPhone itself being a blatant copy of an LG design.
They're not the good guys, they're just a company that very often comes up with some good ideas.
Every single bit of that is a lie.
Sorry, every bit of that is bang on, I saw it all with my own eyes. And that's just the tip of it. Being charitable to Apple if anything, maybe that is a mistake.
You do realize, of course, that your "citations" add up to a big "Because I said so.", right?
Don't be disingenuous.
Great post, makes me feel like I just criticized Scientology. That's another thing I don't like about Apple.
If you go with an apple laptop, an iphone will provide all those for your laptop.
I would rather gouge my eyes out than go with an Apple laptop. I have one, by the way, it was given to me. It's off. Used it for a while, enough to know to know exactly why the "Apple way" leaves me cold, let alone the lock-in, and the utter embarrassment of being seen with these things in public.
Clear?
Yah. I'm pretty sure my next laptop will be AMD APU. The one after that might be ARM.
BTW, where is the GPS in my laptop? 4G modem? Bluetooth? Just asking.
Where are you going to get your ARM laptop to run Linux on?
As I see it, there are only two plausible paths:
1) Chromebook manufacturers start offering usable amounts of storage and Google lays off their FUD game with developer mode boot warnings.
2) Microsoft takes another run at the ARM laptop market, with for-real Windows this time instead of Windows-trying-to-be-a-phone.
That was the PowerPC movie, you haven't seen the ARM movie yet.
Well, Microsoft is going to jump on this bandwagon too. The mistake they made last time round with Windows 8 is unlike to be repeated: this time Windows on ARM will be as much like the reigning Wintel version as they can possibly make it. I'm actually hoping for this because I don't perceive any other path at the moment to getting a decent ARM Linux laptop.
Of course there's always the possibility that they might lock down the bootloader just to freeze out Linux. Sigh. So in that case I stick with Wintel, or more probably, WinAMD.
Intel is still struggling to make 10-nanometer chips at the same time as ARM is talking about 7nm and 5nm parts.
Let's be fair. 1) Intel 10nm is roughly equivalent to TSMC/GF/Samsung 7nm. 2) "Struggling to make" is roughly equivalent to "talking about".
As nearly as I can tell, Intel bit off just a bit too much this node with a metal pitch that is just about 10% finer than deep UV multipatterning alone can do reliably, so they had to bulldoze their fab line for a do-over and never got into their precious copy-exactly zone. Meanwhile, the "bunch" went ever so slightly more conservative and are now supposedly starting 7nm production ramp, but nobody has seen these chips actually arrive in channel. Nobody seems to have clear intelligence on whether the "bunch" also has yield problems this node. Maybe just a few more weeks until we get answers?