Possibly. Though I think I read that there are more iPhones sold in China than US right now. Oh yes, here is a source. Quoting:
The most important finding, though, was that the data suggests there are now more than 131 million iPhones in-use in China at the end of 2015, making it a larger market for Apple than the U.S., which is estimated to have 110 million active iPhone users, according to data released earlier this year by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners.
It might make more sense for Apple to keep making and selling iPhones in China than move the whole show to the US.
I think you nailed it. Someone should test this to see how long we are talking about. Somehow, seems unlikely to be very long at all- nice thing about their reason is we could test it.
I remember similar comments when the Mac Pro (desktop) was introduced some years ago. Looks like that was a harbinger, and that thinking is still going at Apple.
I completely understand. Others below say they use eth port daily. The bigger issue for me is not whether individual users employ the set of ports on the old machines, but rather why Apple has decided to reduce the flexibility of machines aimed at the Pro audience. I can see going with the majority use case in the "main" line (MacBook + Air), but am confused as to why they would remove options for the pro line.
that this would not be unprecedented. After all, Microsoft was an absolutely essential player in "mainstreaming" personal computing. For better or worse, before PC "clones" arrived on the scene running MS-DOS and then Windows, computing was *very* expensive and not mainstream at all. This is in no way to defend other business practices MS has had over the years, but a careful look at the record should show that MS was key to the "PC revolution".
have a higher capacity battery! Don't mention the physical thickness of the system- previous gen already thin enough. Added benefit: better keyboard also possible.
It is odd that we seem to have a trend of features/functions/functionality being removed or hidden. I guess this is all in service of having things be "simple". In that sense, this is not the end of computing but rather the natural consequence of computing being popularized- we are now shooting for the mean.
are they eliminating the antiquated and horrible 3.5mm analogue audio jack? That's all I need to know about. And whether I will need a new USB-C headset to go with my new lightning one.
excellent idea. I do something similar myself. However, hosting your own files takes time and expertise that many (most?) don't have. No easy solution I'm afraid.
this is a good point. Though I note that on the subject of stamps Apple is moving towards fewer on iPhones (see photo 3)- perhaps could apply to notebooks also?
This. I am sure smartphones & tablets have had effects on sales of PCs also, but it seems just as important that PCs have been good enough for some time now. There is not the same compelling push to upgrade, as this is now a relatively mature technology. I don't game much, but I wonder if even for that demographic the upgrade cycle has slowed..
I noticed where this use is very common: in airports, while people are waiting to charge their phones and board flights. I'm sure there are other instances also.
How would you describe anti-vaxxers, anti-GMO movements? Probably not profit driven, but does not seem that these would go in the same basket as creationism.
I guess the sad take-home is that these all have anti-science smearing methods in common, though perhaps not much else.
The bar has been set so low by the last few years of Firefox releases that the new version is announced as bringing "Improvements". Yikes. And I write this as a person who uses FF as my main browser.
great news, but they need to be careful not to remain malaria free for some years then have it break out again. Because then immunity in the human population is gone and many more people die, particularly adults, who would normally have some protection (having survived childhood). This happened in Sao Tome in the 1980s, and in many other places as well- good review here.
This concern is one of the reasons the DDT campaign to eliminate mosquito vectors in the 1950s was never tried in earnest in Subsaharan Africa- program leaders were concerned that the gains would not be permanent and then the effects of resurgent falciparum malaria on a newly immunologically naive human population would be worse.
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Possibly. Though I think I read that there are more iPhones sold in China than US right now. Oh yes, here is a source. Quoting:
The most important finding, though, was that the data suggests there are now more than 131 million iPhones in-use in China at the end of 2015, making it a larger market for Apple than the U.S., which is estimated to have 110 million active iPhone users, according to data released earlier this year by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners.
It might make more sense for Apple to keep making and selling iPhones in China than move the whole show to the US.
I think you nailed it. Someone should test this to see how long we are talking about. Somehow, seems unlikely to be very long at all- nice thing about their reason is we could test it.
I remember similar comments when the Mac Pro (desktop) was introduced some years ago. Looks like that was a harbinger, and that thinking is still going at Apple.
I completely understand. Others below say they use eth port daily. The bigger issue for me is not whether individual users employ the set of ports on the old machines, but rather why Apple has decided to reduce the flexibility of machines aimed at the Pro audience. I can see going with the majority use case in the "main" line (MacBook + Air), but am confused as to why they would remove options for the pro line.
that this would not be unprecedented. After all, Microsoft was an absolutely essential player in "mainstreaming" personal computing. For better or worse, before PC "clones" arrived on the scene running MS-DOS and then Windows, computing was *very* expensive and not mainstream at all. This is in no way to defend other business practices MS has had over the years, but a careful look at the record should show that MS was key to the "PC revolution".
I'll show myself the door now, thanks.
have a higher capacity battery! Don't mention the physical thickness of the system- previous gen already thin enough. Added benefit: better keyboard also possible.
..what could possibly go wrong?
It is odd that we seem to have a trend of features/functions/functionality being removed or hidden. I guess this is all in service of having things be "simple". In that sense, this is not the end of computing but rather the natural consequence of computing being popularized- we are now shooting for the mean.
these messages make the Springfield Nuclear Plant look well-run!
are they eliminating the antiquated and horrible 3.5mm analogue audio jack? That's all I need to know about. And whether I will need a new USB-C headset to go with my new lightning one.
The worst past? They tried to give him another Note 7 (!)
excellent idea. I do something similar myself. However, hosting your own files takes time and expertise that many (most?) don't have. No easy solution I'm afraid.
I thought he was trying to use WiFi EMF to heat water! Disappointed.
this is a good point. Though I note that on the subject of stamps Apple is moving towards fewer on iPhones (see photo 3)- perhaps could apply to notebooks also?
This. I am sure smartphones & tablets have had effects on sales of PCs also, but it seems just as important that PCs have been good enough for some time now. There is not the same compelling push to upgrade, as this is now a relatively mature technology. I don't game much, but I wonder if even for that demographic the upgrade cycle has slowed..
..the death spiral. CM losing any niche it once had- a shame.
I noticed where this use is very common: in airports, while people are waiting to charge their phones and board flights. I'm sure there are other instances also.
Project Mordor?
Wait, perhaps I did not mis read after all. What could possibly go wrong with a mono culture?
How would you describe anti-vaxxers, anti-GMO movements? Probably not profit driven, but does not seem that these would go in the same basket as creationism.
I guess the sad take-home is that these all have anti-science smearing methods in common, though perhaps not much else.
The bar has been set so low by the last few years of Firefox releases that the new version is announced as bringing "Improvements". Yikes. And I write this as a person who uses FF as my main browser.
did you notice the story in not about the USA?
I'm really confused. I just read there was no reason not to update (!)
seems like something no one was asking for. To add insult to injury, Apple's poor implementation is offensive. No one wins here.
great news, but they need to be careful not to remain malaria free for some years then have it break out again. Because then immunity in the human population is gone and many more people die, particularly adults, who would normally have some protection (having survived childhood). This happened in Sao Tome in the 1980s, and in many other places as well- good review here.
This concern is one of the reasons the DDT campaign to eliminate mosquito vectors in the 1950s was never tried in earnest in Subsaharan Africa- program leaders were concerned that the gains would not be permanent and then the effects of resurgent falciparum malaria on a newly immunologically naive human population would be worse.
Good news all the same- they must stay vigilant.