Considering the original iPhone was released in 2007, I am having a bit of trouble with your claim.
I think there might have been a missing comma after "iPhone4". Just replace the first "and" with a comma, then place the string " a " after that, and all will make sense.
Yet nobody gets upset at Apple for forcing OS upgrades, or Google/Cell phone carriers for forcing OS upgrades on their phones. Everybody loves to whine but MS is just adopting the same model of OS upgrades as their competitors have had for years.
Excuse me, COWARDLY shill; but Apple NEVER forces an Upgrade. NEVER.
My iPad 2 is still running iOS 7. It COULD be running iOS 9.x; but I don't want to upgrade. So I don't.
My MacBook Pro is running OS X 10.9.5 (Mavericks). It COULD be running OS X 10.11.4 (El Capitan); but I don't want to upgrade. So I don't.
Up until yesterday, my iPhone 6 plus was running iOS 8.4; I finally saw something in iOS 9 that I thought was interesting, so I upgraded to iOS 9.3.2. But nothing and nobody forced me to.
Microsoft Windows: noun, A 64-bit compilation of 32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor written by a 2 bit company that can't stand 1 bit of competition with 0 bit of understanding good UI.
Wikipedia defines it as "an idiom popularized by Jon Hein that was used to describe the moment in the evolution of a television show when it begins a decline in quality, signaled by a particular scene, episode, or aspect of a show in which the writers use some type of gimmick in an attempt to keep viewers' interest, which is taken as a sign of desperation, and is seen by viewers to be the point at which the show strayed irretrievably from its original formula", so I'd say it's close enough.
Personally, I'd have gone with "Screwed the pooch" or "Shit the bed".
Apple's war on ports is annoying. There's not enough wireless spectrum for me to transfer files at gigabit speeds in anywhere but the middle of a wheat field.
So plug in that Thunderbolt Ethernet port adapter and enjoy your gigabit speeds. You're just too much of a luddite to realize the true wonderfulness that is Thunderbolt.
Heck, with Thunderbolt, you can go whole-hog with several brands of third party adapters and easily do 10gig or FibreChannel. Try THAT with an RJ45 GigE on any laptop.
And that is before even getting to the stories of OLED burn in.
Using OLED really is short-sighted here. OLED, with its burn-in issues, is the absolute worst display tech to use for key and their mostly static images. Backlit e-ink would be a far better choice, unless they're going for full-color, constantly moving key faces (cringe).
You can avoid burn-in on OLEDs to a large extent with the "random walk" approach. Plus, if they pick a monochrome OLED (probably won't), there are some OLEDs with very good burn-in and lifespan specs.
Plus, I would bet they are also thinking of expanding the use of the OLED strip to "Notifications". I am on the fence as to whether that would be more, or less, annoying tha pop-up "bubbles", though.
In what way? Because they "hid" (until you un-hide them) some system directories from the noobs who have no business in them anyway? I mean, WTF good can EVER come from Grandma poking around and deleting things in/System, or/Library?
Or perhaps it's because they made the Default for Gatekeeper such that noobs were less likely to fubar their system with malware, just because they were duped into installing some random thing from a scarebait banner-ad?
Bottom line: If you think OS X really is "locked down", then you don't have the requisite knowledge to be poking around under the hood, anyway. That's not conceit; it's a fact.
They believe that a closed ecosystem is the best way to promote their products.
Are you conflating iOS and the iOS App Store with OS X?
And that's not even true of iOS. Just fire up XCode and have at it. Anything your little heart desires you can code for yourself. No Dev license required.
Oh, and BTW, you didn't mention that Apple gives away its IDE. I guess that's yet another example of their "closed ecosystem". (rolls eyes)
Great, now they will only be about six or seven years behind in hardware instead of ten. OS X will still feel like it's stuck in 2005, though. And iTunes will be even worse. Yay Apple! The fanbois will pretend that Apple has the best hardware and that this dominates all PC laptops.
And yet, everyone (well nearly everyone) on Slashdot (including me) wants Windows to look and feel like it's "stuck in 2005". Moral to that story: Be careful what you wish for...
Professionals need screens that do not double as a mirror.
This. Always this. The glossy screens look nice until you need to use them. I don't need to be watching everything behind me and have my eyes constantly focusing on the movement.
I tend to agree; but just try to find a laptop made in the last few years with a matte screen. And it is a proven fact that clarity and black-levels suffer pretty dramatically with matte screens.
This, in fact, is why I don't debate matters of Apple with you, or even try to correct how you interpret things. You are at best a rabid fanboy, and at worst a shill.
I wish I were a shill. I wouldn't be so poor...
By the way, you do realize, of course, that the thread that you are responding-to, as well as offering as "proof" of my "rabid fanboy"/shill status was started by my OP that was up-modded to +5 Insightful, right?
Kinda takes the guts out of your argument, doesn't it?
But of course, you will just dismiss the up-modding as proof of all the other rabid Apple fanboys that are so prevalent on Slashdot...
As the person making the claim that your "personal identifying information" doesn't leave Apple, it is your responsibility to prove that point. The AC just asked how you know, if you don't know you can't make the claim. If you do know, then please share that information with us.
You like to dismiss criticism of your username as meaningless, but it's not. It suggests you, like so many others, treat this company and its philosophy like a religion. This suspicion is compounded by the evidence of your post history, which shows a clear agenda: trolling this website to back up Apple wherever possible. It's literally all you do. So forgive me if I find it futile to argue with the Apple priesthood.
Criticism OF my username is meaningless. But criticism BASED ON my username is worse.
I do not "worship" at the "Church of Cupertino". In fact, I own relatively little Apple gear, HAVE never (and WILL never) camp-out in line for an Apple product, have only been to our local Apple Store about 3 or 4 times in the ten or so years it has been open, and actually spend FAR more time on my work Windows 7 laptop than I do on my MacBook Pro.
Quite frankly, one of the things I like about Apple is the fact that their hardware and software products tend to BREAK the "Computer Priesthood" mythos (unlike Windows and even more so for Linux). For example, ask IBM how much they SAVE, and how much LESS they have to rely on Computer Priests when they allow Apple products into their corporate offices.
That isn't me saying it. It is an industry giant, who, by the way, really doesn't have anything to gain by doing so.
And they are most certainly not alone. Look at the comments by several large corporations that have "discovered" the benefits of Apple in business.
Again, not my words.
Although I thoroughly reject the idea that I am a member of the "Apple Priesthood", I do have quite a history of being an Apple user, going back to the Apple 1. As such, I have watched the company through its ups, and downs, and ups, and I know for a fact that their "corporate culture" is decidedly different for almost any other company their size.
There is a vast difference between "Worship" and "Recognition", which is something that seems to get conveniently ignored by the Haters. I RECOGNIZE that Apple, more than most tech companies, at least TRIES to "do right" by their Customer-base, by and large, even if they don't always do what *I* would want. And if I am a bit strident in my defense of Apple, it is mostly compensation for the ridiculous, over-the-top, bend-over-backwards hyper-critical postings of not just a few, but many, slashdotters (almost all who are too pusillanimous to actually log-in), who ascribe motives and machinations and wheels-within-wheels conspiracies to Apple, and who patently and off-handedly dismiss their hardware and software, almost always without even having touched same.
I guess I feel that someone needs to "set the record straight"; which is why I almost always back-up my posts with citations.
Which I notice that, in all your diatribe, you have not offered ONE fact in rebuttal to my OP.
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Considering the original iPhone was released in 2007, I am having a bit of trouble with your claim.
I think there might have been a missing comma after "iPhone4". Just replace the first "and" with a comma, then place the string " a " after that, and all will make sense.
How long before Microsoft's Windows 10 strategy sees a similar fate because it has angered so many Microsoft customers?
Not. Soon. Enough.
Best AC Post EVAR!!!
Yet nobody gets upset at Apple for forcing OS upgrades, or Google/Cell phone carriers for forcing OS upgrades on their phones. Everybody loves to whine but MS is just adopting the same model of OS upgrades as their competitors have had for years.
Excuse me, COWARDLY shill; but Apple NEVER forces an Upgrade. NEVER.
My iPad 2 is still running iOS 7. It COULD be running iOS 9.x; but I don't want to upgrade. So I don't.
My MacBook Pro is running OS X 10.9.5 (Mavericks). It COULD be running OS X 10.11.4 (El Capitan); but I don't want to upgrade. So I don't.
Up until yesterday, my iPhone 6 plus was running iOS 8.4; I finally saw something in iOS 9 that I thought was interesting, so I upgraded to iOS 9.3.2. But nothing and nobody forced me to.
Get your facts straight, MS Shill.
Windows 10 is a gift to the Linux world.
Only on Slashdot. To the rest of the U.S., at least, Windows 10 was a gift to the OS X world.
I wonder if it is OS X or Chrome OS that will gain the most?
Well, if people do their homework, no one that is leaving Windows 10 because of Spying will go anywhere NEAR ChromeOS...
Linux is far more popular than Mac OS. In fact, the most popular operating system in the world is Android, which is Linux-based.
Is that REALLY your comeback?!?
...And people think Apple fans suffer from Reality Distortion... (Rolls eyes)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!
You're comparing a MOBILE OS to a full-blown, Desktop OS?!?
That's EXACTLY like comparing iOS to BSD Unix. There are pieces-parts that are the same; but in NO WAY are they equivalent.
Windows 10 is a gift to the Linux world.
Only on Slashdot.
To the rest of the U.S., at least, Windows 10 was a gift to the OS X world.
Microsoft Windows: noun, A 64-bit compilation of 32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor written by a 2 bit company that can't stand 1 bit of competition with 0 bit of understanding good UI.
Perfect! You have won one Internets for today!
Promise you won't come back.We don't want you.
Sez the person who won't even log in...
Wikipedia defines it as "an idiom popularized by Jon Hein that was used to describe the moment in the evolution of a television show when it begins a decline in quality, signaled by a particular scene, episode, or aspect of a show in which the writers use some type of gimmick in an attempt to keep viewers' interest, which is taken as a sign of desperation, and is seen by viewers to be the point at which the show strayed irretrievably from its original formula", so I'd say it's close enough.
Personally, I'd have gone with "Screwed the pooch" or "Shit the bed".
But you forgot the originating reference. It's makes no sense without that.
Just sleazy and unethical.
Kind of redundant when talking about Microsoft, wouldn't you say?
Apple's war on ports is annoying. There's not enough wireless spectrum for me to transfer files at gigabit speeds in anywhere but the middle of a wheat field.
So plug in that Thunderbolt Ethernet port adapter and enjoy your gigabit speeds. You're just too much of a luddite to realize the true wonderfulness that is Thunderbolt.
Heck, with Thunderbolt, you can go whole-hog with several brands of third party adapters and easily do 10gig or FibreChannel. Try THAT with an RJ45 GigE on any laptop.
They make it for much larger 4k TVs, so I guess it's possible. Apple is not a strong backer of OLED however. They still use LCD on their $800 iPhones.
But, I believe the Apple Watch is OLED. So they have their toe in that water, and the OLED reps calling on their R&D dept.
And that is before even getting to the stories of OLED burn in.
Using OLED really is short-sighted here. OLED, with its burn-in issues, is the absolute worst display tech to use for key and their mostly static images. Backlit e-ink would be a far better choice, unless they're going for full-color, constantly moving key faces (cringe).
You can avoid burn-in on OLEDs to a large extent with the "random walk" approach. Plus, if they pick a monochrome OLED (probably won't), there are some OLEDs with very good burn-in and lifespan specs.
Plus, I would bet they are also thinking of expanding the use of the OLED strip to "Notifications". I am on the fence as to whether that would be more, or less, annoying tha pop-up "bubbles", though.
locked down OS X
In what way? Because they "hid" (until you un-hide them) some system directories from the noobs who have no business in them anyway? I mean, WTF good can EVER come from Grandma poking around and deleting things in /System, or /Library?
Or perhaps it's because they made the Default for Gatekeeper such that noobs were less likely to fubar their system with malware, just because they were duped into installing some random thing from a scarebait banner-ad?
Bottom line: If you think OS X really is "locked down", then you don't have the requisite knowledge to be poking around under the hood, anyway. That's not conceit; it's a fact.
They believe that a closed ecosystem is the best way to promote their products.
Are you conflating iOS and the iOS App Store with OS X?
And that's not even true of iOS. Just fire up XCode and have at it. Anything your little heart desires you can code for yourself. No Dev license required.
Oh, and BTW, you didn't mention that Apple gives away its IDE. I guess that's yet another example of their "closed ecosystem". (rolls eyes)
My iphone is warped. Your products are becoming crap. Please stop. Full stop.
I don't want a thinner laptop but I would like a more tactile keyboard. (sent from my 2015 mac pro)
They still sell iPhones?!?!?!?!? hahahaahahaha
Yeah. Only about 51 MEELION iPhones last QUARTER. Poor Apple. Might look into it.
My iphone is warped. Your products are becoming crap. Please stop. Full stop.
I don't want a thinner laptop but I would like a more tactile keyboard. (sent from my 2015 mac pro)
If you have a Mac Pro, then the discussion of Keyboard-type is moot. Completely, utterly moot.
Don't like Apple's keyboard? Then just purchase any one of a zillion other USB keyboards. Done.
You can even have a replica of what a lot of people around here think of as the "God" of keyboards, the Model M, FFS.
Great, now they will only be about six or seven years behind in hardware instead of ten. OS X will still feel like it's stuck in 2005, though. And iTunes will be even worse. Yay Apple! The fanbois will pretend that Apple has the best hardware and that this dominates all PC laptops.
And yet, everyone (well nearly everyone) on Slashdot (including me) wants Windows to look and feel like it's "stuck in 2005". Moral to that story: Be careful what you wish for...
So, now what?
Professionals need screens that do not double as a mirror.
This. Always this. The glossy screens look nice until you need to use them. I don't need to be watching everything behind me and have my eyes constantly focusing on the movement.
I tend to agree; but just try to find a laptop made in the last few years with a matte screen. And it is a proven fact that clarity and black-levels suffer pretty dramatically with matte screens.
Gotta go. Nurse says its time for morning meds.
Tell her to tell the doctor that the dosage needs increased.
Sorry. Really I am. Couldn't resist...
This, in fact, is why I don't debate matters of Apple with you, or even try to correct how you interpret things. You are at best a rabid fanboy, and at worst a shill.
I wish I were a shill. I wouldn't be so poor...
By the way, you do realize, of course, that the thread that you are responding-to, as well as offering as "proof" of my "rabid fanboy"/shill status was started by my OP that was up-modded to +5 Insightful, right?
Kinda takes the guts out of your argument, doesn't it?
But of course, you will just dismiss the up-modding as proof of all the other rabid Apple fanboys that are so prevalent on Slashdot...
As the person making the claim that your "personal identifying information" doesn't leave Apple, it is your responsibility to prove that point. The AC just asked how you know, if you don't know you can't make the claim. If you do know, then please share that information with us.
Fine. I'll bite.
First, there's this.
And more specifically, this. Notice the complete absence of "weasel words" and legalese.
All in all, it seems like a pretty reasonable Privacy policy. Wanna compare it with Microsoft's? I didn't think so.
How about you work on warp drive, and I will take light sabers. First one with a working inventions gets to build sharks with frickin laser beams.
Right!
You get to work on a simple columnated plasma beam while I have to break (or at least find a workaround) for the Speed Limit Of The Universe!
Sounds fair to me, LOL!
You like to dismiss criticism of your username as meaningless, but it's not. It suggests you, like so many others, treat this company and its philosophy like a religion. This suspicion is compounded by the evidence of your post history, which shows a clear agenda: trolling this website to back up Apple wherever possible. It's literally all you do. So forgive me if I find it futile to argue with the Apple priesthood.
Criticism OF my username is meaningless. But criticism BASED ON my username is worse.
I do not "worship" at the "Church of Cupertino". In fact, I own relatively little Apple gear, HAVE never (and WILL never) camp-out in line for an Apple product, have only been to our local Apple Store about 3 or 4 times in the ten or so years it has been open, and actually spend FAR more time on my work Windows 7 laptop than I do on my MacBook Pro.
Quite frankly, one of the things I like about Apple is the fact that their hardware and software products tend to BREAK the "Computer Priesthood" mythos (unlike Windows and even more so for Linux). For example, ask IBM how much they SAVE, and how much LESS they have to rely on Computer Priests when they allow Apple products into their corporate offices.
That isn't me saying it. It is an industry giant, who, by the way, really doesn't have anything to gain by doing so.
And they are most certainly not alone. Look at the comments by several large corporations that have "discovered" the benefits of Apple in business.
Again, not my words.
Although I thoroughly reject the idea that I am a member of the "Apple Priesthood", I do have quite a history of being an Apple user, going back to the Apple 1. As such, I have watched the company through its ups, and downs, and ups, and I know for a fact that their "corporate culture" is decidedly different for almost any other company their size.
There is a vast difference between "Worship" and "Recognition", which is something that seems to get conveniently ignored by the Haters. I RECOGNIZE that Apple, more than most tech companies, at least TRIES to "do right" by their Customer-base, by and large, even if they don't always do what *I* would want. And if I am a bit strident in my defense of Apple, it is mostly compensation for the ridiculous, over-the-top, bend-over-backwards hyper-critical postings of not just a few, but many, slashdotters (almost all who are too pusillanimous to actually log-in), who ascribe motives and machinations and wheels-within-wheels conspiracies to Apple, and who patently and off-handedly dismiss their hardware and software, almost always without even having touched same.
I guess I feel that someone needs to "set the record straight"; which is why I almost always back-up my posts with citations.
Which I notice that, in all your diatribe, you have not offered ONE fact in rebuttal to my OP.
To me, that is most telling...