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    Interesting. Apple reduced the E core count on the M3 Pro by 1. I'm guessing the yields on the TSMC N3B remains low so yay for crazy core counts. Judging from TSMC's page it looks like the iPhone 16 Pros and Q4 2024 Macs will have the tock process/3 nm+/N3E and N3P which will provide significant performance and efficiency gains.
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    Apple seems to have listened to the complaints of slower SSD speeds (though still remarkably faster than SATA SSDs) by putting two NAND flash on RAID0 on the base 14" Pro M3. The M3 SKU of the 14" will only have a single fan which is fine perhaps because it has less performance cores and lower clock speeds than the Pro and Max.
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    Even if Qualcomm manages to make a chip on par with Apple's, the major obstacle would be Windows itself and developers. Windows itself is bloated because it cannot let go of legacy stuff that enterprises uses unless they want a major outcry from PCMR cavemen to businesses. 32-bit applications for instance are still supported in Windows 11. Also, will devs both big and small be willing to do the work in porting their programs into ARM64 instructions. Apple on the other hand can easily change their OS without major outcry. Is there anyone who complained when Apple axed 32-bit on Macs? I bet Apple could make the upcoming 2024 macOS an ARM exclusive and not a lot of people would raise a stink about it. I think the 1st gen PCs with Snapdragon XElite would become a hard sell because it'll probably be priced more than their Intel/AMD counterparts.
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    I'm guessing the reason as to why Apple axed the 13" Pro in favor of the 14" Pro with the M2 chip is because of probably sales figures. The 13" Pro still uses a 720p webcam and still has the touch bar but doesn't offer more I/O. It's very likely that the base 14" Pro M1 Pro/M2 Pro sold well because it has 16GB/512GB, bigger brighter screen than the Air and has a full size SD card, HDMI port, and three TB ports not to mention Pro Motion. This will make the 15" Air a tough sell even if it gets an M3 update. 15" Air (8GB/512GB) is also $1500 but it only has an LCD display, and two TB ports. Compare that to a 14" Pro (M3 chip, 8GG/512GB), Pro Motion display, two TB ports, HDMI, and full size SD card slot so one less dongle to carry.
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    So it's an "Apple MFi certification" but Xbox style
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    Was hoping the rumors were true which said that the base M3 Macs would start with 12GB ram ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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    Bummer that the MacBook Air didn't got the M3 update. So I'm guessing they're going to kill the 13" MacBook Pro this time since the 14" will now start with the vanilla M3. Edit: Yep the 13" Pro is gone
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    24" iMac is just a chip swap
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    14" MacBook Pro now starts with the M3, not M3 Pro, all chips of the M3 fam supports ray tracing
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    M3 fam now supports AV1 too
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    Not just that. An ex-Intel engineer once said one of the reasons why Apple ditched Intel aside from the failure to shrink transistor size are the bugs that Apple engineers are finding https://www.zdnet.com/article/ex-intel-engineer-apple-turned-away-from-intel-over-skylake-cpu-bugs/
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    captain_to_fire

    I'm surprised that this iPhone from 2018 that I got for free from my wireless carrier lasted me three years. [Get battery stats Siri shortcut here, make sure to have telemetry turned on]

     

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    Clickbait cunts such as Max Tech lol
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    captain_to_fire

    "Right to repair" and "Apple" are two words I never expected I'll see in a same sentence but here it is. Apple is backing the national right to repair bill.

     

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    1. Kilrah

      Kilrah

      Totally expecting that the reason they're "backing" it is so that they can better steer it to be more restrictive...

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    inb4 Apple copies Intel's confusing naming scheme /jk M3-3300U M3 Pro-3400H M3 Pro-3500HX M3 Max-3600HX M3 Max-3700HX
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    iPhone tip: don't forget to change the file typ…

    captain_to_fire replied to captain_to_fire's status update

    I actually re-enable those because they're more space efficient when I'm done uploading documents to websites.
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    captain_to_fire

    iPhone tip: don't forget to change the file type format to JPG if you're using an iPhone to upload photos of documents and IDs to government websites, especially immigration and consulate websites.

    1. SorryBella

      SorryBella

      Or disable HEIF and HEVC capture. Get a shitty file extension with exorbitant license out of the market, fuck are we in, 2006?

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    2. captain_to_fire

      captain_to_fire

      3 hours ago, SorryBella said:

      Or disable HEIF and HEVC capture

      I actually re-enable those because they're more space efficient when I'm done uploading documents to websites.

    3. Poinkachu

      Poinkachu

      5 hours ago, captain_to_fire said:

      iPhone tip: don't forget to change the file type format to JPG if you're using an iPhone to upload photos of documents and IDs to government websites, especially immigration and consulate websites.

      Or you know.... troubleshooting subforum.

      :x

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    I hate it when Websites can't just have the E-M…

    captain_to_fire replied to soldier_ph's status update

    I have my phone with me, I can do hotspot and where I work and live I'm surrounded by 4G LTE towers and 5G just has been lit up where I work.
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    I will not tolerate the Bliss wallpaper slander
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    I hate it when Websites can't just have the E-M…

    captain_to_fire replied to soldier_ph's status update

    The last time I used a desktop e-mail app for a long time was 2011 when I had a MacBook Air because the Mac Mail app was way better than what Windows has. But yeah nowadays it doesn't make sense to use an email desktop app unless they need the extra formatting and what not of Outlook.
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    Oh the memories
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    captain_to_fire

    This is why I never gave homework to the students I teach because they'll be way too lazy to read especially with the latest Microsoft Edge update.

     

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    1. SorryBella

      SorryBella

      This has been here for a while. I personally still think it stinks too artifical to pass, atleast youre not making me write it on a paper.

    2. FlyingPotato_is_taken

      FlyingPotato_is_taken

      I don't see ChatGPT as an issue:

      Homework is practice and not graded. If you decide to cheat on it you won't be prepared for the exam.

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    captain_to_fire

    If there's' one thing that Windows 8/10/11 got right are login options. You can use a 6-digit numeric PIN, your long alphanumeric password, biometrics, or via a U2F key.

     

    macOS on the other hand only gives you two options: Touch ID or via password. Would it be nice to have a PIN option too just like the iPhone? PIN is actually very convenient, secure, and easier to remember.

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    captain_to_fire

    CarPlay is still way better than Android Auto

     

     

    1. BiotechBen

      BiotechBen

      My entire experience with Carplay in daily use has been it just simply refusing to work. That said: android auto isn't perfect either. In my experience android auto has just sucked less.

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