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  1. abazigal
    I am reminded of how the current iPad Pro is still using the A12x processor from 2 years ago, and nothing still comes close to beating it. That could be Apple’s end game as well. If Intel continues its current slump, Apple could go 2, maybe even 3 years between updating their M1 Macs (especially for lower-volume devices like the imac or Mac Pro), and it would still be faster than anything in the market.
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    I will argue it’s more of the former. My take is that like the original HomePod, the AirPods max cost a lot to design and manufacture. This is also likely a low-volume product meant to appeal to audio enthusiasts who are not having their meets met with the existing AirPods lineup. The AirPods max is likely priced from a profit-maximising standpoint. So the profit from each of them probably isn’t that high, and Apple won’t sell that much of them either. Yes, we have the swappable ear cups, which probably fulfil the same role as the Apple Watch bands, but it likely still won’t earn Apple all that much either. What I am hoping is that just like how we got the HomePod mini, this will eventually pave the way for a more affordable pair of headphones down the line. Yes, the AirPods max is expensive, but I don’t think it’s the blatant money grab people are painting this out to be.
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    It’s enough for the target market who are going to be using this laptop for basic web browsing and typing documents.
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    Going by earlier videos on LTT, it seems the main issue with the MacBook was heat dissipation. Something Apple silicon would solve by essentially offering superior performance with less heat generated, and with even longer battery life to boot. If 8gb ram / 256 gb ssd on the MBA can suffice for users, the same specs would suffice for the MacBook as well. 1 port isn't really an issue when you have adaptors, and you will likely be using an adaptor to connect this to external displays as well. So you have an extremely affordable laptop that promises to be even thinner and lighter than before, while offering iPad Pro-level performance (ie: better than every other laptop at its price point). Looks to me like there would be a pretty huge market for it.
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    It’s basically the difference between fixed costs and variable costs. Increasing the specs means that your hardware costs more, which in turn translates into higher prices, or lower profits. Developing faster flash storage would allow Sony to provide faster performance at the same cost (or even lower). It would cost more upfront, but assuming Sony can sell enough units, it would eventually pay for itself. Not to mention that the technology can also be used in future game consoles. Not to mention that is this means that flash storage is virtually indistinguishable from ram, so that sounds like a lot of cost savings down the road.
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    Linus would never admit it in a pro-tech channel, but it seems like current laptop models might be over serving the market. It seems like the average user simply does not need the power that the latest hardware offers. As build quality gets better, there is even less incentive to upgrade. The MacBook Air continues to sport a great trackpad and keyboard, standard ports, MagSafe, as well as run macOS, which is really what people need for browsing the web and using office. Impressive how timeless a 2010 design continues to be today.
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    So they are stuck with it? Seems like a pretty expensive piece of gear to just have around collecting dust.
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    Does it matter though? A Mac User is more likely to use Final Cut Pro over adobe premiere, meaning that any hardware advantages a windows desktop build may have over an equivalently-priced Mac Pro is largely moot when it can't run the same software. And software like FCP help to alleviate the lack of raw specs to some extent because it's so much better optimised for the OS. At the end of the day, it feels like apples to oranges.
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    Props for rationalising that potential buyers of the display are just as likely to want to mount it on their own vesa stand, rather than go with the flow and take cheap pot shots at the whole $1000 stand meme.
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    Given that Justine and Taran each have their own unique styles, limitations and constraints would have invariably favoured one over the other. In the end, I would take the whole video as entertainment. Enjoy it for what it is (a rare opportunity to see two esteemed youtubers in their element) rather than it trying to be an objective competition, and not fuss too much over who won and who didn’t.
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    And children keep throwing tantrums because the adults keep giving in to them. I don't see why the child should be blamed for doing what they know will get them their way.
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    I think google apps are as optimised on iOS as you can get, given that they will never get to enjoy system integration with the OS, and Apple is content to keep them at arm's length so they can favour their own stock apps.
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    Maybe it's a way to distract themselves from the shortcomings of their own platform. I mean, windows phone is dead. Ventures like Hololens have very little consumer appeal. I had no idea that Mixer even existed until they signed Ninja on. While financially successful, Microsoft seems to have very little mindshare or influence outside of the corporate world, where it's probably inertia keeping them from switching away from office than anything else. I don't understand it either, and I probably never will, but you know what? It doesn't matter in the greater scheme of things. Apple isn't going anywhere in the near future, and they will continue to make the products that I love to use and which work so well from me, from the iphone to the Apple Watch to AirPods to the iPad and the iMac. And prosper for it. Let the haters hate. It will make absolutely zero difference in the end.
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    Come to think of it, we never did get to see that face-off between LTT and TLD using his macbook for video editing.
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    Not all functionality matters equally to all users. Remember the MacBook Air and what Apple was willing to take away to achieve that slim form factor? Well, it made users realise that they didn’t really need a cd drive or that many ports, or were perfectly willing to use an adaptor where necessary. That in turn inspired the next wave of ultrabooks. Before that, windows laptops were these thick and bulky devices with short battery life. It’s not about seeing how many features you can cram into a product. Design is about accurately assessing what your customers really want in a product. For many users, a thinner and lighter device is a more functional device, because it’s easier to carry around. On the flip side, having so many ports proved redundant when most users didn’t really need the majority of them, and it just meant needless bulk. So what Apple really did (for users like myself at least) is strip away functionality that I didn’t need, in exchange for functionality that I could benefit from.
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