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[dsavitsk]

 

[Knuckledragger]

Tim Apple is no Jobs.  Joke from 25 years ago:

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What's the difference between Microsoft and Apple?

Some people actually like the megalomaniacal asshole who runs Apple.

 

[Knuckledragger]

Apple accidentally leaked its own top secret hardware in software code, revealing new products across seven categories.

Every Apple Secret That Leaked Wednesday.

Second generation Apple Vision Pro, which will continue to be less stupid looking than Zucc Glasses.

[Knuckledragger]

Via Flickr, two fun bits of history:

Edit: Anyone know what is that rectangular thing to the left of the Lisa?   Behind the "bar of soap" mouse.  I think it might be a software box.

Edited August 27 by Knuckledragger

[HiWire]

It might be a binder of Apple printed documentation for the Lisa.

[mikeymad]

^^Yup.

[Knuckledragger]

That's wild, as it uses a white Apple logo some 15 years before it became the company standard.

[blessingx]

I forgot about the Apple event today, but the camera changes, including combined cameras and square front facing sensor, are interesting moves. Also liquid cooling. Plus if you thought iPhones were too fat...

 

Edited September 9 by blessingx

[HiWire]

Nothing looked bad... the iPhone Air looks questionable, but I can foresee influencers showing them off in a few weeks.

Apple has moved into making their own wireless network and modem chips, the N1 for Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and Thread and the C1X for 5G cellular.

I liked the sound of better battery life in the iPhone 17 and the AirPods Pro 3 will be hot sellers. I found the endless health surveillance and monitoring from the Apple Watches a bit dystopian.

The iPhone 16e seems to be a sales success due to its low price, so they'll inevitably release an update to that in a while.

Edited September 9 by HiWire

[TMoney]

Because I am impatient, I installed the iOS/ipad release candidates. After spending a day with them, I think two things:

1) Apple’s decision to re-write the entire design language is going to make this their most polarizing in a long time,

2) I think they nailed it. I was hesitant, but after a day I can't see ever wanting to go back. 

[HiWire]

The Ars Technica review of macOS 26 Tahoe - Liquid Glass looks redundant and obtrusive, nothing else seems to be a must-have yet, probably the last version to support Intel Macs:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/09/macos-26-tahoe-the-ars-technica-review/

Edited yesterday at 03:22 PM by HiWire

[Torpedo]

On 9/11/2025 at 2:47 AM, TMoney said:

Because I am impatient, I installed the iOS/ipad release candidates. After spending a day with them, I think two things:

1) Apple’s decision to re-write the entire design language is going to make this their most polarizing in a long time,

2) I think they nailed it. I was hesitant, but after a day I can't see ever wanting to go back. 

Installed IPad OS 26 yesterday. I was expecting more and better. There are some improvements that I like, but things that are keeping my iPad Pro to behave as an OsX Mac aren’t there yet.