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N64 Recompiled is what makes me love PC gaming so much
Over the past 4 years I’ve really come around on PC being my favorite gaming platform. Part of that
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I’ve been baited into writing about touch screen Macs once more
Today Ben Lovejoy posted Touchscreen Macs: The idea that will not die on 9to5Mac and as someone who has weighed in here more than a few times, I figured I’ll do it one more time and then let this topic rest for a while.
First, we bust out the classic Steve jobs quote about
My wife’s first reactions to buying a Mac for the first time in years
My wife bought a 12” MacBook in 2016. It was her first Mac. She loved how thin it was and that it looked great, but it ran terribly and only got slower with time.
In early 2020 she upgraded to a Dell XPS 13 with a 10th gen Core i7, 32 GB RAM, and 512GB
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Most people’s phones don’t look like ours
Lou Plummer: The Phones of Normal People
They hate updates because they interrupt stuff they'd rather be doing. They don't care about the new features being announced at WWDC because they do not want to learn how to do new things with their already too complicated tech. They are the baseline.
Let’s change the conversation around macOS on iPads
Ryan Christoffel quoting Apple’s Greg Joswiak on 9to5Mac:
The fact is that the majority of Mac customers have an iPad, and they use them both
Which lead Ryan to argue:
there’s one big reason this will likely never happen. If iPad owners get access to macOS thrown in for free, then Mac sales
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Apple gets a genuine AAA game to release day-and-date with PC and consoles
I’ve been critical of Apple’s ability to make the Mac a viable gaming platform, but credit where it’
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Employees opting out of return-to-office mandates
Scharon Harding wriring for ArsTechnica: Apple, SpaceX, Microsoft Return-to-Office Mandates Drove Senior Talent Away
A study analyzing Apple, Microsoft, and SpaceX suggests that return to office (RTO) mandates can lead to a higher rate of employees, especially senior-level ones, leaving the company, often to work at competitors.
I think there are some
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Apple listened and fixed my main issue with the CTF
Apple two weeks ago: What’s New for Apps Distributed in the European Union
First, no CTF is required if a developer has no revenue whatsoever. This includes creating a free app without monetization that is not related to revenue of any kind (physical, digital, advertising, or otherwise). This condition is intended to give students,
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Google I/O: the vibes were off
Casey Newton writing for Platformer: Google’s Broken Link to the Web
Aside from the opening act, the TikTok DJ
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I’ll just say it, I want an iPad that runs macOS (members post)
The more I think about it, the more I’m squarely in the camp of people who want iPad-like hardware that runs macOS, and I’m not sorry for saying it.
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Apple apologizes for crushing ad campaign
Apple VP of marketing to Ad Week (via 9to5Mac):
Creativity is in our DNA at Apple, and it’s incredibly important to us to design products that empower creatives all over the world. Our goal is to always celebrate the myriad of ways users express themselves and bring their ideas to life through iPad. We
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Settle down about the Apple Pencil, nature is healing
Look, I’m not going to sit here and tell you that Apple selling 4 Apple Pencils is great. It’
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Apple’s “Crush” ad is getting roasted, and I get it, even if it didn’t bother me
Kenneth Shepard writing for Kotaku: Apple’s New iPad Ad Sparks Loud, Immediate Backlash
The intent is obvious. Apple wants
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Marvel Studios is making an immersive, interactive story just for the Vision Pro
Marvel Studios: Marvel Studios and ILM Immersive Announce ‘What If…? – An Immersive Story,’ Coming Exclusively to Apple Vision Pro
Marvel Studios and ILM Immersive announce What If…? – An Immersive Story, the first-ever interactive Disney+ Original story coming exclusively to Apple Vision Pro.
I think that visionOS should get better at doing more traditional computer
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What Steve Jobs said about styli (styli really doesn’t seem like a real word, but Birchtree’s stringent style guide requires I use it)
I found myself watching the original iPhone announcement today, and I know it’s cliche to say, but damn is
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Incomplete thought: why do iPads and Windows computers earn such different responses from Mac fans? (members post)
Why do iPads bring out a very specific reaction while other products don’t?
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Quick thoughts on the new iPads
Check out the event if you missed it, but let’s go from least updated to most updated, shall we?
iPad mini
Tim Cook might as well have said, “the iPad mini remains a product in our lineup,” as the mini got a single, minor shout out at the end, and that’s it. $499
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On those expensive as hell iPad Pro rumors…
Maybe the first Apple rumor of 2024 was that the upcoming iPad Pros would be extraordinarily expensive. Quoting that piece:
Apple's upcoming OLED iPad Pro will start at $1,500, rising to between $1,800 and $2,000 depending on size and configuration, representing a major increase in prices compared to Apple'