What's so fantastic about Apple?

[kajata]

OMG, One day until the new iPad is announced. I really hope I don't get hit by a car today.

 

[Darat]

This video gives "fantastic" a whole new meaning:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s2oYUy_cVY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

(Reminds me of a promo video from MS about 8 years ago for "surface", that had the family sat around a table - that was the surface - playing a D&D style game flinging spells at each other and the like.)

The fantastic part is that nothing in the video is outside the realms of actual hardware and software today.

 

[Fishstick]

OMG, One day until the new iPad is announced. I really hope I don't get hit by a car today.

Hope granted, it's a truck.

 

[kajata]

Hope granted, it's a truck.

full of new iPads

 

[Stray Cat]

full of new iPads

Don't worry, there's an app for that

 

[TheL8Elvis]

Indeed it's not.
Not only does it stop accidents like the one you describe (I've also seen it avoid similar when a user's dog has caught the cable), but also when sat in the dark (I do that a lot) and the laptop needs plugging in to charge, you don't have to fiddle with the plug and socket, you just hold the cable somewhere near and it just goes where it needs to be on it's own.

Some people are unable to see that the value of a feature may actually be greater than its manufacturing cost

 

[John Albert]

I never said the Mag-Safe plug is useless. The one on my hot water boiler in my kitchen is very useful.

 

[TheL8Elvis]

I never said the Mag-Safe plug is useless. The one on my hot water boiler in my kitchen is very useful.

You said: "The "MagSafe" power adapter is just a freaking magnet on the power cord. Worth a couple bucks more on the list price, tops.

According to wikipedia:
Apple exclusively owns US Patent No. 7311526 ("Magnetic connector for electronic device", issued in 2007) and does not license the MagSafe connector or the patent.

 

[quadraginta]

You said: "The "MagSafe" power adapter is just a freaking magnet on the power cord. Worth a couple bucks more on the list price, tops.

According to wikipedia:
Apple exclusively owns US Patent No. 7311526 ("Magnetic connector for electronic device", issued in 2007) and does not license the MagSafe connector or the patent.

Interesting. I liked the part about the class-action lawsuit the MagSafe prompted.

This part about the new ... safe ... MagSafe was good for a few giggles, too.

There had been a variety of reports of the newer MagSafe AC adapter not working with older MagSafe-powered MacBooks and MacBook Pros.[citation needed] Apple released a firmware update in October 2010 that it claims resolves this issue.[15] However the installer for the firmware update will not run on certain older MacBooks, which means that the firmware can not be updated. This in turn means that it is not possible to use the new MagSafe power adapter with these MacBooks. Currently it is not possible to buy new replacement MagSafe AC adapters (either from Apple or third-party suppliers) that work with these MacBooks, forcing owners to look for used original adapters.

Can't run your machine without it. They won't fix it. They won't let anybody else make it.

Buy a new machine, fanboi. After all, they're fantastic! Right?

Geez. It's a freakin' power cord, for crissake! That's a hell of a reason to have to brick your laptop.

Friendly garden.

 

[Stray Cat]

Can't run your machine without it. They won't fix it. They won't let anybody else make it.

Mine's so fantastic that it hasn't broken.

 

[quadraginta]

Lucky you.

 

[Stray Cat]

It's not 'luck', it's Fantasticness.

 

[Fast Eddie B]

Mine's so fantastic that it hasn't broken.

Mine's even better.

Mine's perfect!

Perfectly fantastic, that is!

 

[kajata]

Mine's so fantastic that it hasn't broken.

Mines so fantastic it broke, fixed itself, cleaned my car and fed the dog.

Then it slept with my wife.

 

[Fast Eddie B]

Mines so fantastic it broke, fixed itself, cleaned my car and fed the dog.

Then it slept with my wife.

You win!

Now, what's the best way to get spittle off an iPad screen?

 

[kajata]

You win!

Now, what's the best way to get spittle off an iPad screen?

Dude, new ones come out in like 16 hours. Throw that spit-drenched iPad in the trash and get your credit card ready!

 

[TheL8Elvis]

Can't run your machine without it. They won't fix it. They won't let anybody else make it.
:

Cool. I have two original ones. Maybe one is going on ebay

 

[This is The End]

That's Apple's marketing term for their high resolution displays. The iPad 3 will have 4x as many pixels than the previous iPads. Should be a gorgeous display.

Technically "retina display" means high DPI (dots per inch), not "high resolution".

For instance, if you had 1920x1080 on a screen the size of a billboard it wouldn't have very high DPI.

OTOH, if you had 1920x1080 on a 1 inch tall screen, you would have incredible DPI.

Jobs said "there's a magic number around 300dpi, if you hold something about 10-12 inches away from your eye, it's the limit of the human retina to distinguish pixels."

This is why, if you sit the same distance away from each, a 37 inch TV with 1920x1080 pixels will have a much better picture than a 52 inch TV with 1920x1080 pixels..... and the 37 inch TV is way cheaper!

 

[Alan]

You said: "The "MagSafe" power adapter is just a freaking magnet on the power cord. Worth a couple bucks more on the list price, tops.

According to wikipedia:
Apple exclusively owns US Patent No. 7311526 ("Magnetic connector for electronic device", issued in 2007) and does not license the MagSafe connector or the patent.

I think it is bad to not let other manufacturers use a particular safety mechanism in their devices.

 

[Darat]

Great article: The iPad 3 Sucks