MrSpArkle

I don’t see an actual source for this claim. There’s no leak or press release or documentation or extracted resources from an IOS build.

The “source” article is just making unsubstantiated claims.

Take a look at Taiwan's inventory of anti-ship missiles and coastal defenses and get back to me. Last I checked Taiwan has roughly 1 harpoon for every Chinese combat ship, assuming China wants to commit their entire navy to the invasion.

If China doesn't commit every ship to the invasion, now you have more than 1 harpoon per Chinese ship.

Nevermind other types of anti-ship defenses and domestically produced missiles.

And again, Taiwan has had these weapons for DECADES. They train on them, then know how to deploy them. It will not take days to respond, because they are ready. They will simply launch and the missiles will sink some ships.

If China decides to invade it will be at the cost of a significant portion of their navy and army before they even reach land. Then China has to face significant risk of retaliation from Taiwan's cruise missile fleet, some of which can hit as far as Beijing.

Then at this point China will risk their various border disputes being contested.

And all this for what? Some destroyed chip factories and the CCP flag over Taipei?

China can certainly invade Taiwan, but my point is the cost is too high for it to be a logical move.

If they did that the headline may not contain Apple in it, instead they would list the actual perpetrators, and that would mean less ad revenue.

China invading Taiwan is a fantasy for the foreseeable future.

We have seen what hastily deployed US weapons can do against Russian hardware in the Ukrainian invasion.

Taiwan has been stockpiling US weapons(missiles, jets, tanks) for decades, and Chinese hardware and doctrine is not as proven as the Russians. China will see immense losses for their prize, and that’s if nobody intervenes.

Lol

The NACS pivot is going to keep them relevant longer than I’d like. The gap between the supercharger network and everyone else is astounding and nobody is going to close that gap any time soon.

Making comments like this is a huge self-own. There are MacBook users whose software powers a good portion of your daily life.

iPod, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, AirPods, AirTags. None of those products were the first, just the first competent product that offers good usability in a sea of otherwise mediocre options.

As long as electronics makers keep sleeping at the wheel Apple will be able to capitalize on creating things people actually want to use.

The Vision Pro will be the next test. If it fails, and the follow up doesn’t sell, Apple will face a rude awakening and their stock value will drop. If they can’t succeed in the category after that, it will tank.

Yeah but how do you wade through the fields of bullshit to find a decent PC laptop? PC manufacturers have like 200 SKUs.

Like I go to dell.com, what’s the best option? Inspiron? Precision? Latitude? Vostro? Which of those lines is “premium”? And each of those lines has like 4 models each. And that’s just one manufacturer.

But ultimately you buy one of those machines, bring it home, boot up windows and get served ads in the fucking start menu.

Meanwhile I bought the lamest laptop in Apple’s lineup for my daughter, and the thing is solid aluminum with a great display, huge trackpad, great battery and lightning fast processor.

Your original point is that it's a slap in the face that you can't play VR games with your friends. So I used an analogy of it being a slap in the face that you can't play Smash Bros with an Xbox owner.

The Vision Pro is a full computer strapped to your head, it doesn't plug into anything but a power source, but it will have an app store, and it's up to developers to put their games on the store. People on iPhone can play Roblox, Genshin Impact, Minecraft, and a few other games crossplatform, so the precedent is there.

How many smartphones ship with a physical keyboard?

Ten times the price as what though? There simply isn’t another product to compare it to. It is basically an M2 powered laptop you strap to your head with industry-leading displays.

When a similar headset comes out with a Snapdragon Elite X inside then there will be a pint of comparison.