Increasingly Familiar Apple Lust Objects for 2016 and onwards

this might be worth sending a CEO email about, what’s Tim’s handle again

Ugh you can’t buy an SE direct from Apple anymore, fuckin whatever dude.

no new macbook air?!?

:_(

sounds like they discontinued the SE

Macs TK

I honestly feel nothing for any products Apple makes these days, I’m not mad or anything it’s all just at a stable equilibrium and design differentiators are basically impossible, since all anyone wants is things built on the same lines as the products Apple introduced 2003-2007. They are still dragging their heels on a MacBook based on an Apple-designed ARM SoC and that irritates me a bit.

Shit, maybe I better grab one before it's too late. My 5s will be 5 years old in December. xp

Price drop on “obsolete “ phones always welcome after an announcement

Ok, so there's no longer going to be any retail model available with a headphone jack? I guess this really will be my last iphone.

either that or I invest in a good lightning DAC and just deal with the annoying bulk, I guesss

lol Apple now offering 7 different models at the same time

https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/1039962912805330944/sYRoV1Zg?format=jpg&name=600x314

hell yeah steve jobs would be proud

What customer is targeted by having a larger iphone 8 at $699 vs a same-size iPhone XR at $50 more?

They’re basically admitting nobody gives a shit about the phone hardware anymore. It’s just a collection of price points

I keep thinking "this is finally the release where people sour on Apple" and then their stock price doubles again.

xxp people who can't deal w/o a home button or hate the notch

Imagine what Steve Jobs would say about the "I Phone Ten XS Max."

http://blog.consumerguide.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/11/Screen-Shot-2018-04-11-at-10.39.01-AM.png

love how they used the planet image on the newer and pricier options so it's juuuuuust out of the way of the notch, attempting to fool us into believing maybe it's not there.

getting the max tho obv. my 6+ did it's job for four years.

Literally bought an 8 yesterday fuck

512 gb Max is $1449
LOLOLOL

increments increments increments

I keep thinking "this is finally the release where people sour on Apple" and then their stock price doubles again.

― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Wednesday, September 12, 2018 3:51 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Speaking for myself but I can't help but imagine there are many other people like me: the thought of switching to another OS is terrifying/paralyzing. I have used Apple all my life. Used Windows XP when I was in HS but that's it. Ever since his death the company has totally stagnated and failed to invent or introduce anything truly exciting. I use Apple products but I'm not a super fan, like I couldn't care less about the watch. All of their products keep getting worse too, in different ways. But I can't switch.

I still balk at the idea of paying $1k for a friggin' phone. Also don't quite understand the difference in the X tiers

I borrowed one of the fancy new Dell Windows laptops for a week to see if I could get along with it - god, it still sucked so much. All the things I hate about OS X (notifications, handoffs) combined with an absolutely miserable trackpad.

I think I'd be fine with one of the 'pure' Android phones without any of the Samsung overlay bullshit but there's not really any enticement to switch (nor any enticement to switch to a new iPhone, tho).

I have a really, really basic Chromebook that's great for what it is but it doesn't have a fucking caps lock button (???????????)

maybe computers and phones are basically just this until they get superseded by things that render computers and phones obsolete. welcome to the information appliance age.

When my dad died I inherited his almost new iPad, this is the device I find most useless of everything I've owned. The screen's pretty but it's awkward to type on, more awkward to play games on than a phone, uncomfortable to hold for reading books.

Total found uses: drum machine+synth apps, reading comics. For something that probably cost $900 new.

the apps for music making are a pretty compelling reason to get an iPad, though never for $900 imo... like, anything as much or less than an SP-404 makes sense.

i have to use ipads for work (including keyboard covers) and they're just awkward. they need a flat surface to sit on, the keyboards aren't great at all for typing, and phones do pretty much the same thing most of the time.

WHY DO YOU NEED A CAPS LOCK BUTTON

it's important

iirc i mainly use mine to see whether or not the caps lock light is on or off

sometimes i turn it on for fun but then i turn it off right away

I’m on the iPhone upgrade program so I’ll get a new XSMAX. I don’t think I have a need for 512 GB tho. Current have 256 and only use about 100 gigs. I don’t expect I’ll start shooting a lot of 4K video or whatever would fill that up.

flappy bird on my chromebook you can change the search icon button (which is where the caps lock should be) to work as caps lock (somewhere in settings)

How long reasonably can I keep my SE alive? I have absolutely no interest in any phones Apple made after and I’m frankly debating if I even want to continue with them period (I imagine if I get an Android phone I’ll immediately regret it).

ios 12 has done lots of performance stuff to improve older devices, but I'd imagine iOS 13 will spunk all that away.

Android is a non-starter for me; I should buy an SE just to keep as a backup just in case this one craps out and they refuse to repair it for love or money.

yeah I’m thinking of getting a spare se also and figuring I’ll be on iOS 12 until 2025, what else is a smartphone gonna do before then but stream #content at 69G

nice

Literally bought an 8 yesterday fuck

― gbx, Wednesday, September 12, 2018 4:07 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

So return it and ask for the new price?

I keep thinking "this is finally the release where people sour on Apple" and then their stock price doubles again.

― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Wednesday, September 12, 2018 3:51 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Speaking for myself but I can't help but imagine there are many other people like me: the thought of switching to another OS is terrifying/paralyzing. I have used Apple all my life. Used Windows XP when I was in HS but that's it. Ever since his death the company has totally stagnated and failed to invent or introduce anything truly exciting. I use Apple products but I'm not a super fan, like I couldn't care less about the watch. All of their products keep getting worse too, in different ways. But I can't switch.

― flappy bird, Wednesday, September 12, 2018 5:25 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I have trouble with this too. Also I imagine there are a lot of younger people who are just growing up used to wireless and don't care enough about the improved sound from the wired connection. Today's pop music is p much designed for shitty audio anyway.

are there good sounding wireless headphones yet? my dad gave me a very shitty sounding pair of pretty generic ones. I don’t want airpods bc the wired apple phones don’t fit my ears well; I love my 30 € sennheisers wired ones with rubber tips.

The Sony MDR-1000X are among the best headphones I’ve ever had: but huge + pricey

I prefer earbuds but pricey isn’t necessarily a problem; thanks!

The Sony MDR-1000X are among the best headphones I’ve ever had: but huge + pricey

― stet, Friday, 14 September 2018 12:43 AM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Also replacement ear pads are in credibly expensive., like $50 an ear and mine are getting somewhat ripe.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ear-Pads-Cushions-Replacement-for-Sony-MDR-1000X-WH-1000XM2-Headphones-/372389042163

the apps for music making are a pretty compelling reason to get an iPad, though never for $900 imo... like, anything as much or less than an SP-404 makes sense.

― flappy bird, Wednesday, September 12, 2018 3:49 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I disagree with the part about not paying $900 for one. I bought an iPad Pro last year. It was a lot of money for me - it was a purchase that I considered for a long time, and so far I have zero regrets. There seems to be an endless supply of innovative music apps. It seems like every few months someone drops a new app that changes how I approach everything. The downside of this is that I feel like I am constantly in learning mode, but it has helped me get closer to what I consider to be the perfect workflow. The touch screen is perfect for music software - gets you closer to "knob twiddling" than using a mouse on a desktop. I also use it for drawing and there are some top notch apps for that as well. The biggest concern I have is that the device is going to be outdated before I feel I've fully gotten its value.

true. and the extra $$$ obviously justified by everything else the iPad can do, even if you choose not to use it. yeah, I've thought about it a lot, because a lot of friends of mine use them for music and they're super portable, powerful, and versatile. wouldn't mind getting one as a gift tbh!

and niels thank you for the tip! yes, the search button is where the caps lock should be. i'll look around in settings.

WHY DO YOU NEED A CAPS LOCK BUTTON

switch languages (when it works (which isn’t often))

maybe it's changed, or maybe whatever youtuber apple fanboy made a long video about that got it wrong.

it's definitely changed, tim apple even had to comment about it. https://www.macrumors.com/2026/01/29/apple-responds-to-rising-memory-chip-prices/

8GB of RAM is plenty for half of one browser tab.

fun fact: the new studio displays have better chips (A19) than the neo (A18)

price sure reflects it

it makes some sense in that monitors generally have a longer use lifespan than laptops or even desktops. just swap out the machine and keep using the monitor until there's a huge leap in some way

re: ram shortage

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/05/mac-studio-no-512gb-ram-upgrade/

sad news!

booo

I can't remember if I saw a Mac Studio in person prior to a few weeks ago but for some reason, in my head, I thought of it as slightly wider and taller than a Mac Mini but found its actual size kind of funny? Chuckling at the size of the lad

https://9to5mac.com/2026/04/11/mac-mini-mac-studio-configs-completely-out-of-stock/

RIP macs with bigly ram

I’ve got an m4 air with 24GB RAM. I’m surprised about how memory efficient it, I’ve been running some local
Models (Gemma 4 and qwen3vl) and doing some ML stuff, often multiple instances at the same time and it barely touches the sides.

Google chrome is a memory leak with tabs and can fill it up no problems if you visit the wrong website.

Disappointing though as I was hoping that something like an upcoming M5 mini with 64GB would be a killer openclaw/claude code with local models box.

I do wonder if Chinese demand feed the lobster has hovered up all the mini M4s with bigly RAM. The M4 is great synthetic agency chip.

Fuck it. Deficit spent on a space black M4Max 14” MBP today and am not looking back.

― Elvis Telecom, Monday, December 9, 2024 7:41 PM (one year ago)

I really did deficit spent an obscene amount back then: 128GB RAM and 8TB. Sometime last month I finally paid it off with enough work.

It has to be an everything computer: I have a side-gig where I'm doing Final Cut Pro stuff, and another where I'm running around with it as a network monitor, wi-fi scanner, and virtual machine for Windows 7 because I still need to talk to 2004. Using Mathematica and QGIS there is not uncommon.

At home I'm using it for basically run my life and keep myself alive as an one-guy shop freelancer (please hire me!). When I'm not billing hours, it's a recording studio and a movie projector. My list of hobbies includes things like software-defined radio, font creation, vintage synthesizer modeling and underground internet data piracy. The 14" is ideal because I'm travelling around everywhere with it and oh yeah, it has my entire record collection.

^^ people who seem to have figured out how to live

I need some hobbies.

ET, snap, at least on some of those.

I’m do a lot of QGIS work right now and the MCP is making it very fast. I also now have a docker container running with a database containing a lot of the public data I’m working with because it’s all the APIs are frustratingly rare limited. For fun I built an iOS app to take to sites and bring up my maps and make notes.

Lots of energy modelling as well and dealing with the incredibly badly architected historical data stores of the national electricity market (this is a theme in Australian public data). Lots of python and Julia (10years of energy data broke python but Julia seems to handle it).

Then for fun I’m trying to offload a lot more tasks onto local models; so to build my skills on this I’m trying to build an agentic/ML pipeline to turn engineering drawings into 3D models. This is a legit hard task but I’m having a lot of fun trying to work it out.

It’s also the sort of thing i can work on whilst lying on the floor next to my son as he drifts off to sleep.

The M4 is such an insanely capable chip. I only have the Air with 32GB but it’s a thing of wonder.

Just setting myself as a contractor developer after 10 years being a permanent employee… the temptation to get someting else other than my M1 Pro is very compelling even though I know it is well up to the task at hand.

Congratulations to Elvis Telecom on being the new Apple CEO. (I may have the reports wrong.)

Elvis Apple to Trump

my theory that Tim Apple was sticking around so that he could be the one they throw under the bus as "guy that has to talk to Trump" when we get through all this shit seems to be right because as chairman he will "assist with certain aspects of the company, including engaging with policymakers around the world."

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/05/05/apple-mac-studio-mac-mini-ram-cuts/

the ram-pocalypse continues

After careful consideration, I think my first action as Apple CEO would be to finally dissolve Claris (it's still around!) and make FileMaker part of the Pages, Numbers, etc. group of mostly free apps. Hypercard used to be free. FM is still super-useful but it's just out there twisting in the wind. Claris' current CEO is a former sales guy who's obsessed with nebulous "AI" features, outrageous licensing fees, and has a predilection for going on /r/filemaker and making fun of people who want to switch away from FM because of that.

I think ceos should not be allowed on reddit or they should be in a ceremonial role with no power and they’re ONLY allowed to post on reddit