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This is ridiclous

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[–] Muffi@programming.dev 20 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Apple is powered by the copium of their fanbase, so maybe the next model won't even need a power cable.

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[–] aimizo@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago (13 children)

Oh an Apple thread. More people angry at something they were never going to buy anyway.

[–] horse_tranquilizers@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I thought it was satire at first, because the magic mouse has a charging port on the bottom making it unusable when charging

Turns out its not 🤡

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[–] Zier@fedia.io 19 points 3 weeks ago

Please don't ever turn your computer off, it makes it really hard to spy on you. Thanks -Apple

[–] stealth_cookies@lemmy.ca 18 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Looking forward to see the 3D prints made to fix this "feature".

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[–] not_woody_shaw@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 19 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
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[–] Baguette@lemm.ee 18 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

At least it does mean your cat can never turn off your pc ever again with this

[–] winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 3 weeks ago

Computer so tiny cat knocks it off the desk instead

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[–] CritFail@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I had to check if this was an Onion article...

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 17 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

What is the <--> port for? HTML? I thought that was port 80 or 443...

[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's an Ethernet port. For some reason Apple decided <···> is the glyph to use for that.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

I hate their refusal to use standardized symbols

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

They’ve used that exact same symbol since they first added an Ethernet port to their computers in the early 1990’s. It was one of the first mass-market computers with integrated Ethernet. It literally defined the standard when there was no standards body for such a thing.

The port that put the “i” in the original iMac

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[–] Emerald@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Html doesn't use any port, that's HTTP

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[–] BmeBenji@lemm.ee 16 points 3 weeks ago (37 children)

I’m not really trying to come to Apple’s defense here as they don’t need it, but everyone reacting as though this is as bad as or worse than the mouse charging port seems to be ignoring the fact that most computers nowadays don’t need to be manually turned off or on with any level of frequency. People will push this button like once or twice a month I imagine. I don’t see why that’s the end of the world.

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[–] ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Optional $200 dock with satisfyingly clicky lever mechanism that is activated from the front.

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[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 16 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
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[–] edwardbear@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I… uh… I know it’s going to be an unpopular opinion, but it makes sense. It’s not intended for daily usage - macs wake up on a keyboard or cursor movement. Sitting on the back increases the chance of accidental presses when you are trying to plug something in.

You have a very few specific incidents where you would need to press the power button. 80% of their user base will not use the power button after the first initial press.

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[–] nao@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

This could be a nice little computer if it had good linux support

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