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    It sounds like your USA based tariffs are rather expensive vs ours in the UK.

    Posted 1 month ago on Back to Google Fi (Premium) – 34 Comments

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    With the next round of increases already on the horizon they should be careful about doing this. I pay for the

    Posted 2 months ago on Netflix to Test Paid Alternative to Password Sharing – 4 Comments

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    I've just bought an iPhone SE for my father. He dropped his iPhone 6s and smashed the screen and it just did n

    Posted 2 months ago on The iPhone SE Makes Tech Reviewers Crazy (Premium) – 30 Comments

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    We will have to see, but I suspect a revised 27" iMac will once again grace the Apple Store sooner rather than

    Posted 2 months ago on Apple Announces New iPhone SE, iPad Air, and Powerful Mac Studio – 81 Comments

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    With respect I think you have to realise that Apple still has not released the full Apple Silcon line up, your

    Posted 2 months ago on Apple Announces New iPhone SE, iPad Air, and Powerful Mac Studio – 81 Comments

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    Hey Paul,It'd be nice if it was just built in, but I use a combination of Call Protect and TextKiller and rare

    Posted 2 months ago on Where the iPhone Falls Short (Premium) – 39 Comments

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    Tiger really was a fantastic OS, I still use it today for nostalgic reasons on a trusty old PowerBook G4. Ever

    Posted 2 months ago on Programming Windows: Redmond, Start Your Photocopiers (Premium) – 26 Comments

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    I wish they offered the old system of Amazon Prime Delivery decoupled from the streaming side. I rarely watch

    Posted 3 months ago on Amazon Posts Massive Quarter, to Raise Prime Prices – 38 Comments

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    I've got the same MacBook Pro and it's an absolute beast running Python and R against the previous Intel model

    Posted 3 months ago on AMD Reports Record Revenues – 12 Comments

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    Apple could easily drop the pricing of their Mac’s and go for Market Share.But Apple only cares about profit

    Posted 3 months ago on Apple Delivers Another Record Quarter – 38 Comments

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    I concur with your comments about iOS being locked down.But the part about reasonably priced hardware, I mean

    Posted 3 months ago on Google: Android Tablets are the Future of Computing – 81 Comments

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    I suspect that much of Samsungs market share is due to their cheap phones. You can pick up a Samsung Galaxy fo

    Posted 3 months ago on Report: Samsung Gained Big on iPhone in Q4 2021 – 17 Comments

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    As an Xbox owner this is exciting stuff. As a Mac owner and someone who loves strategy/RPG games I want to cry

    Posted 4 months ago on Microsoft to Buy Activision for $67.8 Billion – 66 Comments

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    Hmmmm, assuming they follow this in the U.K. I think I’ll stop using Netflix. Don’t use it enough to justi

    Posted 4 months ago on Netflix Raises Prices Again – 32 Comments

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    Depends on the country and the demographics. For places like the UK iMessage is very popular because 50% of th

    Posted 4 months ago on Google Launches Assault on Apple’s iMessage Abuses – 149 Comments

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    Come off it, as if Google would do it if the position was reversed. One big corporation trying to get another

    Posted 4 months ago on Google Launches Assault on Apple’s iMessage Abuses – 149 Comments

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    @VancouverNinja You seem to be assuming as wrote that Intel will suddenly start hitting every mark in their st

    Posted 4 months ago on 12th-Generation Intel Core Chipsets Come to Mobile PCs – 42 Comments

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    Well I guess that's what happens when you can charge £699 for four small wheels for a Mac Pro Tower.

    Posted 4 months ago on Apple is First Company to Hit $3 Trillion Valuation – 32 Comments

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    The only problem with your statement, and ones like it, is that there isn't usually a truly comparable machine

    Posted 4 months ago on Report: Apple Has Big iPhone and Mac Plans for 2022 – 55 Comments

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    Paul, I wonder if your notch issue is because you keep switching between phones that don’t have a notch/hole

    Posted 4 months ago on I’m Switching to the iPhone – 147 Comments

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    Made the switch to HomePods the second they came out because I wanted privacy which you were guaranteed not to

    Posted 4 months ago on Report: Amazon Alexa Has an Engagement Problem – 52 Comments

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    Thank God for Safari on the Mac. Super fast and no bloat/adware.

    Posted 5 months ago on Users Push Back Against Bloatware in Microsoft Edge – 49 Comments

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    I wonder if the two iPads I've got on backorder count in those numbers. Amazon took my money about 3 weeks ago

    Posted 6 months ago on Apple Reports $83.4 Billion in Revenues – 36 Comments

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    This is my type of update. Primarily focused on refinement and bug fixing as opposed to new features.Big Sur w

    Posted 6 months ago on Apple Releases MacOS Monterey – 32 Comments

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    I've tried the competition and I really really wanted them to be good enough for me to make the switch, primar

    Posted 7 months ago on Google Search Rivals Call on EU to Do Something – 12 Comments

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    For the average home user iWork is all you'll ever need to cover the basics well. Apple Keynote was way ahead

    Posted 7 months ago on Apple Unveils Major Update to iWork – 41 Comments

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    I feel for Amazon. The Kindle is in effect as near to a perfect product as one could get. I have no real reaso

    Posted 7 months ago on Amazon Announces New Kindle Paperwhite E-Readers – 23 Comments

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    All of Apple's current product lines (exception being the Apple Silicon Macs, it's going to be a fun ride ther

    Posted 8 months ago on Apple Announces iPhone 13, Watch Series 7, New iPads – 77 Comments

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    You do pay for it, their markup is around 35-40% on every Mac sold. Don't get me wrong, I much prefer to have

    Posted 8 months ago on Those Windows 11 Instabilities Were Caused by a Microsoft Ad – 86 Comments

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    I wish Microsoft would sell a version of Windows without the ads and spyware baked in. I'm happy to pay not to

    Posted 8 months ago on The First Windows 11 Ad is … Curious – 55 Comments

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    This is all great news. After years of boring stagnation Apple has lit a fire under the arse of everyone else

    Posted 10 months ago on Qualcomm Leans on Nuvia to Compete in PC Market – 50 Comments

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    I really miss Windows XP, to this day it remains my favourite version of Windows.

    Posted 10 months ago on Windows 11 is the New XP (Premium) – 28 Comments

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    Some of the tracks seem to sound worse using Spatial Audio, the Blink 182 track for example sounds a lot bette

    Posted 11 months ago on Spatial and Lossless Audio Go Live in Apple Music – 32 Comments

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    iCloud Private Relay, very nice and very overdue. It's as close as we will get to a full Apple supplied VPN an

    Posted 11 months ago on Apple WWDC21 Kicks Off with a Slew of Product Updates – 55 Comments

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    Windows is important, to computers in general. An ever improving Windows situation results in a virtuous circl

    Posted 11 months ago on Windows 11? (Premium) – 59 Comments

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    Spatial Audio is the big take away for me, it’s going to go main stream now Apple is involved.Plus any headp

    Posted 1 year ago on Thinking About Hi-Res, Lossless, and Spatial Audio (Premium) – 30 Comments

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    As far as AAC specific the general view is that Apple's implementation is the best when it comes to the music

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Music is Adding a Lossless Tier This Year (Updated) – 23 Comments

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    I wonder if this will be an AirPod line exclusive? Guessing not if it’s out on Android too.I for one would l

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Music is Adding a Lossless Tier This Year (Updated) – 23 Comments

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    In reply to RM:Nah, he's saying it's just one greedy corporate company trying to get better terms ou

    Posted 1 year ago on Epic Won’t Release Fortnite on Xbox Cloud Gaming – 19 Comments

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    impressive figures as always, but what a jump in Mac revenue. Yes, I know the pandemic has added to the figure

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Delivers Another Record Quarter – 28 Comments

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    In reply to bhofer:How interesting, I had, incorrectly it would appear, assumed that it was just the default.

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Releases iOS 14.5 with New Privacy Controls – 39 Comments

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    In reply to djr1984:From what I can gather it was a lot harder to implement than one might assume. They had to

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Releases iOS 14.5 with New Privacy Controls – 39 Comments

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    In reply to StevenLayton:If you want the option of allowing certain apps to track you then enable the "Allow a

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Releases iOS 14.5 with New Privacy Controls – 39 Comments

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    I’ve been using the beta for around 7 weeks, absolutely fantastic having my Apple Watch unlock my iPhone.The

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Releases iOS 14.5 with New Privacy Controls – 39 Comments

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    Genuine question here. I’m an Xbox owner, love my console.To me the whole point of my Xbox is the library of

    Posted 1 year ago on Playing Xbox on iOS, Hands On – 11 Comments

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    In reply to curtisspendlove:I have, our entire household is Apple based. They’ve released what would in effe

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Event Recap: iMac, AirTags, iPad Pro, More – 113 Comments

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    In reply to Greg Green:I appreciate that, I own a MacBook Air M1 with just the 8GB of Ram so know first hand j

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Event Recap: iMac, AirTags, iPad Pro, More – 113 Comments

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    I've been waiting for them to replace the Apple TV, definitely going to be ordering that bad boy.But the

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Event Recap: iMac, AirTags, iPad Pro, More – 113 Comments

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    Glad to hear the feature is remaining, it's genuinely useful and one of the things I really like about Wi

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft is (Probably) Killing Timeline Now Too (UPDATED) – 58 Comments

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    In reply to MikeCerm:Could you imagine the justified public outrage, laws & lawsuits that would have follo

    Posted 1 year ago on Yes, Vivaldi Will Disable FLoC Too – 19 Comments

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    In reply to bettyblue:Interesting, I live on Safari and have no issues at all. I use Wipr to block ads, etc, w

    Posted 1 year ago on DuckDuckGo’s Browser Extension Blocks FLoC Now – 19 Comments

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    I find my iPad experience to be the same as you. I’m not interested in it at all from a laptop/productivity

    Posted 1 year ago on In Praise of the Apple iPad Air (Premium) – 78 Comments

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    I still don’t get why people use Chrome over Safari or Firefox.It was obvious to me when it first came out t

    Posted 1 year ago on DuckDuckGo’s Browser Extension Blocks FLoC Now – 19 Comments

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    It's like moaning that McDonalds doesn't share their Big Mac Sauce with Burger King. Apple Music is

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Didn’t Bring iMessage to Android Because of its Lock-In Strategy – 118 Comments

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    Apple Arcade is a fantastic service for my family and well worth the price. For £4.99 a month my children get

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Arcade Expands to Include Past Classics – 11 Comments

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    In reply to crunchyfrog:It is, but I make a point out of making it as difficult as I can to track me. Extensio

    Posted 1 year ago on DuckDuckGo: Web Browsers Don’t Prevent Tracking – 12 Comments

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    In reply to avidfan451:No different to when Samsung was stealing Apple iPhone design left right and centre whi

    Posted 1 year ago on Intel to Build Two U.S.-Based Fabs – 31 Comments

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    In reply to ebraiter:Apple will likely continue to hold out, but Mozilla is already losing money and so might

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft and Google Partner on Web Browser Compatibility – 9 Comments

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    Steps like this make sense, but are also cause for concern. I remember well the days of Internet Explorer wher

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft and Google Partner on Web Browser Compatibility – 9 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:I think that's where I am. In terms of resolution, sensor size, pixels, etc, a

    Posted 1 year ago on Imaging Matters (Premium) – 20 Comments

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    I'm amazed by the improvements in phone cameras and the computational element is really helping them shin

    Posted 1 year ago on Imaging Matters (Premium) – 20 Comments

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    Interesting review, thank you Brad.Most of the reviews I’ve seen so far say how brilliant the sound is, but

    Posted 1 year ago on First Impressions: Xbox Wireless Headset – 11 Comments

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    I don't think Intel is rattled because they expect the Mac Market share to suddenly grow to dominating pr

    Posted 1 year ago on Justin Long is No Longer a Mac in New Intel Ads – 173 Comments

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    Might well pick up a pair of these, will see what the reviews say.

    Posted 1 year ago on Xbox Wireless Headset is Now Available – 16 Comments

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    In reply to james.h.robinson:I see where you are coming from, and I do get it, genuinely, I do. But I've

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Discontinues the HomePod – 54 Comments

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    In reply to james.h.robinson:I use mine all the time, primarily for music, but also to make phone calls, set t

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Discontinues the HomePod – 54 Comments

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    In reply to ghostrider:Sure, Apple does it because it helps lock people in. But it also has advantages for the

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Discontinues the HomePod – 54 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:I suppose so, but my point was that we can expect the HomePods to maintain their ful

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Discontinues the HomePod – 54 Comments

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    In reply to Winner:Most reviewers agree , from an audio perspective, that the HomePod was excellent value. I&#

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Discontinues the HomePod – 54 Comments

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    "Third, this is an important reminder to everyone here wringing their hands over the removal of Cortana from t

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Discontinues the HomePod – 54 Comments

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    In reply to txag:I appreciate that, and you are right. However, the physical dimensions are not that far off e

    Posted 1 year ago on Report: iPhone 12 Mini is a Failure as Apple Cuts Production – 87 Comments

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    The problem for the iPhone 12 Mini is not the size, but rather that it's facing competition from another

    Posted 1 year ago on Report: iPhone 12 Mini is a Failure as Apple Cuts Production – 87 Comments

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    Sounds like these had a reasonable run. Outside of Apple around 4 years in the tech world is pretty good. It&#

    Posted 1 year ago on Harman Kardon Removes Cortana from Invoke – 55 Comments

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    In reply to djr1984:Snap! One of my first jobs was in a copy shop. Man that makes me feel so old, doubt there

    Posted 1 year ago on CorelDRAW Graphics Suite Adds M1, iPad, and Teams Support – 11 Comments

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    It would seem that unless you have the same foresight and deep pockets as Apple then you're bang out of l

    Posted 1 year ago on Crisis (Premium) – 14 Comments

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    Does this mean that their new phones will receive the latest versions of Android for at least four years, or j

    Posted 1 year ago on Samsung to Provide at Least 4 Years of Android Security Updates on Many Devices – 42 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:At first I typically upgraded my iPhone every year, but as the line matured my upgra

    Posted 1 year ago on Samsung to Provide at Least 4 Years of Android Security Updates on Many Devices – 42 Comments

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    In reply to nbplopes:You have some fair points, I think though that the balance lies somewhere between our two

    Posted 1 year ago on Smartphone Sales Fell Almost 10 Percent in 2020 – 46 Comments

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    In reply to nbplopes:It’s a tough one. Despite the relatively huge world wide difference in market share bet

    Posted 1 year ago on Smartphone Sales Fell Almost 10 Percent in 2020 – 46 Comments

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    “Many kids grew up using Chromebooks in school, and as they enter the workforce, their needs evolve" How old

    Posted 1 year ago on You Can Preorder the Samsung Galaxy Chromebook 2 Now – 20 Comments

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    Looks good, very much on Brand. Assuming the reviews are positive I might just grab a pair for my Xbox One X.

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Announces the Xbox Wireless Headset – 22 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:Apple have always been first to drop legacy ports and peripherals. There were similar ou

    Posted 1 year ago on Intel Evo vs. Apple M1: Hardware Compatibility – 85 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:It's a fair comment Paul, the answer as you know is that there isn't one.

    Posted 1 year ago on Report: 1-in-10 iPhone Users Own an Apple Watch – 37 Comments

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    In reply to spiderman2:Name a competing watch with a similar feature selection, including a large catalogue of

    Posted 1 year ago on Report: 1-in-10 iPhone Users Own an Apple Watch – 37 Comments

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    In reply to crunchyfrog:I think for me the Apple Watch did not really come into its own until Series 4, althou

    Posted 1 year ago on Report: 1-in-10 iPhone Users Own an Apple Watch – 37 Comments

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    In reply to scovious:As Yoshi mentioned, if you buy the cellular model you do not need your iPhone with you to

    Posted 1 year ago on Report: 1-in-10 iPhone Users Own an Apple Watch – 37 Comments

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    In reply to remc86007:In the future, for that pesky windows only app, especially old ones like the one he is l

    Posted 1 year ago on Intel Takes on Apple M1 with New Series of “Go PC” Ads – 86 Comments

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    In reply to nbplopes:Over the last few years my attitude has really changed to this invasion of privacy. Initi

    Posted 1 year ago on Google Continues to Drag on iOS App Updates – 21 Comments

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    It's like asking a stalker to come clean to their victims! It's about time these companies are force

    Posted 1 year ago on Google Continues to Drag on iOS App Updates – 21 Comments

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    In reply to illuminated:I understand what you are saying. But when I ran a cost analysis it was still cheaper

    Posted 1 year ago on Intel Evo vs. Apple M1: Preliminary Head-to-Head – 110 Comments

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    In reply to illuminated:It's something I investigated. My iMac Pro is data crunching around 18 hours a da

    Posted 1 year ago on Intel Evo vs. Apple M1: Preliminary Head-to-Head – 110 Comments

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    In reply to illuminated:Possibly, I sold the 16" as it was depreciating far quicker than Mac's normally d

    Posted 1 year ago on Intel Evo vs. Apple M1: Preliminary Head-to-Head – 110 Comments

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    In reply to illuminated:This is not a scientific comparison, but I like playing the old Total War games on my

    Posted 1 year ago on Intel Evo vs. Apple M1: Preliminary Head-to-Head – 110 Comments

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    In reply to SyncMe:I think, at least to my mind, this is the first time in a long time where you can point at

    Posted 1 year ago on Intel Evo vs. Apple M1: Preliminary Head-to-Head – 110 Comments

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    In reply to remc86007:But then, like Apple, they should have booked out capacity years in advance. That's

    Posted 1 year ago on Xbox Series X|S Supplies Will Be Constrained Until Mid-2021 – 20 Comments

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    I wonder what the hold up is. New products are always a bit constrained at launch, but we are two months passe

    Posted 1 year ago on Xbox Series X|S Supplies Will Be Constrained Until Mid-2021 – 20 Comments

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    This move worries me, although I appreciate why they are doing it. Part of what I love about the Mac is that,

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple MacBook Pro (M1): Initial iPhone and iPad App Compatibility – 30 Comments

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    In reply to bluvg:I assume the long awaited and ridiculously overdue Apple TV refresh might be one of those. W

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Posts Record Quarter – 54 Comments

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    In reply to ghostrider:I think the total value of a proposition really depends on your circumstances.For examp

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Posts Record Quarter – 54 Comments

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    Genuine question, because I'm really intrigued here. Why is it that many people want a touch screen on th

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Takes on M1 MacBook Pro in New Surface Ad – 127 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is:Ah, my mistake. Whenever someone says full HD my head says 1080P.

    Posted 1 year ago on Razer Book 13 First Impressions – 36 Comments

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    I tend to favour the dying breed of games that are single player only RPG's or perhaps the occasional and

    Posted 1 year ago on Xbox Two: The Unforced Errors (Premium) – 17 Comments

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    In reply to shawn.healey:I find that most users, whether PC or Mac, tend to shy away from keyboard commands. T

    Posted 1 year ago on Razer Book 13 First Impressions – 36 Comments

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    In reply to Prebengh:Let Paul get the reviews out of the way first and then decide on his full comments. Let&#

    Posted 1 year ago on Razer Book 13 First Impressions – 36 Comments

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    I had a Razer mouse back in the day when I was really into Quake 3 Arena and Unreal Tournament, it was a fanta

    Posted 1 year ago on Razer Book 13 First Impressions – 36 Comments

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    In reply to jdawgnoonan:If memory serves correctly it was 2008 when the MacBook line went from arguably the be

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple MacBook Pro (M1) First Impressions – 68 Comments

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    In reply to longhorn:With all due respect, it's not clumsy design. I say this because as I am typing this

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple MacBook Pro (M1) First Impressions – 68 Comments

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    In reply to longhorn:That's fair enough, but I also frequently use a 2020 Dell Notebook for work purposes

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple MacBook Pro (M1) First Impressions – 68 Comments

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    In reply to bkkcanuck:Ah, that would explain it. Chrome might be popular, but it's also a terrible and un

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple MacBook Pro (M1) First Impressions – 68 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:Not sure why you think that. I remember video conferencing back in the late 90's. S

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple MacBook Pro (M1) First Impressions – 68 Comments

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    From my own personal experience, the best features of the M1 MacBooks is that they give top of the line Intel

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple MacBook Pro (M1) First Impressions – 68 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:What's worse it when you get into the $300 category, so much junk there that is

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Mac Mini (M1): One More Thing – 71 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:I hear that. Every time the marketers are allowed control they just make terrible de

    Posted 1 year ago on New Intel CEO Wants to Beat Apple – 36 Comments

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    They're still building out their content. I'm not surprised it was free initially as there was very

    Posted 1 year ago on Free Apple TV+ Promo Extended to July – 25 Comments

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    In reply to beholderseye:Out of interest what version of Mac OS are you using on the old iMac? iTunes might be

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Mac Mini (M1): One More Thing – 71 Comments

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    Intel is in real trouble, have been for a while now in fact. I remember reading an in-depth head to head test

    Posted 1 year ago on New Intel CEO Wants to Beat Apple – 36 Comments

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    It will be interesting to see how these new CPU's perfom. I suspect that Apple is planning to absolutely

    Posted 1 year ago on Intel Announces Four New Processor Families at CES 2021 – 17 Comments

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    In reply to avalancheccm:That makes sense, I forgot that they were using Chrome as the engine for Edge. I don&

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Edge Heads to M1 Macs in Preview – 27 Comments

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    In reply to CliffordSF:I find that ads ruin sites, so I block them by default. I also find myself in a bit of

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Fires Back at Facebook – 25 Comments

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    Genuinely out of interest here, who are the people who requested Edge for the Mac and why?I know that people h

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Edge Heads to M1 Macs in Preview – 27 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Ah come off it Paul. Epic is a corporation that simply wants to make more money. The

    Posted 1 year ago on Facebook Attacks Apple in Newspaper Ads – 54 Comments

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    In reply to ragingthunder:You're right, but the average spending power of someone in the UK or the USA is

    Posted 1 year ago on Facebook Attacks Apple in Newspaper Ads – 54 Comments

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    In reply to nbplopes:More than that, the sites should automatically default to no consent until explicitly tol

    Posted 1 year ago on Facebook Attacks Apple in Newspaper Ads – 54 Comments

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    It's like a Peeping Tom begging people not to shut their curtains. It's a disgusting invasion of pri

    Posted 1 year ago on Facebook Attacks Apple in Newspaper Ads – 54 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:You're right, I misread the article and took it as Prime Video. I'm not su

    Posted 1 year ago on Amazon Fire TV Now Has 50 Million Monthly Active Users – 8 Comments

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    In reply to sammyg:I tend to buy my games on disc because I can complete and sell it on. I also tend to wait 3

    Posted 1 year ago on PS5 Leads the Way with Record November – 17 Comments

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    Easy to talk about big numbers when you give people no choice but to have said service! If I could scrap Prime

    Posted 1 year ago on Amazon Fire TV Now Has 50 Million Monthly Active Users – 8 Comments

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    I love my AirPods Pro, but then they weren't that much more expensive than other decent brands out there

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Announces AirPods Max – 86 Comments

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    Didn't the iPhone X have the same problem? Unusual that they did not fix the problem back then, why keep

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple to Replace Faulty iPhone 11 Displays – 9 Comments

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    In reply to kb923689:I loved Windows 7 and much prefer it to Windows 10. Long may it live!

    Posted 1 year ago on Google Extends Chrome Support on Windows 7 – 13 Comments

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    In reply to sammyg:It is and it isn’t. Microsoft has the market share and price advantage.As the market grow

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Did It … Again (Premium) – 147 Comments

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    I know I've said it before, but Microsoft need to get their butts in gear and fully support WOA by making

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Did It … Again (Premium) – 147 Comments

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    In reply to blue77star:Nvidia bought Arm, but Apple's chips are all custom designed and patented and with

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Did It … Again (Premium) – 147 Comments

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    The new benchmarks are starting to come out and it seems, if anything, that Apple understated the performance.

    Posted 1 year ago on Lies of Omission (Premium) – 104 Comments

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    My Xbox One X should last me another 2 years or so, I don't buy new consoles until enough next gen titles

    Posted 1 year ago on Xbox Launch is Biggest in History, But Specifics are Left Out – 10 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:It's just Apple's way, although it can be frustrating for the more technic

    Posted 1 year ago on Lies of Omission (Premium) – 104 Comments

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    In reply to truerock2:Personally I think it's a great move. There are a lot more iPhone/iPad users out th

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Releases macOS Big Sur – 28 Comments

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    In reply to RobertJasiek:I use Windows and Mac OS on a daily basis. My personal preference is with Mac OS, but

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Releases macOS Big Sur – 28 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Paul, I agree that benchmarks are only useful as an indicator of performance, usuall

    Posted 1 year ago on Lies of Omission (Premium) – 104 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Exactly Paul, if Microsoft themselves cannot be bothered to support it why on earth

    Posted 1 year ago on Lies of Omission (Premium) – 104 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:No, I’m not saying Microsoft should just abandon X86, that would be foolish.But they s

    Posted 1 year ago on Lies of Omission (Premium) – 104 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:Yes, Qualcomms chips are rubbish compared to Apple's, but that's not why I sin

    Posted 1 year ago on Lies of Omission (Premium) – 104 Comments

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    Looking at the Anandtech comments today it seems that we have reason to be very optimistic about Apple's

    Posted 1 year ago on Lies of Omission (Premium) – 104 Comments

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    In reply to MikeCerm:But this is a £1300 "Pro" laptop. Home users will likely not need more than two ports, b

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Brings Its Own Silicon to the 13-inch MacBook Pro – 34 Comments

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    In reply to behindmyscreen:USB-C refers to the connector

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Brings Its Own Silicon to the 13-inch MacBook Pro – 34 Comments

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    In reply to DRL42:It's a bit of a joke that you'd want a touch screen on a laptop! Why would you wan

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Reveals First MacBook Air Powered by Its New M1 Processor – 12 Comments

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    This is the one Mac they announced that I was really disappointed in. Still just 16GB Ram limit, still just tw

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Brings Its Own Silicon to the 13-inch MacBook Pro – 34 Comments

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    Will they be issuing replacements for those handsets that don't exhibit this "design feature"?

    Posted 1 year ago on Pixel 5 Display Gap is By Design, Google Says – 21 Comments

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    No issue on mine as of yet, still if the replacement programme is there then it's fine, these things happ

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Has an AirPods Pro Problem – 20 Comments

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    I'm not sure what Google is so afraid of. They make the best search engine out there, period. No other co

    Posted 1 year ago on Yes, Google is Abusing Its Search Monopoly (Premium) – 20 Comments

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    As Android is supposedly open, why don't people just buy the phone they actually want and then flash it w

    Posted 1 year ago on Google Pixel 5 Suffers From Alarming Build Quality Problem – 46 Comments

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    In reply to remc86007:Listening to music on an Echo Dot is like listening to music on cheap £2.99 headphones,

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Releases Smaller, More Affordable HomePod – 12 Comments

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    Smartphones are now like laptops and the product announcements, from any company, are just boring. Slightly fa

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Launches New iPhone 12 Pro Line With Upgraded Cameras, LiDAR Sensor – 26 Comments

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    Paul, I wonder if you aimed too high up the pricing scale with the Series 6 and FitBit Sense. Sounds like the

    Posted 1 year ago on Fitbit Versa 3 First Impressions – 23 Comments

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    Awesome news for XBOX if the next Fallout or Elder Scrolls is exclusive, will really address the imbalance bet

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft to Acquire Bethesda for $7.5 Billion – 65 Comments

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    I owned and loved the Nike Fuel Band, so I can see the appeal of a much more basic device.I’d not get one no

    Posted 1 year ago on Amazon Halo First Impressions – 19 Comments

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    Sounds like a bargain to me, hopefully this will pt the XBOX on a great footing this generation.

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Officially Announces Xbox Series S, Specs Revealed – 29 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:You're right, but you also know I was referring to the XBox specifically in rel

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Terminates Epic’s Developer Account – 63 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:I'm well aware of what a monopoly is: "the exclusive possession or control of t

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Terminates Epic’s Developer Account – 63 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Apple does not have a monopoly, only 13% of all smartphones sold in 2019 were iPhone

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Terminates Epic’s Developer Account – 63 Comments

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    In reply to ecumenical:That's a shame, although expected. Feels like the One X never got close to being t

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft, Announce the Xbox Series S Already (Premium) – 17 Comments

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    It's an unusual move hiding the Xbox Series S, if anything it's what the average person will likely

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft, Announce the Xbox Series S Already (Premium) – 17 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Paul, Apple's margins have been in the 30-35% region for decades. When the App

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Terminates Epic’s Developer Account – 63 Comments

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    In reply to Hawaiianteg:I never mentioned the cost of the App Store.But it is true that Apple poured Billions

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Terminates Epic’s Developer Account – 63 Comments

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    In reply to exreey:What’s the difference. If a developer sells a game for £10 and makes £7 that’s ok in

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Terminates Epic’s Developer Account – 63 Comments

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    This dispute has nothing to do with Epic wanting to be some white knight out to improve the world. It's a

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Terminates Epic’s Developer Account – 63 Comments

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    The pot calling the kettle black!How about Microsoft remove or significantly lower their 30% fee for games on

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Backs Epic in Fight with Apple – 47 Comments

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    In reply to RobertJasiek:Not quite, in this case the rent is free. Instead of paying rent you pay a 30% cut on

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple’s At It Again, This Time With WordPress – 74 Comments

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    In reply to Andi:Apple specifies that if you offer a payment option outside of iOS you must also have the opti

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple’s At It Again, This Time With WordPress – 74 Comments

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    I don't see the issue here, in fact I remember Paul himself commenting on how reasonable the 30% fee was

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple’s At It Again, This Time With WordPress – 74 Comments

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    I'd hoped for a pick and mix bundle. I personally have no interest whatsoever in Apple Arcade, but I coul

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Prepping All-in Subscription Bundle for October – 16 Comments

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    In reply to dftf:For most basic tasks dual core is more than enough. My daughter is happily using my old 2010

    Posted 1 year ago on Chromebook Sales Growth Outpaced Laptops by 3X in U.S. – 59 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:I see where you are coming from, but these machines start at just £149 which includ

    Posted 1 year ago on Chromebook Sales Growth Outpaced Laptops by 3X in U.S. – 59 Comments

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    It's easy to grow fast when you're in the low to no profit section of a market and have relatively l

    Posted 1 year ago on Chromebook Sales Growth Outpaced Laptops by 3X in U.S. – 59 Comments

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    In reply to systembuilder:This seems reminiscent of the Pentium 4 cock-up. Intel let the marketing department

    Posted 1 year ago on Former Intel Engineer Says Apple Plotted Divorce Because of Skylake – 19 Comments

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    In reply to RobertJasiek:I suppose it's largely what I am used to. You look at the physical size of the a

    Posted 1 year ago on Hands-On: Apple MacBook Air (2020) – 25 Comments

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    In reply to RobertJasiek:I love the small arrow keys, I absolutely hated the 2016-19 design. Quite possibly du

    Posted 1 year ago on Hands-On: Apple MacBook Air (2020) – 25 Comments

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    In reply to Michael_Johnston:My daughter has one of these for university. Some day's it gets as much as 1

    Posted 1 year ago on Hands-On: Apple MacBook Air (2020) – 25 Comments

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    In reply to glenn8878:The Mac will only ever make up a small amount of market share. It's not because the

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple’s Advantage (Premium) – 54 Comments

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    In reply to glenn8878:Out of interest why? I can fully understand you being happy with Windows and having no p

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Details its Plan to Switch to ARM – 74 Comments

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    In reply to dmitryko:I'm intrigued by your comments, rather I don't really understand them.Let'

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Details its Plan to Switch to ARM – 74 Comments

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    In reply to Stooks:Your numbers are not necessarily representative of the professional user base of each platf

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Details its Plan to Switch to ARM – 74 Comments

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    In reply to Stooks:We use Mac's at work for our data science department. The servers are Linux based and

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Details its Plan to Switch to ARM – 74 Comments

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    In reply to red77star:Yes, because you have extensively been able to use and benchmark the performance of a Ma

    Posted 1 year ago on Game, Set, Match? (Premium) – 141 Comments

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    Balanced, concise and completely on point. Great article.

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple’s Advantage (Premium) – 54 Comments

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    On the one hand I enjoy playing games on my MacBook Pro during down time and the transition to Arm CPU's

    Posted 1 year ago on The Opportunity for Apple (Premium) – 56 Comments

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    In reply to YouWereWarned:Even searching now on DuckDuckGo it does not reflect this article.

    Posted 1 year ago on The Opportunity for Apple (Premium) – 56 Comments

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    I'm not sure I fully understand the anger at the 30% fee. For a 30% cut the developer gets access to the

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Makes First Major Concession to In-App Vig – 31 Comments

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    As an Apple user this is great news. Weather Apps are notorious for harvesting personal location data, so this

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Acquires Popular Weather App Dark Sky – 33 Comments

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    "it would be far more interesting if its browser worked on more dominant platforms like Windows and Android" S

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Safari Gets Aggressive with Tracking Prevention – 15 Comments

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    In reply to remc86007:Back in November 2018 the A12X either matched or nearly matched the top end X86 CPU'

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Unveils Upgraded iPad Pro With Trackpad Support – 40 Comments

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    In reply to reefer:Part of the problem they've had with the iPads is that they just keep going. Most peop

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Posts Another Record Quarter – 15 Comments

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    Are they able to claim sales for devices that they gave away? I assume a fair few of this number is made up of

    Posted 2 years ago on Samsung Sold Fewer Than 500,000 Galaxy Folds in 2019 – 3 Comments

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    In reply to RobertJasiek:If you're using the Pro version of Windows 10 you can disable the tracking reaso

    Posted 2 years ago on Thinking About Microsoft’s Aggressive New Edge Rollout (Premium) – 56 Comments

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    In reply to VancouverNinja:Compared to competing machines in the same market.

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple’s New Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR Go on Sale – 14 Comments

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    In reply to VancouverNinja:Our servers are Linux based. They have found that Mac OS, which is Unix based, is q

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple’s New Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR Go on Sale – 14 Comments

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    In reply to illuminated:You obviously have no comprehension of the type of work that these machines are used f

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple’s New Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR Go on Sale – 14 Comments

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    In reply to illuminated:For many use cases that may well suffice. The systems in our Data Science team are eff

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple’s New Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR Go on Sale – 14 Comments

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    The pricing is only "crazy" to ordinary people who have no need for a machine like this. For the niche market

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple’s New Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR Go on Sale – 14 Comments

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    The iPhone killed Flash and good riddance to it. HTML 5 and other open standards are so much better!

    Posted 2 years ago on Google Will No Longer Index Flash-Based Websites – 13 Comments

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    In reply to ghostrider:The iPhone 11 is essentially the iPhone Pro without the OLED display and telephoto lens

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Launches iPhone 11 With a Second Camera, Fastest Mobile CPU – 10 Comments

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    Looks good, but you know that it'll be destroyed by the latest Apple CPU.

    Posted 2 years ago on Samsung Reveals Exynos 9825 Processor Ahead of Note 10 Launch – 3 Comments

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    Man, what a jog down memory lane. Although I am a Mac user now, and have been since 2003, I fondly remeber mak

    Posted 2 years ago on My Microsoft Turning Point (Premium) – 41 Comments

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    Good, that's exactly how it should be. I want privacy, I trust Apple because they make money out of respe

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple to Force iOS Apps to Use ‘Sign In with Apple’ – 25 Comments

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    I suspect that for most people, especially in the near future, this will not prove an issue. With services lik

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Has No Plans for Music, Podcasts, and TV Apps on Windows – 44 Comments

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    I note that they are still selling the 2017 Non Touch Bar version at full price. As someone who has this model

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Announces New MacBook Pro With Improved Keyboard, 8-Core CPU – 34 Comments

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    Windows 10 hastened my transition to Mac, after having been a dual user for around 15 years.I found it rather

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft’s WaaS Changes Are All About Windows 7 (Premium) – 26 Comments

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    I'm more into the Apple world and have only played with Android when setting up cheap phones and tablets

    Posted 3 years ago on Huawei Mate 20 Pro Review – 35 Comments

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    I own two echo dots and an Apple HomePod and my purchasing decision for each was very different.I have an echo

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple’s HomePod is a Failure – 80 Comments

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    I unplugged my Kinect a month after the update forced Cortana on my XBOX, what an unwelcome update that was. I

    Posted 3 years ago on It’s Official: Satya Nadella Confirms Cortana Defeat – 136 Comments

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    I completely moved to Mac OS after Windows 8, the ads were kind of the last straw in what had been a gradual m

    Posted 3 years ago on Looking Back on My Original “Slippery Slope” Article (Premium) – 8 Comments

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    I can't wait for Apple to deliver their first set of Mac's based on Arm. Things like the browser etc

    Posted 3 years ago on It’s the Web Browser, Stupid (Premium) – 11 Comments

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    Software was never perfect, but it feels that because of the internet and how easy it is to push updates out t

    Posted 3 years ago on When S%^t Don’t Work (Premium) – 83 Comments

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    I've not used Skype since they released the abortion that is the new version on iOS back in July last yea

    Posted 3 years ago on Now Microsoft Will Kill Skype 7 in November – 26 Comments

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    In reply to SimonFlynn:Depends on your iPad. If you are using one from 2017 or newer you're unlikely to n

    Posted 3 years ago on iOS 12 Brings Improved Performance, Screen Time, ARKit 2, More – 21 Comments

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    In reply to Maktaba:Apple's LCD's have always been the absolute best in class on the iPhones. It may

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Now Has a 6.1-inch iPhone: the iPhone Xr – 5 Comments

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    iPhone Xr for me, my iPhone 6s Plus is getting a bit long in the tooth. I don't personally care about OLE

    Posted 3 years ago on Lost in the Keynote, Apple Raises Prices on iPhone and Watch – 87 Comments

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    In reply to nbplopes:They can't, because it isn't true.

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple’s Largest 2018 iPhone Will Reportedly Be Called iPhone Xs Max – 28 Comments

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    In reply to ayebang: Yes, iOS 12 supporting the iPhone 5s which dates all the way back to 2013 is the perfect

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple’s Largest 2018 iPhone Will Reportedly Be Called iPhone Xs Max – 28 Comments

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    In reply to melinau:I suppose it depends on ones definition of support. It could be software support in terms

    Posted 3 years ago on OnePlus 6 Has Already Sold One Million Units – 17 Comments

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    Wow, just wow. I’ve been following you for years Paul, and generally I agree with a lot of what you have to

    Posted 3 years ago on Notice Anything Missing in the WWDC Keynote? (Premium) – 56 Comments

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    I'll probably upgrade my original Xbox One once I get a newer TV, near end of next year perhaps.I suspect

    Posted 3 years ago on Xbox One X on Sale Again – 4 Comments

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    Hell, it's about damn time. Messages in the cloud was expected way back in September, unbelievable that t

    Posted 3 years ago on iOS 11.4 Adds Stereo Pairing to Air Play 2, HomePod Speaker – 6 Comments

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    I wouldn't be so quick to chuck Apple in the "only catching up" bucket, there are many areas where they i

    Posted 4 years ago on My Plan for the Samsung Galaxy S9+ (Premium) – 30 Comments

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    I don't understand your disdain for the notch. I think having info such as battery life in the notches ma

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple Notches Another Victory (Premium) – 27 Comments

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