Worst mobile app on the planet with SO many bugs, but dammit if they aren’t a clean platform otherwise.

Boo hoo

All of those explanations, but you’re not even saying WHY it’s an alternative, or to WHAT

Resolution alone isn’t the only factor. It’s a larger display, requiring more power, which is either a PC/PD issue, or a battery issue. The point is that the power draw has to come from somewhere, and nothing this is the same platform as an iPhone (essentially), there’s going to be a trade-off somewhere.

As you noted they’ve reduced the refresh rate, which makes a big impact, but I don’t think it stops there.

The original platform has apps that are optimized for that platform, and now you’re throwing a different OS at it which has more expansive use of resources: CPU, memory, GPU, and power.

We’ll have to see how they have made paths through MacOS to account the platform specifically, but I’m betting there are several drawbacks. This was the main complaint of how they dealt with those insanely expensive Mac Pro with M-class chips when they first came out, but in the inverse. High power draw, heat issues…etc.

Mobile chip power is insane AT THAT SCALE though. That’s the key differentiation here. So if you’re running a larger format display with a higher resolution, cut that by quite a bit. Also cut it if you’re running desktop apps that aren’t optimized for mobile, and if this is intended to run MacOS instead of iOS, the mobile optimistic memory scheduling is out the window. I’ll have to see it to say for sure, but I’m guessing the performance for average desktop apps is going to be pretty, but that’s kind of the price point.

This is Apple’s scoop up of the ChromeOS segment.

Repair friendly means CHEAP components repair, which Apple just does not do.

As an example, in a machine like this if your WiFi module tanks…that’s a full logic board replacement. Might as well buy a new one.

According to this, Apple is basically making an insurance vertical as part of their business, and they are pricing repairs to be exactly 1/3 the retail cost of the machine for pretty much everything except screens.

This is pretty scam my when you consider their past of quoting customers for repairs that are above and beyond the scope of the actual hardware failures, and what maximizes profits for their AppleCare and RMA process. There are dozens of breakdowns in this, so I won’t write a novel, but it’s very obvious they’ve baked in the costs to make it more cost-effective to just keep buying new units as a replacement in the face of simple hardware failures.

The failure rates of these will be the determining factor. The components inside are cheap, all soldered on, and will not be repairable at all (waiting on the iFixIt score).

Its pretty much just their phone platform with a big screen and keyboard, so maybe it’ll be okay. It’s not built like a phone though, so I’m expecting some interesting testing outcomes. It’s either going to be cheap enough that they have a new planned obsolescence hit on their hands, or people are going to be pissed at it sucking so hard.

Meta never acquired my VR Mansion. It was super cool.

Dafuq

Literally nobody in the consumer market will care, and the DC crowd won’t buy this until they can prove failure rates.

It’s not that we don’t know what it is, it, again, is just INCREDIBLY FUCKING STUPID.

This is… incredibly stupid. This man has done so many drugs he no longer realizes how computers or electricity works.

ETA: https://www.reddit.com/r/answers/comments/23nd6a/i_remember_in_the_90s_illegal_or_black_box_cable/

Why don’t you just fucking kill me, and replace me with an AI copy of myself. What a dumb fucking world these companies are pushing for.

Jackasses.

Yeah, I just think this is an insane spend for most people.

I much more affordable option, though smaller, are these TRMNL displays: https://trmnl.com/

Whoever did this was incredibly lazy. What you using an agent to run your Terraform commands for you in the first place if it’s not part of some automation? You’re saving yourself, what, 15 seconds tops? You deserve this kind of thing for being like this.

It’s something like $2k. Pretty insane for a project like this. You can just get the actual e-ink panels pretty cheap, but then you need to build a driver for it. Not simple.

A fucking moron who runs around calling everything a bot when you disagree with whatever the topic is.

It’s the new CyberTruck of online insecurity.

Hope that’s “good” enough for you.

Ars is owned by Conde Nast who has multiple whistleblowers saying AI is being forced on them. Think that’s kind of relevant.

Then maybe they shouldn’t be using these tools in the first place. Other Conde Nast employees have already been blowing the whistle about this, which is funny because they sued all the AI companies for stealing content.

Whether there is a news article about it or not, these shitty tools are being shoved down everyone’s throats. From developers, to authors.

The problem with your attitude towards this is that these companies are forcing “AI” down everyone’s throat. It’s a requirement now to churn out more bullshit than humanly possible.

This person was simply fired because they didn’t catch the false information, and not because they used the tools forced upon them.

Solid point on the “single purpose” nature of some devices, but that’s also the legalese going to work here in that “Depends what the meaning of IS, is” sort of way 🤣

Making laws with vague definitions will get challenged, as you point out.