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[Cide]

Just a place to discuss the Apple World Wide Developers Conference that is set to take place in less than 24 hours.

I'm kinda hoping that they go back to the old schedule and announce the new iPhone here, instead of september/october with the new iPods. who knows, if it's good, i might get one instead of an Android phone this time.

what are you looking forward to/hoping is announced?

[atmo]

I'd like it if they announce the iPhone 5, as I have about a month left on the contract of my 4 and wouldn't mind a new phone.

[~Spyne~]

who knows, if it's good, i might get one instead of an Android phone this time.

You crack me up, Cide. That's the funniest thing I've seen on MEA since Blanket's 'Jack-pack'.

[Cide]

It could happen! it isn't likely, but it could happen...

my problem isn't with the iPhone, it's just the "you will only do things with our technology that we think is acceptable" mentality of Apple. and the fact that when apple have bought out their new phones in the past there has always been an Android phone that did things just as well if not better.

if apple did happen to bring out an iPhone tomorrow that is better than the s3, i would have no problems purchasing it and then jailbreaking the crap out of it!

[Cide]

soldering RAM to the board Apple? such a jerk move

http://www.slashgear...ility-13233720/

[~Spyne~]

But if you're into upgrading or self-repairing your computer/laptop, why on Earth would you even consider an Apple product in the first place?

[Captn_Awesome]

in all honesty clip in RAM on laptops hasnt been around all that long. it all used to be soldered to the boards when I first started using a laptop at school back in grade 6 (I lack some motor skill crap and have basically no short term memory so an educational psychologist made the recomendation that I use a laptop - really not cool when your the only kid in school with a laptop at a P-12 school...)

How many laptop users actually upgrade RAM etc after they walk out the store. SFA. The people all jumping up and down are a minority.

[Cide]

i have friends who are apple fanboys, but who also don't like paying for the stupid premium that apple charges to upgrade the ram when you purchase one of their notebooks.

[Captn_Awesome]

seriously how many of them need more than 8gig of ram? Bus speed will be more of an issue than available RAM

I run 16gig of RAM on my Win7 machine and rarely use more than 30% even throwing a model around (mind you how good are DWF files for keeping file sizes underwraps!). Core i7 3.4/3.7GHz idles along at 2-3% useage for most of my work. And thats only a 1155 chip not a full blown 2011 chip.
Computers are seriously so over powered for what 99% of people do its not funny.
Main reason people upgrade PCs these days is because they dont file manage properly and crap goes every where and slows everything down. If they did a full clean up 90% of people out there upgrading PCs wouldnt need to (component failure aside).

Edited by Captn_Awesome, 14 June 2012 - 11:57 AM.

[Cide]

i have a friend that is currently building a computer with 64gb of ram. quite a few of my friends are like me, they like to tinker. it's not a matter of i need it, sometimes it comes down to, it would be a crap load of fun to do it

[Captn_Awesome]

fair call but if your a tinker you build a PC or hackintosh. You don't buy a ready to roll Mac

[Mr. Drifter]

I highly doubt they'll bring out the iphone 5... they'll bring it out as iphone 5 gsi or something... They are that annoying.
But, I wouldn't mind them brining out an iphone 5.. means I get dads old 3 :>

[Cide]

Yeah, they've only got a couple days left and nothing has been whispered. looks like they will stick with the september announcement/release they adopted last year with the ipods/ipads. especially considering that apple have hinted of an iOS 6 release in fall, it seems to make sense that the next iPhone will be released as the flagship device for the operating system

Edited by Cide, 14 June 2012 - 02:27 PM.

[Cide]

these are the latest pictures rumoured to be of the new iPhone

http://iphone.tgbus....611230039.shtml

[Mr. Drifter]

hmmm... could be interesting. I'm hoping that isn't glass again... they need to use metal, so it doesn't break... unless that is their intention... cash in from people smashing the screens and backs :/

[Cide]

the front looks completely glass again but the back of it looks more matte so hopefully that isn't glass aswell. hopefully if it is glass again, they use Gorilla Glass

[Mr. Drifter]

the front looks completely glass again but the back of it looks more matte so hopefully that isn't glass aswell. hopefully if it is glass again, they use Gorilla Glass

Yeah, the back looks almost like metal, which would be a better idea... wouldn't stop the inside from falling apart, but still.

[Cide]

Balls! they're just 3D renders. bloody good ones, but renders nonetheless

[Mr. Drifter]

Balls! they're just 3D renders. bloody good ones, but renders nonetheless

Balls indeed.

[Captn_Awesome]

that picture looks like it has a different charging/data port...

[Cide]

^ yeah that is one of the rumours that has come out in the last year or so, that apple will be switching to a smaller data port. apparently the guy who made the pictures took all the most prevalent rumours and made those artistic impressions.

[ubernoob]

I thought they were going to a USB micro port for charging because that is supposedly the new standard, why Apple would adhere to a standard I don't know but that is what I read.

[Captn_Awesome]

thats gunna piss people with charging/media docks off.

[Cide]

apple have never really been worried with pissing off the consumer in the past, why change now?

[~Spyne~]

They won't get pissed off, it will be marketed as a "world-first, patented improvement" that "sets Apple apart and above their competition"...a "must have" that will have your friends wishing they were as cool, tech savvy and cutting-edge as you.

[fuddbutter]

seriously how many of them need more than 8gig of ram?

i have 8gig and i max it out quite often, generally using PS.
but i also am one of them people who likes everything open at all the same time!

[Captn_Awesome]

DDR3?

Again though we are talking about a laptop here. I would think that most people doing serious photoshop or 3D rendering etc would be doing so on workstation or desktop PCs not a laptop.
Like Cides mate building a PC with 64 gig of ram. Thats not a laptop lets compare apples with apples (no pun intended). How many laptops are out there available with more than 16gig of ram either from factory or user upgradeable? SFA I would suggest. Most only come with 4-8 gig.

[Cide]

i know asus make a laptops with 16gb RAM in them and dell offer a laptop with 32gb in it. although, yes most people would not need that much i reckon there would be a considerable market for more than 8gb of RAM in business. photographers and graphic designers, hell we've even got a ton of designers here that have 16gb laptops because we do a lot of remote site visits where designers will go on a week long trip remotely and do a cluster of site visits and then afterwards start sketching up drawings in CAD.

while i do agree that most people will not need more than 8gb, i think you are seriously underestimating the market of people that need more in a portable situation

[Captn_Awesome]

Hardly I think you're over estimating the number of users who would need such capabilities. Plus is that a market that Mac is targetting?
Your arguement at the moment is like saying BMW is crap because they don't offer a 500kW monstor at the same price as a clubsport.

How many CAD packages do you know of that run natively on a Mac?
Most graphic designers and photographers use desktops with large screens. Whats a big screen on a laptop 17" a massive screen is 19". Not exactly the 27"+ screens most graphic designers work on these days.

Again you're missing the fact that the apple is available with 16gig of ram.
Remember untill about 5 years ago 4gig was pretty much the limit of RAM - why all the sudden an explosion in requirements?
Also dont discount that Mac were the first manufacturer offering 64bit computing.

[Cide]

no, my argument was that it's ridiculous that Apple are soldering the ram to their boards. yes apple offer up to 16gb BUT you have to pay a f***ing enormous premium to upgrade your ram to that much.