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Linux system manufacturer System76 introduced a beautiful looking Linux distribution called Pop!_OS. But is Pop OS worth an install? Read the Pop OS review and find out yourself.
More at : https://itsfoss.com/pop-os-linux-review/
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(Score: 5, Informative) by DannyB on Monday January 15 2018, @10:17PM (5 children)
Apple is about Form over Function.
Symptom: you're holding it wrong! It's that way so we could use a certain material for the back cover that looks really cool but impedes the operation of the antenna.
Engineering takes a back seat to design. It's all about design. (What is meant by this is fashion and boutique, but they call it design.)
Example: making laptops so thin that they become impractical -- but just for the sake of thin! Hey how about make it a few millimeters thicker (and stiffer)1 and double the battery life? What a concept! Add a few more standard connectors and get rid of some dongles? What an idea! Then patent it!
1not meant to sound dirty
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 4, Funny) by DannyB on Monday January 15 2018, @10:18PM
I also should have mentioned the courage to get rid of the headphone jack.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 1) by bobthecimmerian on Tuesday January 16 2018, @12:06PM (3 children)
The ultra-thin bit is mighty convenient when you're taking your laptop all over the house, to the coffee shop, to work meetings, and so forth. And it becomes a competition with rival vendors. "Our new Apple ____ is 1.7 mm thinner and 4 grams lighter than the ultra-light laptop from our competitor Dell!" (or whoever)
So I understand why they do it. On the other hand, the lack of removable batteries and storage on so many flagship tablets and smart phones is a disaster. I would have thought consumers would flock to vendors that only offered both... but I would have thought wrong.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday January 16 2018, @04:00PM (2 children)
Don't get me wrong. I'm not knocking thin. I think Apple has merely done it to excess. Now they're just trying for absurd.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 16 2018, @07:40PM (1 child)
Yes, my iPad Mini (which I like a fair amount) was so thin I went out and bought a centimeter of black plastic Otterbox to surround it for the inevitable occurrence of bouncing it off my tile floors.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 17 2018, @06:28PM
And i have seen fanatics from both the iPhone and Android camp claim that it is a good thing that the phones are so thin that they can fit bulky cases on them.
Sorry, but i will take a bulky phone that i can switch batteries on and that can take a fall without a case, thank you very much...