The apple watch will cost $350 - $10,000. Oh and the new macbook is so thin it only has one usb port
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[QUOTE=Mikemaximum;47292927]It's called the "Midnight Planétarium" and it's a watch that measures not only time and date, but the orbits of the planets as well.
Here's the full site if you want to take a look:
[url]http://www.vancleefarpels.com/us/en/article/10935/midnight-planetarium-timepiece[/url]
And it can be yours for the price of [sp]$245,000![/sp]
But hey, at least it has a leather strap.[/QUOTE]You could always get an Android wear watch face that does that :v: .
[QUOTE=Siemz;47289851]Androidcentral just did an article on the adapter :
"Apple's new MacBook cable costs as much as a Verizon Moto G"
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/afLMfiB.png[/IMG]
[url]http://www.androidcentral.com/apples-new-macbook-cable-costs-much-moto-g[/url][/QUOTE]
Would be pretty funny, but the Moto G costs 2x as much as the cable. If you count paying for your phone in rates (carrier subsidies) then you could make that comparison with literally anything because in most countries most phones are "free" with the more expensive contracts.
[QUOTE=TheTalon;47292931]And those specs are retarded for that price with the laptop. You know what kind of KILLER desktop or even a gaming laptop you can get for that? You're buying the novelty of having something as flimsy as a folder you used in school, and in doing so you get less CPU, Less HDD Space, Less screen space, An OS That you can't really do shit to or with, Hardware you can't change out or even repair yourself like other laptops. The only thing worth while is that it has 8GB of RAM and a nice SSD. But 8GB of RAM is the cheapest thing in it[/QUOTE]
Why are you comparing it to a desktop or gaming laptop? It's clearly not trying to be either, and it seems to be aimed more at the kind of people who want portability and probably carry around a tablet with a keyboard case. And I don't know why you think you can't do anything with OS X. It's a very capable OS that has great application support and a really stable Unix base that you can tinker with as much as you want. And you can always install Windows or Linux on it if you needed it.
[QUOTE=RoboChimp;47292966]You could always get an Android wear watch face that does that :v: .[/QUOTE]
You could, but a 3D moving watch looks so much better than a 2D image.
But that's just my opinion.
[QUOTE=Mikemaximum;47292980]You could, but a 3D moving watch looks so much better than a 2D image.
But that's just my opinion.[/QUOTE]
I imagine you could use motion sensing to give it a sort of faux-3D based on tilt which could look pretty cool.
They could have at least put 2 USB C connectors on it.
I'd still buy if I was rich.
[QUOTE=.Lain;47291353]OS X supports official microsoft productive suites, adobe suites (notably better than on windows) amongst a well developed, managed app store and many package managers for those who need Linux applications. games and potentially .net programming are really the only two limiting things in OS X, and it's not even the fault of the operating system[/QUOTE]
The time when Adobe programs ran bettr on OSX than on windows is long over.
[I] Feel like I'm gonna break this damn thing![/I]
[QUOTE=MisterMooth;47292975]Why are you comparing it to a desktop or gaming laptop? It's clearly not trying to be either, and it seems to be aimed more at the kind of people who want portability and probably carry around a tablet with a keyboard case. And I don't know why you think you can't do anything with OS X. It's a very capable OS that has great application support and a really stable Unix base that you can tinker with as much as you want. And you can always install Windows or Linux on it if you needed it.[/QUOTE]
I dunno, at that point I'd just rather get a Chromebook or just a Tablet if I was going for max portability while still holding the same equivalent usage for less than an new Macbook. Seems awfully silly to head this thin when you're riding the laptop/tablet line.
How good is the battery gonna be on this thing? Powering a 2304 x 1440 display with whatever special Apple rendering magic must be a large drain, and with how thin the battery has to be I wouldn't be optimistic.
And what is with that wacky resolution? 2304 pixels wide?
[QUOTE=EditOutJ;47293345]How good is the battery gonna be on this thing? Powering a 2304 x 1440 display with whatever special Apple rendering magic must be a large drain, and with how thin the battery has to be I wouldn't be optimistic.
And what is with that wacky resolution? 2304 pixels wide?[/QUOTE]
They said around 9-10 hours. They were able to make the logic board a lot smaller then crammed in a bunch of special batteries to fill in all the space.
The apple watch looks pretty dope, but I dunno about the new macbook. My mom has one of the newer versions of the Air and that thing's fun as hell to play around on.
But I mean like, this new macbook is basically the worst thing apple's made in the last decade. Usually you can justify the price of most apple stuff, but this is just nnuguuguguhhh what the fuck
[editline]10th March 2015[/editline]
I guess it's got that battery life, so rich people who like to browse the web will eat this thing up
I bet that the next MacBook will be so thin that you can hide it in a crack in a wall
I was sort of keen on the watch, but the price structure really irked me.
The new MacBook Pro however I'm interested in.
[QUOTE=Siemz;47289851]Androidcentral just did an article on the adapter :
(IMG)
"Apple's new MacBook cable costs as much as a Verizon Moto G"
[url]http://www.androidcentral.com/apples-new-macbook-cable-costs-much-moto-g[/url][/QUOTE]
oh dang for a moment I thought it said the macbook ITSELF cost as much as a moto g and I was impressed and then very quickly very disappointed
[QUOTE=fredstin22;47293339]The only good watch worth $10K is a Breitling.[/QUOTE]
Lol, you're excluding a shit tonne of premium manufacturers in that statement
18h battery life in 'mixed' usage? That probably means the screen off 90% of the time. The apple watch is a bloody joke. But people are going to keep treating it like the second coming of time-keeping Jesus, sadly.
I'm gonna stick with my Pebble, thanks. Looks nicer and actually works as a [I]WATCH[/I].
New Macbook is silly to me too but whatever, at least it still functions as an ultraportable notebook.
[QUOTE=usaokay;47288831]I'm fine with using my Surface Pro 3 as a laptop.[/QUOTE]
I have one too and I have to say that I love it. The keyboard works quite well and all other peripherals can be bought pretty cheap off ebay.
I much prefer Microsoft's direction of tablet/laptop hybrid through the Surface Range opposed to Apple's tablet & laptop through their ipads and macbooks. I wonder how the rest of the market will decide.
The watch looks surprisingly nice - not that I'll get one - but I was really skeptical when it was first announced. It makes the Pebble look way crappier than it already did.
[QUOTE=MisterMooth;47289193]Most smartphones I've seen just have the one port, and if there's any video out its just through the same port, by means of a slimport adapter or something.[/QUOTE]
[img]http://www.phones-online.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/12031.jpg[/img]
[img]http://cdn2.ubergizmo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/droid-bionic-review-04.jpg[/img]
[img]http://cloud2.baohe.org/allimg/digestbitcom-1298528696/motorola-atrix-vs-samsung-galaxy-s2-vs-lg-optimus-3d_6.jpg[/img]
Bunch of people rating me dumb, we do have phones that have mini/micro HDMI ports. LG'S, Moto, blackberry, etc
There is actually a long list of phones. The feature is becoming more common.
Less ports and a shift towards wireless solutions definitely gets my vote, but for now I see cables still being convenient.
Plugging your phone into your television for video output feels like the early '00s, such as plugging in a video camera to replay.
[QUOTE=.Lain;47288676][img]http://imgkk.com/i/s8dm.jpg[/img]
you might want to re-think this post :smile:[/QUOTE]
I think you might want to re-think it all. The SSD and CPU aren't going to magically change size. That's not how components work. Imagine if every i5 was a different size. Imagine if there were no standards. Yes, it is a neatly planned thing, but it is literally a case of using another component.
[QUOTE=MisterMooth;47292989]I imagine you could use motion sensing to give it a sort of faux-3D based on tilt which could look pretty cool.[/QUOTE]
Watch faces like that trash battery life
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;47288645]If making products for a VIP audience is working for them, why wouldn't they?[/QUOTE]
It's apple, so it's a bad thing somehow
I can't see this laptop being useful for anyone. Students wanting to take notes or browse the web would be better-suited by something cheaper, and people who need a laptop for work will want to be able to connect to USB drives, projectors, etc without buying stupidly overpriced adapters.
Who's the target consumer for this thing?
Oh boy I can't wait to see golden laptops everywhere. Good thing I don't live in the US.
[QUOTE=voltlight;47294192]I think you might want to re-think it all. The SSD and CPU aren't going to magically change size. That's not how components work. Imagine if every i5 was a different size. Imagine if there were no standards. Yes, it is a neatly planned thing, but it is literally a case of using another component.[/QUOTE]
What?
I think it's obvious that they wanted to get something new out since phones are already super powerful so why not put the same guts of a powerful phone into a laptop base and let the rest be the battery and maybe add something new into it as well. I'll bet that it will be the same case as it was or maybe still is with the iphone 6+ being bendable, and I don't want to even imagine how that keyboard is gonna feel like, I expecting touchscreen keyboard feeling.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;47294647]I can't see this laptop being useful for anyone. Students wanting to take notes or browse the web would be better-suited by something cheaper, and people who need a laptop for work will want to be able to connect to USB drives, projectors, etc without buying stupidly overpriced adapters.
Who's the target consumer for this thing?[/QUOTE]
People who want their wallets as thin as their laptops
umm do people seriously believe that this is gonna be 10 000$ lmao
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