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-DethLok- t1_j40xkcf wrote
Reply to Meta Abandons Original Quest VR Headset from 2019 - The company will stop providing feature updates and security fixes by 2024. by speckz
Oh, another reason to avoid buying a VR system, good, I'll continue to save money while awaiting for a killer app.
Ho hum, more of the same, rinse and repeat.
SunGazing8 t1_j40xbpv wrote
Inventing solutions to problems that don’t exist.
khorijinn t1_j40wp87 wrote
Great breakthrough it seems from looking at the picture. Samsung has figured out how to project darkness onto wall that's in full light.
Silent_Palpatine t1_j40wau6 wrote
Reply to Meta Abandons Original Quest VR Headset from 2019 - The company will stop providing feature updates and security fixes by 2024. by speckz
I find it interesting that when they rebranded the Quest 2 from Oculus to Meta that the price for the EXACT same headset went up £100.
Durzel t1_j40vb6a wrote
Reply to comment by casuallylurking in Apple Reportedly Working on Touchscreen Macs, Including MacBook Pro by Avieshek
My main screen is a 38" UltraWide, so using the 16" one next to that would be a bit weird. I don't have a logical place on my desk to have it with the lid open, either. It sits underneath my screen with a single USB-C that does both power and display (I love that).
casuallylurking t1_j40uvyv wrote
Reply to comment by sanjsrik in Apple Reportedly Working on Touchscreen Macs, Including MacBook Pro by Avieshek
And yet not a single Windows manufacturer has perfected a trackpad. You need touchscreen when your trackpad /mouse sucks. But touch screen means moving your hands away from the keyboard. I use both Macs and a Surface Book and much prefer the Mac.
casuallylurking t1_j40uf4f wrote
Reply to comment by Durzel in Apple Reportedly Working on Touchscreen Macs, Including MacBook Pro by Avieshek
Why are you wasting the second screen? Once you use a double (or triple) screen setup you’ll never go back. It is a huge productivity boost.
Yalkim t1_j40tv4t wrote
Reply to comment by Themasterofcomedy209 in Apple Reportedly Working on Touchscreen Macs, Including MacBook Pro by Avieshek
That is 100% true. In fact that is why this headline came as a surprise to many.
Yalkim t1_j40tqgi wrote
Reply to comment by MayIPikachu in Apple Reportedly Working on Touchscreen Macs, Including MacBook Pro by Avieshek
Unfortunately I can’t go back to android. I promised myself it would be the last time I make that mistake the last time I decided to give android a chance.
I trust folding phones even less because their durability in the long term is still questionable.
MrMunday t1_j40tghd wrote
I think it’s to dual boot into macos and iPadOS. This way you can have best of both worlds in one device.
Yalkim t1_j40te3p wrote
Reply to comment by ackillesBAC in Apple Reportedly Working on Touchscreen Macs, Including MacBook Pro by Avieshek
I have never seen an apple fan who denied that apple is usally late to adopt stuff. In fact, their usual argument is “Apple lets everyone else beta test it and then release a superior product.
Windows fans, on the other hand, are usually like “hey apple the technology you are implementing was already implemented by this *points to random piece of crap from 1995! So suck on that”
bullitt4796 t1_j40sucg wrote
Thought they were, that’s sad.
Yalkim t1_j40stcu wrote
Reply to comment by Gloverboy6 in Apple Reportedly Working on Touchscreen Macs, Including MacBook Pro by Avieshek
The first touchscreen laptop was HP-150 released in 1983. Do with that information what you will.
Themasterofcomedy209 t1_j40sm44 wrote
Reply to comment by Yalkim in Apple Reportedly Working on Touchscreen Macs, Including MacBook Pro by Avieshek
You just explained why apple hasn’t made a touchscreen Mac yet, if you could use the Mac for iPad reasons or visa versa there’s no reason to buy both
Avieshek OP t1_j40s1it wrote
Reply to comment by CheapBison1861 in Apple Reportedly Working on Touchscreen Macs, Including MacBook Pro by Avieshek
Need recommendations for a Live OS that is not TailOS.
rito-pIz t1_j40r5q8 wrote
Personally - would never use it. My parents would use it a lot however. They were confused that they couldnt do it when using my macbook a few months ago (finger marks tho).
PsychologicalYouth67 t1_j40r549 wrote
Reply to Meta Abandons Original Quest VR Headset from 2019 - The company will stop providing feature updates and security fixes by 2024. by speckz
Just got one for Christmas. Not too worried about it.
OddImprovement6490 t1_j40qpqn wrote
Reply to comment by CosmicCreeperz in Meta Abandons Original Quest VR Headset from 2019 - The company will stop providing feature updates and security fixes by 2024. by speckz
Shouldn’t the support lifetime be counted when the support is stopped, not when the sales are? Even if 6s hasn’t been sold for 4 years, it got 9 years of software support. 5 years is way past most tech’s warranties so the lack of full hardware support isn’t really relevant and even then I am pretty sure Apple’s genius bar will fix them for a fee.
CheapBison1861 t1_j40ptqv wrote
Reply to comment by Avieshek in Apple Reportedly Working on Touchscreen Macs, Including MacBook Pro by Avieshek
Manjaro+KDE
spazzardnope t1_j40pg3c wrote
Reply to comment by Avieshek in Apple Reportedly Working on Touchscreen Macs, Including MacBook Pro by Avieshek
Yeah I know, but there seems to be no point for them and other hardware manufacturers to make new drivers. My M1 just sits there most of the time now.
Horonian t1_j40p88o wrote
Can’t wait to not be able to use the Apple Pencil 2 on the touchscreen mac
Avieshek OP t1_j40oxgw wrote
Reply to comment by CheapBison1861 in Apple Reportedly Working on Touchscreen Macs, Including MacBook Pro by Avieshek
What are you using, Asahi Linux? Pop!_OS? Manjaro?
Avieshek OP t1_j40ow17 wrote
Reply to comment by spazzardnope in Apple Reportedly Working on Touchscreen Macs, Including MacBook Pro by Avieshek
That has to do with Wacom actually but they do work as for my Photoshop tutorials (PiXimperfect) but you’re right, mostly for Art.
[deleted] t1_j40onwm wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Apple Reportedly Working on Touchscreen Macs, Including MacBook Pro by Avieshek
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medfreak t1_j40ysk6 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Apple Reportedly Working on Touchscreen Macs, Including MacBook Pro by Avieshek
What's worse is they also make certain elements in the UI deliberately "touch friendly" that could impair a K+M experience.