Search results

  1. T

    We’re tracking 423 Mac configurations to see how Apple is handling shortages

    Thanks! It’s definitely a step up from ChromeBooks.
  2. T

    Elon Musk faces criminal probe in France after ignoring summons in X case

    Musk is the CEO of SpaceX, which owns SpaceXAI (Grok), which owns X.com, which was formerly Twitter. If shareholders of SpaceX don't want to beholden to Musk, X, and Grok, then they probably should have legally prevented the purchase of those organizations. Unless I'm missing something? As...
  3. T

    We’re tracking 423 Mac configurations to see how Apple is handling shortages

    Please don’t take this out of context - but do you have a source for this? As someone who does buy for the workforce, I can’t see how anyone would want 8gb/256 laptops for employee use. Maybe these are replacing iPads or ChromeBooks for some companies? Neo’s are not terrible, but also not that...
  4. T

    Character.AI sued over chatbot that claims to be a real doctor with a license

    I would disagree here. Some of the current chat bot apps can provide very useful information, especially to an underinsured and underserved population that may require mental health or medical information. In many cases asking Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini some of these types of questions is as...
  5. T

    RFK Jr. plans to curb antidepressants, which he falsely compares to heroin

    I know that this is a /s comment, but there is some truth to how many trillion dollar businesses/markets RFK Jr can piss of before he falls out of the Trump administration’s Venn diagram of corruption.
  6. T

    Character.AI sued over chatbot that claims to be a real doctor with a license

    I feel like that for someone who may be turning to AI for this type of advice, what you posted may not be enough. The disclaimer at the top contradicts the first post in the chat. In a mentally fragile state who do you believe? The Therapist chat should never post that it’s licensed in that...
  7. T

    Unofficial vibe-coded “Notepad++ for Mac” draws objections from original author

    Saddened that my first thought of “I wonder if this was vibe coded?” when the other article debuted on Ars the other day was actually true. It felt odd that this suddenly appeared after so many years of being Windows only. Wouldn’t “TextEdit++” be a better name to parallel it’s Windows only...
  8. T

    Apple may take “several months” to catch up to Mac mini and Studio demand

    Packard Bell computers were extremely unstable and often came with poor quality parts, especially in the late 90's when the Windows compatible PC business was very cut-throat in terms of pricing. Crummy components with crummy drivers often gave Windows 95 an impression of being a more unstable...
  9. T

    Running local models on Macs gets faster with Ollama’s MLX support

    Can anyone comment on what are the advantages of using Ollama vs LM Studio which seems to have more MLX optimized models available? Trying to utilize local LLM’s as much as possible for work to minimize the risk of using cloud based services where vague terms of service sometimes leave you...
  10. T

    Staff complain that xAI is flailing because of constant upheaval

    I’m not sure if the same parallels are there between Elon Musk and Steve Jobs. Steve could definitely be an ass hole at times, as you mentioned. He was very well known for being quite direct, and in his early years, some similarities could be drawn. However after his first stint at Apple, he did...
  11. T

    M5 Pro and M5 Max are surprisingly big departures from older Apple Silicon

    As someone who needs to support and purchase "pro" systems, you would be shocked at how difficult it is to get 3 functional 1920 x 1080 displays operational on non-Apple systems depending on the integrated video chipset. Even with higher level chipsets, once you start getting into HiDPI...
  12. T

    Apple’s new iPhone 17e has an A19 chip, MagSafe, and 256GB of storage for $599

    Just posting to eat crow, and some disappointment. When the 16e was released, I thought they would drop it by $100 and keep it in production when the 17e was released, to re-establish the $499 price point and be close to the discontinued SE. Unfortunately that didn’t happen today. So either...
  13. T

    RAM now represents 35 percent of bill of materials for HP PCs

    Well, I’m not sure how this would affect the app market - but I can imagine platform owners Apple and Google, who make both hardware and software, having an initiative to make their code run as lean as possible if they feel it would help the bottom line. One advantage of having both in-house...
  14. T

    5 changes to know about in Apple’s latest iOS, macOS, and iPadOS betas

    You are being downvoted because both Apple, and articles on this site quoting Appe, have stated that Rosetta compatibility will continue to be maintained for certain Intel games that are no longer under active development. It remains to be seen what those games are, but Starcraft could be one...
  15. T

    5 changes to know about in Apple’s latest iOS, macOS, and iPadOS betas

    This is what I usual use. Not as good as the native client, but good enough: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/new
  16. T

    FCC asks stations for “pro-America” programming, like daily Pledge of Allegiance

    I was thinking the same thing. Almost every TV station used to sign-on and sign-off with the national anthem, usually with some sort of patriotic film of national parks, landmarks, naval ships, and air force jets View: https://youtu.be/01gBEJurTlw?si=fq6X562gMwo08bay&t=131
  17. T

    Get ready for new Macs and iPads: Apple announces “Special Experience” on March 4

    IMHO… This will be a larger March release than usual, hence the more generic marketing. If they start releasing more phones in March than just the”E”, we may start seeing two spring events.
  18. T

    Framework’s RAM prices climbing on a “monthly cadence,” with more hikes to come

    If we had a functional government we would have some FTC investigations into this situation. Just rattling the cage on these contracts would probably have opened up some capacity for consumer devices. But we don’t have that at the moment.
  19. T

    Neocities founder stuck in chatbot hell after Bing blocked 1.5M sites

    If Microsoft were to brand this site, it would be named “Classic Google” 😀: https://udm14.org/ Not sure how long this will last, but IMO works great.
  20. T

    Trump FCC tries to get more Republicans on late-night and daytime talk shows

    Unless there is a typo there, this info is incorrect. Disney purchased 20th Century Fox studios, and renamed it 20th Century Studios. They bought lots of the IP previous broadcasted or currently broadcasted on Fox, like The Simpsons, in addition to the movie studios. The broadcast network and...