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Re:Why doesn’t Apple make its devices as carefully as it’s m... by whyenot on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @01:49AM (#15903496)
> This is categorically false.

some counterexamples: iMacs without floppy disks and with USB, MacBooks with only USB3 ports, the original iPhone, the touch bar (like it or not, it's pretty cutting edge), ...

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Re:Why doesn’t Apple make its devices as carefully as it’s m... by dingaling on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @05:29AM (#15904415)
> like it or not, it's pretty cutting edge

As with your other examples it has antecedents, just poorly executed. Acer, Microsoft ( Windows Sideshow, 2008) and Razer had all experimented with an adaptive secondary LCD.

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Re:Why doesn’t Apple make its devices as carefully as it’s m... by anon1253 on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @06:08AM (#15904632)
Not to mention Lenovo carbon X that replaced the function keys with an OLED display
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