Apple Reports Second Quarter Results

Re:Apple Reports Second Quarter Results by thesimon on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @06:22PM (#26974988)

Dropped even the Ethernet port for the thinness.

Really moving into the lifestyle product market.

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Re:Apple Reports Second Quarter Results by bobbylarrybobby on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @06:25PM (#26975017)

Ethernet is still there, it’s just in the power brick instead of the monitor.

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Re:Apple Reports Second Quarter Results by nighthawk454 on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @06:49PM (#26975242)

which, honestly seems fine to me. it's likely to be running from the floor anyway, probably from a nearby place to the power outlet. one cord on the desk.

some have also mentioned potential synergy with future MacBooks, which might also adopt this port on the power brick. that could bring a magnetic connector back to laptops _and_ ethernet without a $30 dongle

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Re:Apple Reports Second Quarter Results by sdfhbdf on Thursday April 29, 2021 @01:02AM (#26977644)

Or they could reverse it and start charging the battery of a macbook with power over ethernet

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Re:Apple Reports Second Quarter Results by jeffbee on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @06:27PM (#26975034)

Too bad they couldn't figure out how to put the SD card reader in there too. At least it still has an audio jack.

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Re:Apple Reports Second Quarter Results by perardi on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @08:35PM (#26976032)

I am of 2 minds on the SD card reader thing.

1. Lot of use cases for SD cards besides cameras. Audio recorders, notably.

2. A fair number of high-end cameras are no longer using SD cards, or at least, not exclusively; lot of CFexpress for the big boy cameras out there now. (I mean, they used to use CompactFlash cards, but it’s not like they’re gonna jam a CF card reader in there.)

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Re:Apple Reports Second Quarter Results by darkarmani on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @08:53PM (#26976185)

SD cards are the answer for badusb attacks.

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Re:Apple Reports Second Quarter Results by eigen on Thursday April 29, 2021 @12:49PM (#26983493)

you'd want an SD card reader in the brick, on the floor? that seems inconvenient. people were complaining when it moved from the side to the back of the imac.

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Re:Apple Reports Second Quarter Results by thesimon on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @06:27PM (#26975031)

>it’s just in the power brick instead of the monitor

Sure, but it was removed from the main device.

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Re:Apple Reports Second Quarter Results by anomaly_ on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @06:57PM (#26975305)

How well does an iMac work without that power brick? It’s functionally part of the main device.

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Re:Apple Reports Second Quarter Results by perardi on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @08:31PM (#26975994)

Well good luck booting that iMac without that whole, you know, power cord thing.

Honestly I think that’s an inspired bit of design. It solves for Apple’s desire to keep clean lines, and, in many offices I’ve been in, the Ethernet is wired in close to the power, so it’s very functional. Win-win.

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Re:Apple Reports Second Quarter Results by mcphage on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @08:28PM (#26975958)

> Sure, but it was removed from the main device.

You say that like it’s a bad thing. The iMac gets an Ethernet port, and there’s one fewer cable to run up to the machine. That seems like a win all around.

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Re:Apple Reports Second Quarter Results by jbverschoor on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @11:26PM (#26977090)

I think it’s a very elegant solution. The iMac is a device for companies, reception etc. And they typically run on Ethernet.

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