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Re:Ask HN: Is this an example of an Apple dark pattern? on Monday January 13, 2025 @01:49AM (#42680752)
Option-Right click on a file in Finder and choose "Always open with". To discover options like this, in any menu hold down the option key to see menu items change.
Re:Windows NT for Power Macintosh on Friday July 12, 2024 @04:24PM (#40949073)
The Xbox 360 was PowerPC running a variant of the Windows 2000 (NT) OS. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360_technical_specificati...
I've always thought this statement rephrased makes more sense:

"We've learned and struggled for a few years here figuring out how to make a decent computer," he said. "Mobile phone guys are not going to just figure this out. They're not going to just walk in."

- Imaginary Steve Jobs

This is the kind of equipment that you do not want a rogue AI getting in control of.
The laptop in that video is obviously not a "unibody" model. It is a A1260 MacBook Pro 4,1 from early 2008.