The Apple thread

[Deckard]

Delta which is a fully fledged Nintendo emulator with controller support is on the store now - its great and even has the old cheat codes for game shark etc...

[Deckard]

I see Tempest X3 on the PS1 runs rather well on the ipad using the new Gamma emulator !! Suports bt controllers too

[Deckard]

Hell has frozen over - retroarch is on iOS

[Deckard]

I thought John Gruber made a good point

“ Laws like this are protectionist attacks that specifically target two U.S. companies — Apple and Google. The United States should treat this as a trade war, and reciprocate by passing legislation mandating third-party game stores and payments on game consoles from Sony and Nintendo. See how they like it. It’s patently hypocritical that Japan’s law targets only phones; this law wouldn’t exist if Sony were a player in phones and mobile platforms.”

[Deckard]

Possibly for 1000 quid, I might’ve been half tempted… But for 3 1/2 thousand they can fuck off

[Misfit]

Possibly for 1000 quid, I might’ve been half tempted… But for 3 1/2 thousand they can fuck off

Can't even bring myself to visit the site to have a look at that price.

[VNVObit]

Possibly for 1000 quid, I might’ve been half tempted… But for 3 1/2 thousand they can fuck off

Can't even bring myself to visit the site to have a look at that price.

1st gen and not really aimed at home users. Curious about it but was never tempted by it as couldn’t see a problem it was solving for me.

[zip accident]

Possibly for 1000 quid, I might’ve been half tempted… But for 3 1/2 thousand they can fuck off

Can't even bring myself to visit the site to have a look at that price.

1st gen and not really aimed at home users. Curious about it but was never tempted by it as couldn’t see a problem it was solving for me.

Eh?

Is that a phone, a pad, a laptop or a desktop?

[Deckard]

Something i didnt know as just checking my iPad air and hubby battery with coconut battery - Timpsons do battery replacement and they're the cheapest by far....at 50 quid for an iPhone 12 pro max

[skab]

Speaking of that, has anybody heard about the new battery-unglue-procedure for the non-Pro iPhone 16? Apparently you are supposed to connect a 9V battery to contacts on the adhesive strips, wait a minute, then the battery just falls out. That sounds quite nice and innovative.

[Deckard]

Yeah I saw a couple of sites who do fixing stuff were quite smitten....

[Deckard]

About bloody time apple -

AirPods Max to Gain Lossless Audio and Low-Latency Audio in iOS 18.4

Not that I will be swapping my Focals anytime soon for them !

[Deckard]

My shite mouse was annoying me with very jerky wheel scrolling on Safari - now it's not - night and day !

https://mos.caldis.me

[MattyP]

Apple folks...

I am getting to the end of my tether with Windows (again) so looking at going back to a Mac.

I don't want a new spangly one - something that will just allow me to do a spot of video editing etc.

So I've seen a Mac Pro with this spec:-

"FW upgraded to 2,1
CPUs upgraded to X5355
32Gb RAM
Standard GPU 7300GT"

Its an older gen Pro but I think it'll do what I need. Dual Xenons should be pokey enough (2 processors with 4 threads each) and plenty of memory.

It doesn't need to run modern games - I'll be doing that on consoles going forward.

Any collective thoughts?

[Misfit]

Apple folks...

I am getting to the end of my tether with Windows (again) so looking at going back to a Mac.

I don't want a new spangly one - something that will just allow me to do a spot of video editing etc.

So I've seen a Mac Pro with this spec:-

"FW upgraded to 2,1
CPUs upgraded to X5355
32Gb RAM
Standard GPU 7300GT"

Its an older gen Pro but I think it'll do what I need. Dual Xenons should be pokey enough (2 processors with 4 threads each) and plenty of memory.

It doesn't need to run modern games - I'll be doing that on consoles going forward.

Any collective thoughts?

NO NO NO

Don't get an Intel-based Mac the new silicon based ones are just so much better.

No idea what your budget is, but any M-based chip will give you a good experience. But if you can go for a £599 M4 Mac mini (presumably £499 if you know a student or someone working at a Uni). 16GB is a lot when it comes to the new the architecture. The base is lacking in storage, but it's Thunderbolt 4 so easy to add fast external storage cheaply.

It will blow away an old Pro.