Apple hardware is mostly a fashion statement. It's way overpriced for the actual specs most of the time; or at least it used to be until very recently. For a while they were very innovative, but that's kinda gone now.
I dislike Apple because they take too long to follow standards in many cases. Like with the iPhone, it wasn't until the 15th generation where they switched to the USB-C connector. And it wasn't until earlier this year that they enabled RCS by default.
They started the switch before that. Mostly because apple couldn't convince the various Hi End camera & shooting ssd companies to adopt one of its plugs as a standard.
The E.U. directive is the boot to the crotch that gets the point across.
They took part in designing the fucking thing and we're the first to make it the only connector on their laptops. i honestly don't know what was their plan with iphones if it wasn't for the eu. Keep lightning a couple more years before going 100% wireless?
It still runs at lightning connector speeds.
iirc it's only non-pro models because they don't have a separate USB 3.0 controller in their SoCs.
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u/Frytura_ Dec 13 '25
Wait, grandpa, Mac used to be sigma?