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6 years ago today, Apple made every Intel Mac feel outdated.
On Nov 10, 2020 at the “One More Thing” event, Apple showed the M1 chip:
• 16 billion transistors on 5nm
• 8 CPU cores, 4 performance and 4 efficiency
•Unified memory shared by CPU and GPU
For me, this is the biggest thing Apple has ever done for the Mac.
Not Retina. Not the unibody. Not even the touchscreen.
Nico retweeted
macOS 27.3 Brings Live Activities to Macs Without Dynamic Island macrumors.com/2026/11/04/mac…
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Is the iPhone Duo’s nanotexture just a matte screen protector with fancy Apple marketing? We put it under our Evident DSX2000 microscope to find out. 🔬
We compared three matte surfaces: an e-ink reader, a popular matte screen protector film, and the Duo’s nanotexture.
At low magnification, the difference is clear. The e-ink texture blurs everything underneath. The matte protector softens the pixels. The nanotexture lets far more detail through.
Zoom in further and you can see why. The nanotexture’s pattern is much smaller and more defined than the protector’s. Our theory: that helps fine detail pass through while still hiding gradual shifts, like a folding screen’s crease. E-ink doesn’t need sharpness at all, so its pillowy texture is huge by comparison.
Verdict: not just marketing. Swipe to see for yourself. 👉
Big thanks to Evident!
ALT Microscopic close-up of an E-ink reader display surface showing irregular, overlapping greenish-gray shapes with rough, grainy textures and fine ridges.
ALT Microscopic close-up of a matte screen protector surface showing clusters of irregular, rounded shapes and fine granular textures in muted green and gray tones.
ALT Microscopic close-up of the iPhone Duo's nanotextured display surface showing a dense, repeating pattern of tiny, irregular, cell-like shapes in muted blue, green, and gray tones. Fine dark lines separate the textured shapes, creating a tightly packed, mesh-like appearance.
Nico retweeted
9 years ago today, Apple changed the iPhone forever
One of the biggest moments in smartphone history
Nico retweeted
John Ternus once spent half the night counting the grooves on the stainless-steel screws that go in the *back* of the Cinema Display.
He discovered the screws had 35 grooves, but they were supposed to have 25.
Instead of letting it go, definitely what most people would have done, he pushed through the friction and made the supplier redo the screws.
Now we get return of the glowing Apple logo, but it isn't just a cool throwback, it's another sign...
John Ternus obsesses over the little details that make Apple products special, he gets it. He cares about those little things we care about, those tiny touches we get excited about.
And just look at the AAA action star chin.
We're looking good, Govs. I'm excited to see what comes next.
Nico retweeted
iPhone Duo wasn't the first time Apple made foldables, in late 2009 they tested an iPhone that could turn into a tablet. Sadly this prototype is all that's left as execs wanted to sell us two separate devices instead of one, so we got the iPad instead.
#AlternateTimelineApple
ALT Two images of a foldable device with an iPhone 4-like design. On the top, it is folded and displaying the SwitchBoard interface while on the bottom it has been unfolded and is displaying the device model and serial numbers.
Nico retweeted
These posts make me laugh. I bet we are going to get versions of this for a few years too. The wave of products that Apple unveiled over the past few months were developed and completed with Tim Cook as CEO. It’s not like John Ternus said on Sept 1 - let’s bring touch to the Mac.
I like this new Apple.
Yes, the Duo may have problems here and there.
Yes, the new Macbook Pro touch screen looks impractical.
But at least, they are trying. They’re taking risks with bigger bets.
Apple under Tim Cook was too safe. Everyone complained that Apple lost their innovation root.
Well, now you have it.
The first iteration may run into problems for sure. But I’m optimistic about the v2 of these product lines.
La più grande contraddizione nella storia di Apple.
#MacBookPro
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First look at the new touchscreen MacBook Pro and yes the Apple Logo on the lid lights up again!