Apple Making PC Folk Look Good With the macOS Tahoe Update
Hey, remember how in the recent article on boosting battery life on Windows laptops I mentioned how power efficient Apple laptops were? And how one of the factors playing into that was the following:
The OS is bespoke. That means, MacOS runs only on Apple devices and therefore has less overhead compared to multi-platform operating systems like Windows (x86, ARM) or Linux (x86, ARM, MIPS, RISC-V and more)
Well, about that...
Apparently, Apple decided that battery life on their machines was not a priority, and more overhead is better! That includes phones and tablets, BTW, since these also received the dreaded iOS 26 update. You know, the "Liquid Glass" one.
The one, which is absolutely nothing like Windows Vista. Not at all. And stop comparing the two!
Naturally, users were pleased with the new design direction, better UI element readability, and highly praised the decision.
In a hilarious development, seems like there are actually even more similarities between macOS Tahoe and Windows Vista in yet another metric — battery life.
Oh, Samsung... You Truly Are the Most Laughable Copycat of All Copycats
Upd. Oct, 2021: after mocking the Apple iPhone notch in 2017 Samsung decided to... Add one to its upcoming Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra. No comment required.
Upd. Dec, 2020: after mocking Apple some more Samsung will once again follow suit and will not be bundling chargers and headphones with their phones.
Let's Make a Joke
Remember this "family"? The one Samsung marketing team created to mock Apple and stress how ridiculous of a concept the notch was?
Or...
Remember this guy? The one from the ad?
One who drops the phone into water and has to put it into rice in hopes to help it dry up and recover since iPhones back then were not even remotely waterproof, as well as has to use a dongle to have his phone charged and connected to his headphones at the same time? What a loser, right? Samsung phones are where it's at! They have the 3.5mm audio jack! Right?..
Oh, Apple...
I'm sorry, I just have to share this =)
- No hardware function keys
- No hardware ESC
- No MagSafe
- No USB-A ports
- No HDMI port
- No SD-Card slot
- No DisplayPort
- Dongleware trap (with a bunch of adapters)
- 16 gigs RAM cap
- Price to die for. Literally
Oh, Apple, you never fail to amuse!