iPhone 7 announcement thread

[nando714]

I like my 6 plus 

[nate]

I have a 6+.  Sticking with it til next Sept probably.

[mp170.6]

4 hours ago, red321 said:

I've had to ditch a scanner in the past, not a drum scanner, but a fairly pricey flatbad scanner. Unfortunately it happens all the time. Luckily for him old macs can run forever.

Has he tried firewire to usb instead of lightening connector? I've used that for an old portable hard drive before. You can also buy firewire cards for a pc. Hell, I probably have one laying around somewhere if they can't find one to buy.

I'm not sure.  He's a tech savvy guy and has been in contact with the manufacturer, so I assume every option has been exhausted.  IIRC, the problem is two-fold in both the firmware and software for getting around the Firewire issue. 
 

4 hours ago, nate said:

Yeah firewire cards are a dime a dozen and still work perfectly on a PC.  You can even get them for a Mac as long as it isn't an iMac.

His drum scanner software is Mac-only.   But yeah, I'm not sure why the latter option wouldn't work.
 

4 hours ago, red321 said:

By the way...who is this guy that would require a drum scanner for 120 slides in this day and age? That's pretty awesome. One of the things holding me back from shooting more film is it's such a pain in the ass to process and digitize.

He inherited a 120 camera as a kid and liked it so much, 120 became his 'normal' format until the digital age.  To be honest, I think he bought the drum scanner because his uncle(?) took many rare historical shots on 120 film and he wanted to archive them for posterity sake. 

I feel the same way about film. 
 

 

[red321]

120 is fantastic, love the equipment as well. Much like vinyl there is a depth and feeling you get from film you just can't quite get with digital. For portraits and street photography...especially black and white...it just has a different feeling.

[Tank]

2 hours ago, nate said:

I have a 6+.  Sticking with it til next Sept probably.

i'm eligible for an upgrade now, but my two year contract runs through february and i'd like to make sure that money i spent to get my iphone 6 is spent over the entire length of my contract. i have no interest right now in getting locked into a monthly payment plan.

[Tank]

[mrwicked]

i have max storage the 6s plus and dig it. no need for the new one.
i think the 8 or whatever they're gonna call it (maybe iphone 10 since it's the 10 year anniversary) will be sweet with an edge to edge screen.

[nate]

[gotbeer]

@nateHave to admit.  That had me rolling.

[gotbeer]

LOL.

YouTuber convinces people that drilling a hole in their iPhone 7 will reveal hidden headphone jack

 

 

[gotbeer]

Here is a rumor about the next iPhone.

Apple To Abandon Lightning Port? iPhone's Next Massive Gamble

[gotbeer]

Makes sense though.  With wireless charging on my Galaxy S7, and considering when I listen to music using headphones, they are bluetooth.  I rarely plug anything into my phone.  I guess the exceptions are if my headphones die, or if I need to juice box my phone.  But even if I need to juice box my phone, they do sell wireless batteries now. 

[nate]

It has been the rumor for a while.  I like it

[mrwicked]

not an iphone, but FINALLY the macbook pro is getting refreshed.

thank the lord. my friends and i are excited to get these the first day they are available.

hopefully mac mini does too. 

https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/18/waiting-impatiently-for-apple-to-release-new-macs-youll-get-them-on-october-27th/

[nate]

I just bought two new MBPs in January, knew I should have waited

[mrwicked]

yeah i had my previous company buy me one 3 months ago, knowing full well the new one was coming out. but my screen was hosed so had no choice. will add to my pile of like 8 macbook/thinkpad laptops floating around my place. i still have a 2011 17" behemoth macbook pro that makes a great doorstop.

this new on will be my every day though. 

[Lou]

6 minutes ago, mrwicked said:

yeah i had my previous company buy me one 3 months ago, knowing full well the new one was coming out. but my screen was hosed so had no choice. will add to my pile of like 8 macbook/thinkpad laptops floating around my place. i still have a 2011 17" behemoth macbook pro that makes a great doorstop.

this new on will be my every day though. 

I know a guy who needs a new phone 

[Lou]

On September 13, 2016 at 0:27 PM, nando714 said:

I like my 6 plus 

are you Asian? 

 

[mrwicked]

new macbook pro finally announced.

yay. 

and updates to appletv are always badass.

[nate]

21 minutes ago, mrwicked said:

new macbook pro finally announced.

yay. 

and updates to appletv are always badass.

no escape key.  vi for life, this sucks!

[mrwicked]

1 hour ago, nate said:

no escape key.  vi for life, this sucks!

use the sculpt man. we all do. 

[nate]

never

[Jay]

21 hours ago, mrwicked said:

new macbook pro finally announced.

yay. 

and updates to appletv are always badass.

Why does Apple TV still only support 1080p and HDCP 1.4?

Even the crappy Roku supports 2160p and UHD.

 

[AngelsLakersFan]

On 10/27/2016 at 11:20 AM, mrwicked said:

new macbook pro finally announced.

yay. 

and updates to appletv are always badass.

What did you think of it?

The touch bar looks cool/interesting, if not gimmicky. We'll see how it works in practice. I use my MBP closed 90% of the time though, so these won't get much play. I don't mind the loss of the usb ports as I run all my accessories through my LG thunderbolt monitor.

Can't say I'm happy, or surprised at the loss of card reader port. As a photographer / videographer I use that port all the time, more than any other.

Loss of MagSafe makes me sad. Macs have had the single best power port of any laptop I've ever used. They should make every port magnetic! 

The processor is a generation old. I believe this was to include the iris pro graphics chip that intel has dropped? The specs in general are not too much better than my maxed out late 2013 model. This implies to me that we are likely to get bigger spec upgrades in future models. 

All in all I'm probably still a couple years away from upgrading. Depends on how much I can fetch for this one.

[nate]

No USB port and no card reader slot plus no magsafe.  Losing magsafe seems like a real step back.