fuzzynormal Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 6 minutes ago, fuzzynormal said: I had that laptop too. Rugged little bugger...well, at least mine held together okay. Went around the world with me a few times. Miss it. Was really a good balance of size/performance. Eventually ended up being a dedicated virtual keyboard instrument for our bubble-gum-punk-rock band. --Dial up a keyboard emulator and go to town. Moog, Jupiter, Hammond, Harpsicord, String Ensembles, etc. We used that thing until 2012. Not a bad life cycle for a laptop. John Matthews 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweak Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 14 minutes ago, fuzzynormal said: Eventually ended up being a dedicated virtual keyboard instrument for our bubble-gum-punk-rock band. --Dial up a keyboard emulator and go to town. Moog, Jupiter, Hammond, Harpsicord, String Ensembles, etc. We used that thing until 2012. Not a bad life cycle for a laptop. I had that computer as well, I think it was my longest serving mac. I also purchased the camera top left last year haha. John Matthews 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Matthews Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 18 minutes ago, tweak said: I had that computer as well, I think it was my longest serving mac. I also purchased the camera top left last year haha. That ibook was the G3 one as you can tell by the lettering (Apple Garamond). The G4 (I still have and use mine just for fun) had the Myriad font on it. They were great little machines... I love the fact they have a 3:4 aspect ratio screen and fairly detailed. Got mine in 2004 and it still runs fine. I just prefer Apple's concept for computing back then. tweak 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JurijTurnsek Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 @Andrew Reid Here you go: https://www.gsmarena.com/antutu_scores_suggest_iphone_12_chipset_is_downclocked_gpu_is_slower_than_on_the_11series-news-45835.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoodlum Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 29 minutes ago, JurijTurnsek said: @Andrew Reid Here you go: https://www.gsmarena.com/antutu_scores_suggest_iphone_12_chipset_is_downclocked_gpu_is_slower_than_on_the_11series-news-45835.php Geekbench is a much better benchmark of actual application performance and the initial scores are showing a 20% improvement. https://hothardware.com/news/iphone-12-pro-benchmark-geekbench-5-a14-bionic What this does not show is how the Neural Engine portion of the A14 chip went from 8 cores to 16 cores, improving that aspect of the iPhone 12 performance by 80%. There is much more to a smartphone's performance than just CPU and GPU benchmarks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matins 2 Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 On 10/15/2020 at 9:02 AM, John Matthews said: My point is "progress" is a very subjective term. I don't like what I see. I totally agree. John Matthews and BenEricson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BenEricson Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 6 minutes ago, hoodlum said: Looks pretty good for a phone. I'm having trouble seeing any improvements over the XS or iPhone 11 though. Is this the one with the supposedly larger sensor? Emanuel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoodlum Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 1 hour ago, BenEricson said: Looks pretty good for a phone. I'm having trouble seeing any improvements over the XS or iPhone 11 though. Is this the one with the supposedly larger sensor? The sensor has not changed although OIS has improved and lens is a bit faster. Of course processing has made a number of improvements as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
independent Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 It’s technological progress. All cameras today have hot chips and fishy algorithms in them too. The iPhones will continue to devastate consumer photo cameras, but that’s a problem for manufacturers. Regardless, pro video is currently too far ahead for too many reasons. If anything, I see this accelerating innovation and features in the pro market, and I welcome whatever makes the job easier. I do look forward to better TikTok videos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcio Kabke Pinheiro Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 On 10/14/2020 at 2:11 PM, Video Hummus said: I actually like the IPhone 12 Mini the most. My favorite iPhone was the boxy 4S. I’m tired of paying $1200 for a huge phone. It’s a tool for me. It should slip in my pocket and disappear until I need to navigate, call, messaged, or lookup public transit times. So glad they went back to the boxy shape and smaller size with the mini. Price is still pretty high. I'm using the Galaxy S one or two generations behind the latest model (S9, currently). Good (very good sometimes) for mundane photos, good performance for other uses, often cheaper and MUCH better than the latest Galaxy A or simpler models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerocool22 Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Man it looks like 2010 mft camera footage. I would never use this thing for video. With all the hype I expected much more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted October 21, 2020 Author Administrators Share Posted October 21, 2020 13 hours ago, BenEricson said: Looks pretty good for a phone. I'm having trouble seeing any improvements over the XS or iPhone 11 though. Is this the one with the supposedly larger sensor? No it's the 12 Pro Max that has the most improved camera and 5 axis IBIS The 12 Pro and standard 12 are just very incremental improvements with small sensors. BenEricson, Juank and Emanuel 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emanuel Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Yeah, it seems so, as also pops up confirmed from this most recent user's input here, fair criticism enough if you ask me: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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