Mr. Vieira
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Tennessee
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Just curious what folks got this year, Apple-wise?
Anything? Nothing? Accessories? iPhone? MacBook? AirPods? A Magsafe something-or-other? Gift card? The coveted Apple polishing cloth? Share below, I like hearing this sort of thing. This sort of thing is my bag, baby. 🤓 If it's some third-party accessory that directly ties into/impacts your Apple product in some real way, those are allowed too, I suppose. But I'm mainly interested in just the Apple stuff, so don't get too crazy in your definition of "third-party add-ons/accessories". Me? Nothing Apple-related (although, looking back, I probably should've asked for a USB-to-Lightning cable). Last edited by psmith2.0 : 2021-12-28 at 11:23. Reason: I can't not spell no more gooder, but my grammar am impeccable! |
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Veteran Member
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Promise Land of Trustafarians
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Didn't get anything Apple related. Did get a police baton.
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Mr. Vieira
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Tennessee
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Well, you never know when you may have to beat some deserving dickwit about the head/torso for any number of reasons (2021 has provided thousands; can't imagine 2022 being much different). You'll be glad to have it if/when that day ever arrives.
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Space Pirate
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Atlanta
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Same as Chucker - does my Apple Watch count as an early Xmas gift to myself?
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Sneaky Punk
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My parents got themselves two M1 Mac Mini's for Christmas. Nothing for me, okay I got an Apple gift card.
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Mr. Vieira
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Tennessee
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That's pretty cool!
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Mr. Vieira
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Tennessee
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It’s a shame Apple, with all their mighty camera tech/processing and that center stage stuff, etc. doesn’t feel the need to bring back their iSight in a new, updated design with all the specs, features of the cameras in their other devices, Macs and iOS.
Make it cross-platform and tap into that COVID/Zoom/work from home world it’s become and be the best webcam out there, the iPhone of that category, to where even hardcore Windows users realize it’s the one to own/use. They’re leaving money on the table, IMO. Ugh…I’m detailing my own thread. So, what Apple-ness did everyone get for Christmas? |
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Join Date: May 2004
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Funny, I was thinking about this the other day. Wouldn't it be cool if there was a slick web-cam and mic combo that was good enough to take a YouTube quality live-video and audio feed. Something that could do some spatial audio and noise cancelling tricks so maybe more than one person could be properly heard/located in the sound-field along with standard noise cancelling and maybe dual cameras (borrowed from an iPhone model? ) that could do three things well: (1) use a stereo-image info to give a really good green screen effect for video backgrounds. (2) Shoot a wide shot with more people in the frame, (3) based on movement and sound data picked up by the cameras and mics, able to automagically punch in and pan the crop to track one speaker or another, like your own little magical studio?
Aesthetics? I see a 4-5" flat disc reminiscent of a pop-filter but perhaps made of a uniform transluscent grey/white material. A true tone LED ring light around the perimeter, cameras hole punched through the middle, mic array embedded behind the frosted material. From the back it just looks like a disc with a big apple logo on it. Whole thing just looks a bit like a lollipop. ......................................... |
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