Local LLM use isn't really continuous though. You're comparing Apples to oranges.
For training especially and for the datacenter, NVIDIA cards still make absolute sense. But for consumer use cases, and even for developers, it's not so cut and dry. Very comparable performance for short-term bursts of compute.
Mac never had a 30-pin adapter, so lightning makes no sense. Mac also had Thunderbolt 2 with the miniDP port, and switched to Thunderbolt 3 with a USB-C port.
On a server, absolutely.
On a desktop, the user is usually the administrator anyways. UAC exists on Windows land and the Administrator account is disabled for a reason.
I disagree. Desktop users run a lot of untrusted software. Allowing software to gain Administrator privileges with a single click from the user is a mistake. It doesn't follow the principle of least privilege where the user should only give apps permission for what they need to do and not more.
Apple adds FeliCa and NFC radios to all iPhones worldwide. Only Android phones sold in Japan have FeliCa radios, worldwide models only have a NFC radio.
Even better: I sent back an unopened Librem5 because they said I’d get a refund. 10 months later and no refund after monthly emails, including cc’ing the executive team and their legal counsel. I’ll be filing FTC and state AG complaints when I get the time. Absolutely do not ever buy from them, they’re scam artists.
The soldered RAM of the Framework Desktop has already opened the door to soldered RAM on Framework Laptop mainboards.