: so they did what a disciplined investor does: keep at it, buy with a thesis, and put in the hard work.
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: 18 months later, trackpads, firmware, and drivers all were "pretty darned good". And they were big. Big!
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Replying to @slightlylate @codinghorror
: no more tiny rectangles that couldn't do multitouch.
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: ...and that spilled over to Windows devices too. Suddenly trackpads got better for *everyone*.
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: ...particularly the folks who couldn't afford a Mac. So I have hope. This can get better too.
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it would be a lot better if Apple cared about the value segment. Even ye olde iPhone 6 whips 98% of android
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: it was a ~$600 phone at launch. Last value HW was 5C; similar perf to contemporary Android's on today's Chrome.
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Replying to @slightlylate @kornelski
not correct. Per http://browserbench.org/Speedometer/ an iPhone 5c does ~32, best Android does ~20. 5c nearly 50% faster.
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sorry iPhone 5s. Worth about $150 used. Four years old.
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: yep, that was one of the first hyper-specialised parts (and it shows): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_A7
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: the 5C included a part that was much more in line with contemporaries: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_A6
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