Fwd: First Click: Apple should stop selling four-year-old computers

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Date: August 04, 2016 at 07:30AM

Aug 4, 2016 One thousand, five hundred and fourteen days. Or: four years, one month, and twenty-four days. That's how long it's been since Apple released the last MacBook Pro to come without a Retina display. The $1,199 13-inch model was powered by a 2.5GHz Core i5 Ivy Bridge processor, a solid option for a mid-range laptop in June 2012. I got one that month and am actually typing this column on it right now, having performed open hard drive surgery last night to bring it back from the dead. Nothing unusual about that, of course — technology moves on. Except it's now August 2016, and Apple is inexplicably still selling the exact same laptop... Read the full article on The Verge - By Sam Byford Five stories to start your day 1 The Tesla Semi and minibus will be unveiled in 2017, Elon Musk confirms Tesla released its second quarter earnings this evening, and during the subsequent investor call CEO Elon Musk put a more specific timetable on the company's recently-announced plans for making an... 2 Japanese Olympic champion racks up $5,000 bill playing Pokémon Go in Brazil A Japanese Olympics star has blamed Pokémon Go after being hit with a 500,000 yen (about $5,000) bill in roaming charges from his carrier. Artistic gymnast Kohei Uchimura, who won gold at the 2012... 3 Dropbox's answer to Google Docs is now available on iOS and Android Dropbox Paper is now available on iOS and Android, allowing users to collaborate on documents in real-time. The software first launched in private beta last year as Dropbox's answer to Google Docs,... Advertisement 4 Apple says all US employees now receive equal pay for equal work Today, Apple released updated diversity figures indicating it has made slight but steady progress in hiring more women and underrepresented minorities — and ensuring those employees are paid the... 5 Microsoft adds five new AI chat bots to Skype Microsoft has added to the number of chat bots available for users of Skype, introducing automated AI assistants for vacation price comparison sites Skyscanner and Hipmunk, ticket store Stubhub,... About The Verge | Subscribe | Unsubscribe | Privacy Policy

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