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<blockquote data-quote="BigD" data-source="post: 1854633" data-attributes="member: 37520"><p>I tried to adapt and move on but I keep getting pulled back into the MiniDisc / MacBook Pro synergy ;-) I've just had to hand back my only smart phone (not Apple thank goodness) following the economic downturn and resulting redundancy :-(</p><p></p><p>Good news though; my Hi-MD MiniDisc still works fine for podcasts and music mixes and the sound quality is second to none! I know Jobs probably hated MiniDisc player / recorders in the same way that he hated Blu-Ray (I installed one of those drives in my MacBook Pro too) but for me there is no more elegant solution to carrying music around. Those little multi-coloured digital mix-discs with the option of line-in recording from an old Hi-Fi in a backpacker hostel from Scotland to Nepal or grabbing a few tracks from the worn cassette you listened to with the girl on the night train to Xian! </p><p></p><p>Apple hate that old world thinking so much that they are trying to phase out the headphone jack; the very gateway to the personal recorder world (is it piracy if it's a worn out cassette that you're copying? I guess it is). This mentality harks from simpler times but it's a tribute to the MZ-RH1 that it still works and in quite a convoluted fashion due to Apple's disregard for backwards compatibility! It requires booting into my Mountain Lion partition, firing up my dusty copy of Fusion with macOS Snow Leopard Server Edition in order to run Hi-MD Music Transfer. Yeah, podcast software works easier and quicker on a smart phone but which suits me better? The MiniDisc solution every time!</p><p></p><p>Apple can keep their low energy consumption Arm based 'Apple Silicon' as I'll still be listening to my MDs, playing Streets of Rage 4 / Sonic Mania / Elite Dangerous (remember that Mac fans?) on Boot Camp and using Adobe Premier CS6 until my Intel Mac keels over from bit rot!</p><p></p><p>Without Jony Ive I don't expect the 'gadget jewellery' business model will continue to be the gold mine it once was for Apple. All this Arm and iOS nonsense might spell the end of the Mac entirely with iPad Pros servicing the Starbucks hipsters just fine. So who will be the new 'Think Different' company of the quantum computing era? I would wager that Tim Cook has less of an idea than I do... but he does know a guy that could sell you a nice watch ;-) But where's the premium design AND function once offered by the MiniDisc players / decks of a decade ago? "Who cares?" I hear you shout, "You should be on your 10th iPhone refresh by now....."</p><p></p><p>... but I'm happy and I guess that's why we all wanted to 'Think Different' in the first place. So long Apple and thanks for all the fish ;-)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BigD, post: 1854633, member: 37520"] I tried to adapt and move on but I keep getting pulled back into the MiniDisc / MacBook Pro synergy ;-) I've just had to hand back my only smart phone (not Apple thank goodness) following the economic downturn and resulting redundancy :-( Good news though; my Hi-MD MiniDisc still works fine for podcasts and music mixes and the sound quality is second to none! I know Jobs probably hated MiniDisc player / recorders in the same way that he hated Blu-Ray (I installed one of those drives in my MacBook Pro too) but for me there is no more elegant solution to carrying music around. Those little multi-coloured digital mix-discs with the option of line-in recording from an old Hi-Fi in a backpacker hostel from Scotland to Nepal or grabbing a few tracks from the worn cassette you listened to with the girl on the night train to Xian! Apple hate that old world thinking so much that they are trying to phase out the headphone jack; the very gateway to the personal recorder world (is it piracy if it's a worn out cassette that you're copying? I guess it is). This mentality harks from simpler times but it's a tribute to the MZ-RH1 that it still works and in quite a convoluted fashion due to Apple's disregard for backwards compatibility! It requires booting into my Mountain Lion partition, firing up my dusty copy of Fusion with macOS Snow Leopard Server Edition in order to run Hi-MD Music Transfer. Yeah, podcast software works easier and quicker on a smart phone but which suits me better? The MiniDisc solution every time! Apple can keep their low energy consumption Arm based 'Apple Silicon' as I'll still be listening to my MDs, playing Streets of Rage 4 / Sonic Mania / Elite Dangerous (remember that Mac fans?) on Boot Camp and using Adobe Premier CS6 until my Intel Mac keels over from bit rot! Without Jony Ive I don't expect the 'gadget jewellery' business model will continue to be the gold mine it once was for Apple. All this Arm and iOS nonsense might spell the end of the Mac entirely with iPad Pros servicing the Starbucks hipsters just fine. So who will be the new 'Think Different' company of the quantum computing era? I would wager that Tim Cook has less of an idea than I do... but he does know a guy that could sell you a nice watch ;-) But where's the premium design AND function once offered by the MiniDisc players / decks of a decade ago? "Who cares?" I hear you shout, "You should be on your 10th iPhone refresh by now....." ... but I'm happy and I guess that's why we all wanted to 'Think Different' in the first place. So long Apple and thanks for all the fish ;-) [/QUOTE]
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