Linked List: May 21, 2015

Thursday, 21 May 2015

Apple Watch and Continuous Computing ★

Ben Thompson:

That’s not to claim ignorance: I read voraciously, including reviews, talk to as many “normal” people as I can in as many places as I can, and think I have a sense for where various categories are at. And given that, I can’t quite shake the feeling that the Apple Watch is being serially underestimated. Nor, I think, is the long term threat to Apple’s position being fully appreciated.

Marco Arment Bought a New MacBook ★

Marco Arment:

I hate typing on it, I hate the trackpad, it’s slower than I expected, the screen is noticeably blurry from non-native scaling to get reasonable screen space, and I don’t even find it very comfortable to use in my lap because it’s too small.

I hate returning things, but I’m returning this.

Wish he’d just tell us what he really thinks instead of always sugarcoating it like this.