Linked List: October 20, 2022

Thursday, 20 October 2022

HP Uses MacOS Screenshot in Ad for Windows Laptop ★

Joe Rossignol, MacRumors:

Windows PC maker HP appears to believe that “the perfect laptop” is one that runs macOS — at least according to an ad the company promoted on Reddit. The ad shows an HP laptop with a macOS screenshot in what is clearly a Photoshop job gone wrong.

To be fair, HP did have a license to sell their own branded iPods back in 2004.

The Verge on Laptop Screen Resolution, Circa 2017 ★

Back in 2017, after Apple announced the last pre-retina MacBook Air hardware refresh, Jacob Kastrenakes wrote the following for The Verge (emphasis added):

Not only does the super-slim MacBook start at $1,299, but so does the new MacBook Pro. And since the MacBook Air, still selling for $999, is woefully out of date — with a low-res screen that’ll look bad next to any current smartphone — $1,299 is essentially the starting price for a modern Mac laptop. So I’ve been wondering: if I want to spend $1,299 again, which one should I get?

So five years ago, the lack of a retina display was reason enough not to consider buying a MacBook Air. Fair enough — I would have said the same thing. But here we are in 2022 and non-retina pro-priced PC laptop displays are “nice”.

Don’t Step on Her Blue Velcro Shoes ★

Samantha Cristoforetti, astronaut for the European Space Agency, tweeting from low earth orbit:

2022 A Space Odyssey. Turns out, yes, you can walk with Velcro shoes. Slowly, very very slowly 😉

Proper musical score to boot.