Yes, just like you can install the Intel version of MacOS on a PS5. At this point you're being obtuse for the purpose of just being obtuse. As someone else already pointed out, the M series dev kits ran on A processors. Putting one into a laptop won't be difficult for them at all.

In addition, Apple has been pretty clear with their designs that they want to keep iOS on mobile and MacOS on Laptops/Desktops. The M4 iPads could probably run MacOS but they don't. This is not a technical hurdle but a policy decision. They are not going to throw that out the window by putting iOS on a laptop. If anything becomes the Apple version of a chromebook it will be the iPad, not a Macbook.

My guess would be $799. That's the price point older models seem to go on sale for a while after newer models come out so they still have some margin there. My M2 Air was $799 when I got it in December. If it's too close to the $999 Air base price then they will end up cannibalizing sales on both models instead of pulling in new buyers who wouldn't normally buy the base model Air.

There is no such thing as an "iOS CPU". The A series and M series use the same architecture. There is no "porting" involved in running macos on an A series.

The frogs in those experiments were basically lobotomized. Which might actually make it a more apt analogy these days.

Diminished maybe, but not all that much.

I think we can reasonably assume that if there's a huge blackout, it won't last forever. A lot of smart people will work hard on getting things up and running again. A few years ago in the USA it lasted for a bit longer, what was it, a week or two? Recently in Spain it lasted a few days. But all those power stations and power grid operators don't just shrug and go home. So getting through those days is probably all it takes for any reasonably realistic scenario.

And you can build things up piecewise. I've got my solar now. The next thing will be a battery. Once I have that, I can think about an electric car.

You mean the very thing they do today? In that box to the right of the AI search summary? The box with all the references in it?

They already do that.

Good idea, except you also need PS+ to play online games (except F2P games). So no one is going to drop it over day-one first party access if they play online games like COD. Unlike XBox Sony doesn't have a tiered system (Gamepass Core/Ultimate) so PS+ is the only option.

"If"? So you don't know and still wrote that? Couldn't be bothered to even google it eh?

I've recently started looking at my power consumption on a 15-minute graph, and it turns out that power usage isn't all that much less during the night. In fact, at times it is higher because all the lights are turned up. But even at night, there's the fridge and freezer, the house electronics, security cameras, etc.

Turns out the stuff I need for work - a notebook and an external screen - barely register.

Yes, and different inverters. I've got a very small solar array, and the micro-inverter on it doesn't even work if it can't find the main power grid to sync to.

A battery will get you over some power grid outage, but not totally off-grid.

You are totally wrong.

I've installed a really small solar array and on sunny days I produce more electricity than I use. I'm sure it'll be a lot less in winter. BUT - I have a wood-burning heater which needs only a bit of electrical power for its control system. I'm pretty sure I can produce enough of that even in winter. So in theory, with the addition of a battery to cover the night, I could survive even if the power grid went down for an extended time.

Solar as a provider of independence doesn't mean everything needs to run on solar. Sometimes, it's just an enabler for another system.

So, in a nutshell, AI runs the risk of creating unrealistic relationship expectations and simulate perfection? No way. That's a completely new thing in the world. Romance novels, movies, gold diggers or marriage swindlers or just, frankly, a whole lot of ordinary people into "presenting themselves" in order to "score" a good catch, rather than being authentic and looking for a good match - I'm sure all of these things are hypothetical, don't already do essentially the same thing just with a lot less processing power, and cause the same issues.

But hey, this one has "AI" in it, so hype!

Exactly. At least with DeepSeek I have the option to run their models locally where it can't be shared with any government short of them coming to my office, taking my laptop, and somehow compelling me to give them access or breaking the device encryption.

This. I've started with solar. Now that in good weather I produce more than I consume, I'm thinking about adding storage next. Once you have solar power with storage, an EV or at least a plug-in hybrid becomes a logical next step.