I would think that buying headphones that can only be used in a specific and newer ports would not appeal to the average consumer, the type of customer a $699 laptop is intended. The 3.5mm jack has been around forever. Also people have headphones they already own that use these jacks. It is not about technical capabilities; it is about friction in use.

Not having wired headphone jacks is a negative, not a showstopper. Just like not having the right amount of USB A or C ports. Wireless headphones require pairing which is easy enough for most part, but there are some people who do not like that little bit of friction. Personally, I cannot imagine that someone who cares about the DAC would buy the $699 budget laptop anyway.

People who are using headphones jacks are people who probably do not care the DAC sucks or have high end headphones to use on a $699 laptop. For example for a video conference meeting, a headphone jack is fine for that fidelity.

I would say most people who are buying a $699 laptop do not know what a DAC is nor care about buying one. What they will see is this budget laptop requires an adapter to use wired headphones. Will it completely stop someone from buying this laptop over another model? Probably not, but it is a negative.

[sarcasm]But it will have Windows 11, the most beloved version of Windows right now.[/sarcasm]

WiFi 7 is more robust. The problem is if your network isn’t WiFi 7, then the benefits are negligible over WiFi6. But consumers can buy any new WiFi router right now so that shouldn’t be a problem . . .oh wait. Yeah . . .

Dell says the processor will be an Intel Core Series 3 for the budget $699 model and has up to 17 hours of streaming battery life. We will have to see if it lives up to battery life and performance tests. Noticeably absent from the advertisement was how well this laptop would do in benchmarks.

I saw the movie. It was fine. It was not the best, but it was not the worst. From my perspective the movie did not have a main singular plot but multiple ones; it seems to been designed to break broken into pieces for serialized content like TV episodes. My guess is that this was intentional so that Disney+ could have another season of The Mandalorian and a movie. Basically the movie is really to generate some box office revenue that it could not generate as a TV season.

What are the odds alcohol didn't have something to do with that decision?

IIRC, he's mostly famous because a dead girl was found in his trunk.

That depends on where you are I guess. What's the closest DC to Iran?

Right, not to mention that they have thrusters which means they can move into a different orbit if the one they're in gets crowded.

They ignored it because they had so many other alarms. This is a general problem of an ideal scenario to present all information, and the crew should figure out the exact problem and solve it. The real world creates information overload in a stressful situation and the crew cannot process the correct information. After AF447, there was more training in this exact scenario and emphasis on which alarms to prioritize.

Why keep the name? It would be more spiteful to name it the Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton Golf Course.

No, the plane warned of stall many times. The problem was the plane issued many, many other alarms. It is surmised they were just overwhelmed by the number and failed to prioritize which alarm to correct.