I roll w/ AP1. I’m sticking with 8.0.
Below is the flight deck of a C-17. It features four Multi Functional Displays (MFD). The content of each is selectable. The flight crew can display primary flight info, NAV, GPS, terrain, engine-related data, control surface position, gear, hydro … whatever they deem necessary to carry out their mission.
Below is a C-17 running V9.0
I like the ability to run multiple apps (V8.0). I prefer having the backup camera always on, always on top. I check my blindspots, I can verify that my tail feathers have safely crossed the garage door threshold, I can see what’s lurking behind me while I’m charging. Having the camera always on provides situational awareness. No, the camera doesn’t make me motion sick.
No, I don’t need a map for EVERY SINGLE MILE I drive. At times I even feel a sense of shame when I have the map running - “I’ve driven this route to work for years ... Why am I taking my eyes off the road to follow this blue line?! This map is weakening your mind man! You can do it without the map! First you take a right out of the driveway, a left at Big-O Tires, over the bridge, then a right just before Soup Plantation … that’s it, you’re doing this all by yourself!”
I was driving the daughter to school the other morning when the software update screen popped up. I found myself complaining to the kid about the looming update. I was looking for sympathy from an unlikely source (the kid hates the car - no cup holders, no handles on the ceiling, the seats are slippery, it makes her nauseous, etc). Regardless, I launched into my tirade... "I not going to update because the new screen would be all map and only one app at a time and the backup cam…”. She cut me off - “Wait, what?! No more split screen? Only one app?! That’s stupid.” Tesla hit a pre-teen nerve too.
Back at home the software update screen popped up - again. Ditto the next day. I always cancel it but a little yellow alarm clock icon in the upper right of the screen remains. This little icon is playing a long game - knowing i’ll wear down, slip up, cave in … take a bite of the apple.
Not today, but thanks anyway.
Below is the flight deck of a C-17. It features four Multi Functional Displays (MFD). The content of each is selectable. The flight crew can display primary flight info, NAV, GPS, terrain, engine-related data, control surface position, gear, hydro … whatever they deem necessary to carry out their mission.
Below is a C-17 running V9.0
I like the ability to run multiple apps (V8.0). I prefer having the backup camera always on, always on top. I check my blindspots, I can verify that my tail feathers have safely crossed the garage door threshold, I can see what’s lurking behind me while I’m charging. Having the camera always on provides situational awareness. No, the camera doesn’t make me motion sick.
No, I don’t need a map for EVERY SINGLE MILE I drive. At times I even feel a sense of shame when I have the map running - “I’ve driven this route to work for years ... Why am I taking my eyes off the road to follow this blue line?! This map is weakening your mind man! You can do it without the map! First you take a right out of the driveway, a left at Big-O Tires, over the bridge, then a right just before Soup Plantation … that’s it, you’re doing this all by yourself!”
I was driving the daughter to school the other morning when the software update screen popped up. I found myself complaining to the kid about the looming update. I was looking for sympathy from an unlikely source (the kid hates the car - no cup holders, no handles on the ceiling, the seats are slippery, it makes her nauseous, etc). Regardless, I launched into my tirade... "I not going to update because the new screen would be all map and only one app at a time and the backup cam…”. She cut me off - “Wait, what?! No more split screen? Only one app?! That’s stupid.” Tesla hit a pre-teen nerve too.
Back at home the software update screen popped up - again. Ditto the next day. I always cancel it but a little yellow alarm clock icon in the upper right of the screen remains. This little icon is playing a long game - knowing i’ll wear down, slip up, cave in … take a bite of the apple.
Not today, but thanks anyway.
