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https://itunes.apple.com/app/reittigps-reittiopas-iphonelle/id290859824

It's been around couple of years already. Also available for Android.

There's an app for that.

And on their newly redesigned, 'performance' model? Sure, they currently use Nvidia for polygon pushing on their lower end devices, for the higher-res situations where Intel won't cut it; but do you think that they dropped Nvidia from their 'pro' model, despite the flack from CUDA-dependent visual effects/video workflow nuts, for nothing?

...or they ever want to sell a GPU to Apple ever again...

lol wut?

...or they ever want to sell a GPU to Apple ever again...

lol wut?

As Apple was mentioned, it would seem quite illegal for them to say in a public statement that they didn't receive certain requests when they actually did - much much more illegal than not saying that they received such request.

Wait, since when is it Illegal for Apple (or any corporation) to say something in a public statement that is not true?

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/01/05Letter-from-Apple-CEO-Steve-Jobs.html
http://gawker.com/5029459/steve-jobs-admits-katie-cotton-lied-for-him

I've had the pleasure of using a duplicate clicky keyboard for many years. Loved it, but frankly I type so much that the sound was just driving me crazy. I've tried many keyboards - from the MS Natural and everything down to the pathetic Dell keyboards (which I can't believe how bad they are). My new favorite keyboard: The Apple Keyboard. At first, it took a little getting used to, but it didn't take long. And of course it's for a Mac, which I use. But it's quiet, easy, and fast to type on. It doesn't feel flimsy, even though it's quite small/thin. I don't think I'll ever go back to the big clicky keyboard again.

By some reason, I came across a writing on a Dutch Apple store website in which it says that VAT on software is 23%. Knowing that the VAT in the Netherlands is 21%, I read the disclaimer and the tax is 23% to all services. The services include software and once purchased, sw is "shipped" from Ireland. Maybe the Dutch have arranged it differently. I am not sure if Dutch Apple subsidiary is paying taxes to Dutch or Irish state, since the below statement does not clarify that: Excerpt from http://store.apple.com/nl/help/payments "Voor klanten van Apple die in de Apple Store elektronische softwaredownloads bestellen of andere producten die worden aangemerkt als diensten, geldt een btw-tarief van 23%. Elektronische softwaredownloads worden beschouwd als dienstverlening, en niet als product. Aangezien de dienst wordt geleverd vanuit Ierland, geldt een btw-tarief van 23%." translated: "For Apple customers who order from the Apple Store Electronic Software Downloads or other products classified as services, applies a VAT rate of 23%. Electronic software downloads are considered as services, and not as a product. Since the service is supplied from Ireland, a VAT rate of 23% applies."

Can only get you partway there, sorry.

Apple doesn't serve targeted ads,

Really? What am I opting out of then?

and it doesn't have a financial interest in the content of my emails

No, just a paternalistic one. Who knows what phrases will send your emails silently into the void. I'll pass on an email service that doesn't deliver 100% of email received to the intended recipient (into a spam folder is acceptable).

Apple does serve targeted ads. It's in the first sentence: http://advertising.apple.com/

http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12117

"... If you use OS X Mavericks v.10.9 or later, your contacts, calendars, and other info are updated on your computers and iOS devices via iCloud..."

Many users are angry at this requirement for privacy, connection, etc. reasons like on https://discussions.apple.com/message/23444199 ...

http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12117

"... If you use OS X Mavericks v.10.9 or later, your contacts, calendars, and other info are updated on your computers and iOS devices via iCloud..."

Many users are angry at this requirement for privacy, connection, etc. reasons like on https://discussions.apple.com/message/23444199 ...

According to the apple privacy policy, information is not disclosed to third parties for marketing purposes. it is mentioned explicitly in the policy under "disclosure to third parties".

Disclosure to Third Parties

At times Apple may make certain personal information available to strategic partners that work with Apple to provide products and services, or that help Apple market to customers. For example, when you purchase and activate your iPhone, you authorize Apple and its carrier to exchange the information you provide during the activation process to carry out service. If you are approved for service, your account will be governed by Apple and its carrier’s respective privacy policies. Personal information will only be shared by Apple to provide or improve our products, services and advertising; it will not be shared with third parties for their marketing purposes.

I.e., it is used by apple so their contractors can ship to you, for credit services, etc. and used by apple for their own marketing. No one else's marketing.

I suspect these days Apple makes a lot of money from iTunes.

Well if only Apple released quarterly earnings so that you could find out.

iPad: $19.51B iPhone: $6.19B Mac: $5.62B iPod: $0.57B iTunes/Software/Services: $4.26B

For the sake of argument all of the $4.26B was iTunes sales. That means Apple gets $1.26B after they give their 70% cut to the copyright/developer. But that's revenue not profit. Well $1.26B is a lot of revenue and again let's assume it's 100% profit (it's not). However, they make almost 6x as much revenue on the iPhone and 18x much on the iPad. In other words, their software sales is a pittance compared to hardware.

Yeah but they still have a point, their business model is not based on "collecting, storing, and analysing data about every aspect of your life" and then converting it into cash. It's a question of prioritization. If living outside of Apple's 'walled garden' is more important to you than your privacy then by all means use Google's services and devices running their OS. Alternatively you could use products from a third party although that is, admittedly, not easy in the growing Android monoculture we find ourselves increasingly stuck with. In the mean time perhaps we should all consider not going for click-bait like this story.

I suspect these days Apple makes a lot of money from iTunes.

Well if only Apple released quarterly earnings so that you could find out.

iPad: $19.51B
iPhone: $6.19B
Mac: $5.62B
iPod: $0.57B
iTunes/Software/Services: $4.26B

For the sake of argument all of the $4.26B was iTunes sales. That means Apple gets $1.26B after they give their 70% cut to the copyright/developer. But that's revenue not profit. Well $1.26B is a lot of revenue and again let's assume it's 100% profit (it's not). However, they make almost 6x as much revenue on the iPhone and 18x much on the iPad. In other words, their software sales is a pittance compared to hardware.

Where is the '-1, Factually Incorrect' mod when you need it?

1) Yes, all Apple devices now prompt for an AppleID when you first turn them on. There is a 'Skip' button that you apparently completely missed, though. It is not a hidden button.

When you hit "skip", it gives you a warning that you won't be able to use the App store. So you have to enter your information even to get free apps, even though they have "no interest in amassing personal information about [their] customers"

2) Apparently you were unable to do a simple Google search to figure out how to create an iTunes Store account without a credit card. Apple has posted directions.

True.

Notably, the first step in those directions is signing up for the App store. So you have to enter your information, even though they have "no interest in amassing personal information about [their] customers"

Having a workaround posted online somewhere seems less intuitive than having a simple "Would you like to link your credit card to this account? YES/NO" prompt during setup. It's almost as if they actually do want the private data they have "no interest in".

Or does reality not fit with the bad image you want to have of Apple?

They have "no interest" in the data. Their business doesn't "depend on" the data.
Why do they collect it anyway?

Seems to me they've given the other companies a decent excuse, while saying they themselves -don't- have an excuse.

Where is the '-1, Factually Incorrect' mod when you need it?

1) Yes, all Apple devices now prompt for an AppleID when you first turn them on. There is a 'Skip' button that you apparently completely missed, though. It is not a hidden button.

2) Apparently you were unable to do a simple Google search to figure out how to create an iTunes Store account without a credit card. Apple has posted directions.

Or does reality not fit with the bad image you want to have of Apple?

http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/153/apple-phones-home-too
https://www.apple.com/privacy/
When you share your content with family and friends using Apple products, send gift certificates and products, or invite others to join you on Apple forums, Apple may collect the information you provide about those people such as name, mailing address, email address, and phone number.

When you create an Apple ID, register your products, apply for commercial credit, purchase a product, download a software update, register for a class at an Apple Retail Store, or participate in an online survey, we may collect a variety of information, including your name, mailing address, phone number, email address, contact preferences, and credit card information.

1) If you're having your backups that close why not just put another drive in your computer and sync to that?
2) Buffalo NAS
3) Apple Airport Time Capsule
4) If you want a cheap hackable solution: Raspberry Pi NAS
5) Any other NAS

Probably the challenging bit is how you will sync to the storage. Here are some options for that:
1) Rsync
2) "Owncloud
3) Unison

You'll probably need to wrap a bit of scripting around it.

And only being able to upgrade to win 8.1 with the market, not by windows update???

Apple beats the same drum. OSX 10.9 can be had from the Store, not Software Updates.
http://www.apple.com/osx/how-to-upgrade/

can't download the service pack to a stick??

Corporate customers download the ISO. Retail customers get the shaft. Super hard shaft if you live in the sticks. No idea if Apple does the same.

Ok, my iPhone 4S does 1080p out through HDMI and so has every iPhone since. Better screens in some models, usually the more expensive ones. Personally, I see NFC as just another attack vector and would never use it. Better camera is subjective. Does it take better pictures or just bigger pictures? Again, I think the person behind the camera makes a big difference as well. Better software is also subjective as Android has proven to be less secure as an OS. Yep! costs less but so did VHS but that didn't make it better than Betamax.

What you probably do not understand is that most of th eChinese made export quality goods made in China actually cost significantly more in China. Most people who live in China, and trave out frequently, purchase their Chinese made computers while on trips to the US. Look at the carry-ons that the Chinese have while flying to China.

Just compare apple prices with http://www.apple.com/cn/ In a recent article in China daily it was noted that Chinese made goods at Starbucks cost more in China than in London. The list goes on. It is cheaper to order North Face (real, not low grade fakes) from Amazon and pay the internatoinal shipping than to purchase them in China. Yes, there are very low quality goods that can be purchased for similar prices to much better quality goods found outside of China; however, for similar items, the price is higher in China.

http://www.apple.com/ca/support/usbadapter-takeback/

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5460803 for "How to locally sync an iPhone with OS X Mavericks? iCloud is NOT an option."

Not everyone wants to use the clouds!!

Exactly. I know people who have returned products within the window when a new version of it is released without any hassle.

I don't think anyone said "the iOS7 update damaged your wifi hardware". Here's one post that got removed:

Before I have another post removed I urge all those affected with wifi issues to exercise your rights as I have done as published on apples vet own website.

http://www.apple.com/uk/legal/statutory-warranty/

There are far too many of us affected for this to be a coincidence or consumer caused problem, I had a 16gb white 4s purchased in July 2013 and wifi was completely greyed out no matter what fixes I was advised to try.

I have been successful in my claim and am now in receipt of a brand new iPhone 5, this was provided to me by the phone shop I signed my O2 contract with last year.

Good luck and persevere

Lessig went back to ask a question and found that the post had been deleted, so he re-posted it and that one got deleted also. It's not about spreading false information, Apple just doesn't want people to use the warranty route (for possibly a good reason, since they did end up replacing the above device and thereby possibly admitting that it's their problem).

I don't think anyone said "the iOS7 update damaged your wifi hardware". Here's one post that got removed:

Before I have another post removed I urge all those affected with wifi issues to exercise your rights as I have done as published on apples vet own website.

http://www.apple.com/uk/legal/statutory-warranty/

There are far too many of us affected for this to be a coincidence or consumer caused problem, I had a 16gb white 4s purchased in July 2013 and wifi was completely greyed out no matter what fixes I was advised to try.

I have been successful in my claim and am now in receipt of a brand new iPhone 5, this was provided to me by the phone shop I signed my O2 contract with last year.

Good luck and persevere

Lessig went back to ask a question and found that the post had been deleted, so he re-posted it and that one got deleted also. It's not about spreading false information, Apple just doesn't want people to use the warranty route (for possibly a good reason, since they did end up replacing the above device and thereby possibly admitting that it's their problem).

This was me, few typos in there

1)4s bought July 2012 not 2013
2) the reason I got a 5 as a replacement was because the phone shop said there was no point replacing with a 4s as the Chances are it would happen again

I have had a number of posts removed and the lat email from apple staff said if I continued they would report me to my ISP.

There are other reports of handsets being replaced outside warranty and others are not, some consistency would be good

I don't think anyone said "the iOS7 update damaged your wifi hardware". Here's one post that got removed:

Before I have another post removed I urge all those affected with wifi issues to exercise your rights as I have done as published on apples vet own website.

http://www.apple.com/uk/legal/statutory-warranty/

There are far too many of us affected for this to be a coincidence or consumer caused problem, I had a 16gb white 4s purchased in July 2013 and wifi was completely greyed out no matter what fixes I was advised to try.

I have been successful in my claim and am now in receipt of a brand new iPhone 5, this was provided to me by the phone shop I signed my O2 contract with last year.

Good luck and persevere

Lessig went back to ask a question and found that the post had been deleted, so he re-posted it and that one got deleted also. It's not about spreading false information, Apple just doesn't want people to use the warranty route (for possibly a good reason, since they did end up replacing the above device and thereby possibly admitting that it's their problem).

I don't think anyone said "the iOS7 update damaged your wifi hardware". Here's one post that got removed:

Before I have another post removed I urge all those affected with wifi issues to exercise your rights as I have done as published on apples vet own website.

http://www.apple.com/uk/legal/statutory-warranty/

There are far too many of us affected for this to be a coincidence or consumer caused problem, I had a 16gb white 4s purchased in July 2013 and wifi was completely greyed out no matter what fixes I was advised to try.

I have been successful in my claim and am now in receipt of a brand new iPhone 5, this was provided to me by the phone shop I signed my O2 contract with last year.

Good luck and persevere

Lessig went back to ask a question and found that the post had been deleted, so he re-posted it and that one got deleted also. It's not about spreading false information, Apple just doesn't want people to use the warranty route (for possibly a good reason, since they did end up replacing the above device and thereby possibly admitting that it's their problem).

This was me, few typos in there

1)4s bought July 2012 not 2013
2) the reason I got a 5 as a replacement was because the phone shop said there was no point replacing with a 4s as the Chances are it would happen again

I have had a number of posts removed and the lat email from apple staff said if I continued they would report me to my ISP.

There are other reports of handsets being replaced outside warranty and others are not, some consistency would be good

I don't think anyone said "the iOS7 update damaged your wifi hardware". Here's one post that got removed:

Before I have another post removed I urge all those affected with wifi issues to exercise your rights as I have done as published on apples vet own website.

http://www.apple.com/uk/legal/statutory-warranty/

There are far too many of us affected for this to be a coincidence or consumer caused problem, I had a 16gb white 4s purchased in July 2013 and wifi was completely greyed out no matter what fixes I was advised to try.

I have been successful in my claim and am now in receipt of a brand new iPhone 5, this was provided to me by the phone shop I signed my O2 contract with last year.

Good luck and persevere

Lessig went back to ask a question and found that the post had been deleted, so he re-posted it and that one got deleted also. It's not about spreading false information, Apple just doesn't want people to use the warranty route (for possibly a good reason, since they did end up replacing the above device and thereby possibly admitting that it's their problem).

It does.

Get yourself a Mini-DisplayPort cable and press a keyboard combination. Your 27" iMac just turned into a 27" Thunderbolt Cinema Display for another box that has DisplayPort output.

Sometimes Apple fails to properly advertise some nice features, such as this. Target Display Mode actually makes me more likely to buy an iMac the next time I need to buy a computer. If it can work with my wife's ThinkPad and an Intel NUC running Linux, I'm sold.

I have used Target Disk Mode on a few Apple laptops in the past, which was also a very nice feature.

And most people know that most of that slump is due to Apple selling iPads.

Hilariously...and I do mean this Hilariously especially as you have quotes the Apples earnings. iPAD sales have dropped over the last few quarters with *cough* inventory shenanigans, and in the latest results http://images.apple.com/pr/pdf/q4fy13datasum.pdf show sales down sequentially and flat year on year. In a market *exploding*...here are IDC's figures http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS24253413 to show how far Apple is falling behind the rest of the market with its market share *plummeting* from 60% to 30% Market Share.

It just shows you most people don't know.

Or could iPad sales drop because well, people are waiting for the new model?

Apple's sales are VERY cyclical. Basically, there's an extremely strong spike in sales near release (oh wait, last quarter didn't bring in new iPads people were waiting for). Given the new iPads were just announced last week in time for the holiday season, you can expect a very robust quarter this time around because people waited.

I don't particularly like the strategy, but Apple is highly predictable. I can say you'll see brand new iPads holiday season 2014, new iPhones just after Back to School, etc.

Hell, you can say the Galaxy S4 outsold the iPhone 5S the first 6 months of the year!

Apple 27" iMac ($1799)

Apple has a dedicated NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M with 1GB video memory GPU, slightly better CPU....

Dell 27" All-in-One ($1599)

  Dell has as multitouch display, Intel HD graphics, probably plastic, certainly "thicker."

All other specs are about the same.... I'd say the prices are within a reasonable range.

It does.

Get yourself a Mini-DisplayPort cable and press a keyboard combination. Your 27" iMac just turned into a 27" Thunderbolt Cinema Display for another box that has DisplayPort output.

iPad sales are only one reason. Other reasons are that (1) older PCs are good enough for most people and (2) people hate Win 8.

iPad sales are down http://images.apple.com/pr/pdf/q4fy13datasum.pdf
If Older PC's are competition, you compete. by price or specification, and fails in both
Win 8 is not available for Apple...Chrome/Android/Linux continue to grow.

And most people know that most of that slump is due to Apple selling iPads.

Hilariously...and I do mean this Hilariously especially as you have quotes the Apples earnings. iPAD sales have dropped over the last few quarters with *cough* inventory shenanigans, and in the latest results http://images.apple.com/pr/pdf/q4fy13datasum.pdf show sales down sequentially and flat year on year. In a market *exploding*...here are IDC's figures http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS24253413 to show how far Apple is falling behind the rest of the market with its market share *plummeting* from 60% to 30% Market Share.

It just shows you most people don't know.

According to Apple's earnings release, Mac market share among PC sales has been increasing in 29 of the 30 last quarters.

http://investor.apple.com/results.cfm These are Apple Earning Releases *Show Me* The only information is the "The Company sold 4.6 million Macs, compared to 4.9 million in the year-ago quarter." down 7% That is as I said *another drop in sales* The only increase has come from Chrome/Android/Linux.

The fact that you are going back to a Apple makes lots of money, for a shareholder like yourself that might make sense but its shitty for customers.

It's more a piece of furniture than a functional system. Not much better than a tablet really since it's using a mobile graphics processor as well (GT775M). This isn't a powerhouse system but you're paying a premium for it, especially in the 27" model (MSRP $2000) for a system that's great for doing spreadsheets or word docs. You may as well spend your money on an HP 20" Rove for half the cost and you get it to go with a touchscreen.

I'm sure there's a way to make standalone executables of the homebrew game

True, and this is commonplace on iOS (see: Battle Kid 2) since Apple loosened the restrictions on interpreters sometime in 2010, so long as the interpreted code is included in the app package.

Wasn't the Apple of your i either? Reminds you that an iPEAR might ApPear. On a BBS?

appropriate captcha: disowns

Ise disowns dis remark.

You may like Linux (I do to for things it is good at) but when it comes to professional music software there is very little available. There are some multitrack recording and sequencing solutions but they often lack in available effects and virtual instruments as writing good sounding and efficient filters and instruments is extremely hard. You should seriously consider having a look at the options available for OSX or even Windows. I know apple hardware is high in price but Apple's Logic is relatively cheap (compared to the competition) and contains many high quality filters and outstanding virtual instruments (they have samples on their website). For big compositions you can even use multiple macs either by syncing them using MIDI over ethernet or by harnishing the processing power using xgrid to cluster them.

You may like Linux (I do to for things it is good at) but when it comes to professional music software there is very little available. There are some multitrack recording and sequencing solutions but they often lack in available effects and virtual instruments as writing good sounding and efficient filters and instruments is extremely hard. You should seriously consider having a look at the options available for OSX or even Windows. I know apple hardware is high in price but Apple's Logic is relatively cheap (compared to the competition) and contains many high quality filters and outstanding virtual instruments (they have samples on their website). For big compositions you can even use multiple macs either by syncing them using MIDI over ethernet or by harnishing the processing power using xgrid to cluster them.

It applies an iOS configuration profile to your phone. those can do rather a lot

And iFags get all hysterical about Android because apps can send text messages....

An iOS app has no access to any other app's files. The scheme you describe would fortunately be impossible.

A given app doesn't have access to another app's files; but since their scheme also employs a configuration profile, I suspect you could have some fun with quietly twiddling per-app VPNs, the global HTTP proxy, silent installation of trusted certificates, and other useful little toys.

I'm not surprised ('social networks' in general make you the product, linkedin has always been a touch sleazy, especially for an ostensibly 'professional' site that could theoretically be making its money on the semi up-and-up by offering useful recruiting services); but I am fucking shocked at just what a clusterfuck this particular app is.

So, you install the 'app'. It applies an iOS configuration profile to your phone. those can do rather a lot... In this case (so far) what it does is set up an MiTM that routes all your email through their servers, and dynamically rewrites it to add content of their choice to messages.

It's totally normal for 'social networks' to own you like livestock in everything you do on that network; but reaching out and grabbing all 3rd party email (Oh, man, are some corporate IT/Security people going to be spitting napalm about this one...) that passes through your handset, and including that? Ballsy. Really, really, ballsy. Makes the old "Hey, let's grab their entire contact list!" sleaze-scheme look like amateur hour.

So, I'll take a moment to answer myself :P. There is a growing discussion thread on Apple's support community regarding reduced capabilities in Pages 5. That discussion can be found at https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5468056.

Citation needed? Here:

https://discussions.apple.com/message/23488122#23488122
http://rarebitstudio.com/blog/2013/10/whither-iwork
http://www.betalogue.com/2013/10/24/pages-5-disaster/

Apple does offer syncing for small businesses: http://www.apple.com/osx/server/

Not only that they offer an almost no setup hardware bundle: http://www.apple.com/mac-mini/server/

Apple does offer syncing for small businesses: http://www.apple.com/osx/server/

Not only that they offer an almost no setup hardware bundle: http://www.apple.com/mac-mini/server/

Darwin and XNU was closed.

Wrong

Opensource Darwin doesn't even include CoreAudio, or Quartz. or any of the Coreobject system. I would say those are all core components of OSX, but they are not Darwin and not open source. The Finder? nope, not open source.

So, no.

This is true. Everything that makes OS X OS X rather than just another BSD with a heavily modified kernel is proprietary.

Optimally designed? They went from a machine that could run eight monitors to one that can, as near as we can tell from the marketing materials, do three;

http://www.apple.com/mac-pro/specs/ - "Connect up to ... Six Thunderbolt displays"

And that's "out-of-the-box", without any extra graphics cards connected via Thunderbolt.