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I don't know, but how about something like... this?

What a load of horsecrap. Missed entire platforms.

This is a company that makes an "IDE" that is all about Web apps, and then selling it as a "write once, deploy everywhere" snake oil solution. One tool->hammer all problems->nails.

It's a comment/click magnet, and it's just been slashdotted.

That must be why the PC market is in decline and the OS X market has been growing double-digit percentages since about 2005.

Until now: "The Company sold 4.1 million Macs, compared to 5.2 million in the year-ago quarter."

Meanwhile: "Apple also sold a record 22.9 million iPads during the quarter, compared to 15.4 million in the year-ago quarter."

Some are saying that Apple is cannabilizing the Mac market with sales of iPad. Note they sold four times as many iPads this quarter as Macs last quarter and five times as many than this quarter. The question is what will the ongoing trend be? I would imagine that eventually the tablet market will be semi-saturated so that most sales are upgrades, sort of like laptops are now. That's when things will get interesting.

https://www.apple.com/softwareupdate/

In addition to releasing new versions of the system software at regular intervals, Apple also releases a stream of free software updates to enrich your computing experience. Mac OS X automatically checks weekly for software updates provided you have an internet connection.

geez - set up a blog !?!?!? For what ??? Because you don't understand what YOUR computer is doing ???

This is exactly the same as Microsoft's Windows Update - it's a process running on YOUR computer that checks for updates on a regular basis. This has nothing to do with some company hacking into your computer.

If you don't like this, you should be asking the question how to disable this auto update service, instead of complaining that some company is hacking into your computer.

Now, on Microsoft Windows it's simple enough to disable Auto Updates and check manually whenever you feel like it. I don't know about Macs.

Yes - companies may include stuff in these updates that you don't like, but it's still YOUR computer downloading and installing these updates. Learn how to take control of YOUR computer instead of complaining, Sir.

https://www.apple.com/softwareupdate/

In addition to releasing new versions of the system software at regular intervals, Apple also releases a stream of free software updates to enrich your computing experience. Mac OS X automatically checks weekly for software updates provided you have an internet connection.

You do realise you can disable this right?

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4762386?start=0&tstart=0

Quite amazing what a google search for 'disable XProtect' turns up..

Apple's iCloud does not sync docs (why?)

iCloud will absolutely sync documents.

https://developer.apple.com/icloud/documentation/

The Mac Pro case can be opened in a few seconds without any tools, you don't have to unscrew anything. If there are moving parts exposed inside the case, then this ruling seems perfectly sensible.

It can also be easily LOCKED to prevent theft AND OPENING. So NOW who's got the responsibility?

Oh, and before you complain about nearly $40 to secure that $2500+ computer (which someone will, no doubt), you can use just about ANY small lock that will fit through the little slot below the latch (see detailed drawing of the latch, showing the lock-loop about halfway down in this document).

So, in the case of the case of the Mac Pro, who is actually "negligent" if a child/mentally-challenged-adult opens a Mac Pro and sticks their widdle fingaws in it?

I just don't like iMacs because I want to look inside the box and not have to perform mechanical gymnastics to change out a drive or add some RAM.

I don't know when the last time you looked was; but in iMacs, the RAM is located right behind a door under the "chin" (two captive screws. Done), and the hard drive, although a bit more "challenging", is not in any way "inaccessible" (any more than your car's alternator or starter is "inaccessible"). I was able to change the HD in a friend's iMac in about 45 minutes, and that was mostly because I was being extra careful. Pop the glass off the front with a couple of suction cups ($4 at Harbor Freight), remove about 12 "bezel" screws, unhook a power cable (so you can prop open the display), and there it is (I don't know why about half of the online "guides" tell you to REMOVE the display. You don't. All you have to do is find a large screwdriver, wooden spoon, or a stick to prop up the display while you work inside the chassis).

If you can't handle that, then you really have no business building a Hackintosh, either. Just sayin'...

Mac Pros have cooling fans with access to the fan blades. Such fans will be forbidden within the EU from March first. They couldn't keep selling those models there even if they wanted to.

So, what defines "Access", since you HAVE to have the computer DISASSEMBLED to get anywhere NEAR a "fan blade: in the POWERED-OFF Mac Pro?

I am an average EU citizen and think this directive is a good thing. It applies to all sorts of appliances that have fans capable of damaging internal wiring or causing injury. Guards cost pennies and every other manufacturer managed to comply in good time.

...or just silently left the market.

Seriously, where is your citation for every other manufacturer?

And looking at THIS Apple document, PLEASE tell me just HOW you can get "injured" by ANY of the fans in the Mac Pro, since you have to DISASSEMBLE it to get anywhere NEAR them?

Seriously people in the EU, WAKE UP!!! Your governments are NOT your friends!!!

That's something the people who LEFT Europe and created the U.S. knew all too well. You'd be wise to study some history...

Yes, but I DARE you to get to ONE of them without cutting power to the computer. This is utter, unmitigated bullshit on the part of the EU. By the way, note that in the Apple DIY document I linked-to, Steps 1 and 2 of the instructions are "1. Shut Down Computer" "2. Wait 10 minutes". So please tell me how STUPID someone would have to be to actually encounter a SPINNING fan (or maybe they EU is worried about all those razor-sharp PLASTIC fan blades?)

Oh, and Apple HASN'T said that they WON'T be selling the NEW Mac Pro into the EU; just that it won't be ready by the time the "Directive" goes into effect in a couple of months. BIG Difference!

So if I understand the reg. in question, hardware with an internal fan (like a Mac Pro) that is only accessible if you pull the housing must have an internal fan guard? WTF?

The Mac Pro has a power supply. The power supply has a fan. This fan is close to the outer housing of the Mac Pro and accessible through some gills of some sort ... Do you now see where the potential risk lies?

Please show me ANY picture of a Mac Pro where an EXPOSED-TO-THE-OUTSIDE fan is shown. The Mac Pro has PLENTY of fans (ask anyone who has made one really work hard!), BUT NONE OF THEM ARE ACCESSIBLE OR EVEN VISIBLE (except through perforated metal GUARDS) WITHOUT OPENING THE CASE!!!

Got it?

Here's a handy DIY document from Apple, that shows ALL of the fan locations. Please tell me how these aren't "guarded" already.

Your move.

As it is impossible to sell a computer without Windows outside of a very small niche - most users don't even know what an OS is - that gives Microsoft such bargaining power that when they demand, OEMs have no choice but to comply.

That is completely false, see Apple, System76, Dell, Zareason and others. That is a pretty sizeable 'niche', but of course Microsoft have that much control because end users want Microsoft's product and those OEMs are invested in building products for them and (outside of Apple) those vendors of the alternative operating systems - and their supporters - spend all their time focussed on what Microsoft is doing and whinging about it rather than producing a product that people actually *want* to use. The only thing stopping Linux adoption is Linux and its community, just look at what happened when a competent company with a focus on the user took Linux and made it palatable for the masses - they squashed Microsoft and RIM in the smartphone market! Desktop Linux distros are built by developers for developers, that's why the vast majority of non-developers don't use them.

In about 3 years time we'll see that they will have invented the television too.

Don't you know anything about the history of technology?

‘quicktime events’ is under-appreciated, I think

Apple stores

Is it just me or has someone been playing too much Minecraft?

Oh, come on. Apple Stores are much older than Minecraft.

Apple Mobile Device Management. Also offered as a service by our carrier in AU, Telstra Corporate.

Apple Mobile Device Management. Also offered as a service by our carrier in AU, Telstra Corporate.

Everything in dotted lines is optional. There are other drawings on the trademark application without them. Some Apple stores do have three rows of tables. http://www.apple.com/retail/fayettemall/

Apple stores

Is it just me or has someone been playing too much Minecraft?

I'm not familiar with (UK?) stores, but a quick Google shows that Apple stores are distinctively different than Debenahms (I don't see any video screens, and it's much more cluttered), or HMV (I don't see any tables or wall mounted video displays).

Apple stores do have a distinctive look, and I can't fault them for wanting to keep that unique. I don't think they're trying at all to claim the individual features, but the overall architecture created by a combination of features.

You mean like this?

http://www.apple.com/magictrackpad/

Let me rephrase that: What a crazy idea.

(Sorry. Too excited with the Submit button)

Except that the iPad has the Lightning connector which is not the same connector as those 500 Million iOS devices (the 30 pin interface). But it's okay because after putting down $900, Apple will allow you to buy an adapter for only $39 more!

" Apple can monitor the location of your iPhone from their control center. They can turn your phone off. They can put software on it. Apple has the keys to your iPhone. "

That's not entirely true. You can deploy iPhones for your enterprise:
http://www.apple.com/iphone/business/it-center/

I don't know enough about Android, but I thought the same type of thing was possible, that is, it's possible to have an Android phone that has no connection to Google or Google services whatsoever. Someone correct me if I'm wrong here.

"Some of you use Microsoft's Skype service. "

So don't use Skype if you don't trust it. You don't have to use Skype with WP8, Android or iPhones, it's just an option. Will Skype be an option with BB10?

And you can do your iPad printing via the computer.

How so? Apple's document AirPrint basics states: "Printers not listed in this article are not supported by AirPrint." The Hewlett Packard OfficeJet 4500 next to me, for example, supports Wi-Fi printing from Ubuntu, but it's not on the AirPrint list.

It appears one would have to buy a paid app in order to use a computer as an AirPrint proxy. Google airprint through pc led me to a $20 app, which I guess I'd need to include in the total cost of owning an iPad.

Completely agree that Apple not including a MicroSD slot is lame beyond belief.

Not sure where you got your information, but Apple did indeed include an SD Card slot for the iPad. If you can't find it, it's only because they put the SD Card slot in the Apple Camera Connection Kit. See, it's better this way... because by far and away the vast majority of users wouldn't ever ever use the SD Card slot with super slowmo memory... and the arrogant minority that insist that it is an absolute necessity can purchase the accessory.

iTunes can't match what iTunes doesn't sell.

Incorrect! :) iTunes uploads non-matched files to the cloud, and has no problem playing them. Support page for iTunes Match

Apple Increases iPad with Retina Display to 128GB

Most users won't have a need for this much space because they just don't generate or accumulate that many files, given the sandboxed file system. "Open in another app" is a somewhat clunky workaround. But there are definitely professional uses for more space. People who need to load the iPad up with training videos, autocad files, etc. I've recently started using an app called "Scanner Pro" to quickly create PDFs of physical documents that cross my desk every day for later reference, and the more I've become accustomed to storing everything and having it in my pocket (the iPad mini just barely fits in my pocket), the more I've started to wonder about when I'll hit the limit where I'll need to think about what to keep and what to delete. At this rate, probably not for another year, but it would be nice to have years worth of these documents on the iPad ready to be called up.

I have iTunes Match and a 16GB iPhone for this very reason. I can take my ~90GB music collection with me everywhere I go.

Also, it's not in their news section.

And the linked article doesn't cite any sources.

Apple's own site shows the specs still topping out at 64GB...

lol, Customer Reviews from https://itunes.apple.com/app/vine-make-a-scene/id592447445

Crash & Burn by MyStimpy: Crashes at start, please guys test your app!!! :(

by Andysroo: Crashes immediately after opening on 4s :(

Crash and burn by Dopey Flea: Like so many new apps this one crashes before it opens

Maybe there are other problems to attend to first.

What's the point of having the video sharing only within the app, not accessible through browsers?

Err, no, or mind showing your work?

Here's my recent comparison, it's almost a year old and therefore is not valid anymore. And in that post I even state buyers shouldn't upgrade the RAM because Apple charges more for them than third parties do, just as I said in the post you replied to does. Currently comparing Mac Pros doesn't work as the Pros use 2 year old Xeon CPUs, but it will soon hopefully. Tim Cook better keep his word that Mac Pros will be upgraded to the most recent Xeons and include Thunderbolt. However comparisons are possible with laptops, I won't try the all-in-one iMac nor the Mac Mini.

The 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display

• 2.7GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.7GHz
• 15.4-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology with 2880-by-1800 native resolution scaled to 1920x1200
• 8GB 1600MHz DDR3L
• 512GB Flash Storage

$3,049.00

Dell Precision M4700 Mobile Workstation

• 3rd Gen Intel® Core i7-3740QM Processor (2.7GHz, 6M cache, Upgradable to Intel® vPro technology)
• 15.6" UltraSharp FHD (1920x1080)
• 8.0GB, DDR3-1600MHz
• 750GB 2.5" 7200rpm Hard Drive

$2,498.53, with $700 off making it $1,699.00.

Not quite comparable. A second Dell Precision M4700 Mobile Workstation

• 3rd Gen Intel® Core i7-3840QM Processor (2.8GHz, 8M cache, Upgradable to Intel® vPro technology)
• 15.6" UltraSharp FHD (1920x1080)
• 16.0GB, DDR3-1600MHz
• 512GB 2.5" (SATA3) Mobility Solid State Drive
• Resource DVD - Contains Drivers
• Recovery Media for Windows® 7 Professional,64bit,Multiple Language

$4,187.59 with instant savings of $1,340.03 making it $2,847.56

I tried to configure both of these to be closer to the MacBook Pro, but only the second offered hardware configuration that I saw.

And you're right, it isn't that restricted, aside from not being able to even change your own battery.

I've posted elsewhere that I hated it that the battery is soldered in and is not user swappable. When I bought my MacBook Pro, I got a second battery with it so when the first one drained down during use when I wasn't near an outlet I could swap them, though it's too big for most people I did want a big display and be able to go hours and hours without needing to be plugged in, ie I wanted to take it hiking. Weight? I used to hike carrying 50+ lbs and have hiked carrying 120 lbs. If I can't carry just 10 lbs then I'm in real bad shape.

The bigger problems are their complete disregarded for backwards and forward compatibility and the small selection of software, and no, linux software doesn't count.

Backwards and forwards compatibility? What does that mean? What does small selection of software mean too? And why doesn't Linux software count? Because if it is counted Macs run more software than both Linux and MS Windows? That is an arbitrary limit for no good reason.

However native OS X apps the iTunes app store alone has thousands of downloadable programs. Now I've haven't used iTunes yet, I may use it to download classes from iTunes U which has lectures from a number of universities including MIT. However I prefer to buy my software on media I can keep, CDs or DVDs. Of course a person can download then burn programs on disks, such as from , Source Forge, and

Err, no, or mind showing your work?

Here's my recent comparison, it's almost a year old and therefore is not valid anymore. And in that post I even state buyers shouldn't upgrade the RAM because Apple charges more for them than third parties do, just as I said in the post you replied to does. Currently comparing Mac Pros doesn't work as the Pros use 2 year old Xeon CPUs, but it will soon hopefully. Tim Cook better keep his word that Mac Pros will be upgraded to the most recent Xeons and include Thunderbolt. However comparisons are possible with laptops, I won't try the all-in-one iMac nor the Mac Mini.

The 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display

• 2.7GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.7GHz
• 15.4-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology with 2880-by-1800 native resolution scaled to 1920x1200
• 8GB 1600MHz DDR3L
• 512GB Flash Storage

$3,049.00

Dell Precision M4700 Mobile Workstation

• 3rd Gen Intel® Core i7-3740QM Processor (2.7GHz, 6M cache, Upgradable to Intel® vPro technology)
• 15.6" UltraSharp FHD (1920x1080)
• 8.0GB, DDR3-1600MHz
• 750GB 2.5" 7200rpm Hard Drive

$2,498.53, with $700 off making it $1,699.00.

Not quite comparable. A second Dell Precision M4700 Mobile Workstation

• 3rd Gen Intel® Core i7-3840QM Processor (2.8GHz, 8M cache, Upgradable to Intel® vPro technology)
• 15.6" UltraSharp FHD (1920x1080)
• 16.0GB, DDR3-1600MHz
• 512GB 2.5" (SATA3) Mobility Solid State Drive
• Resource DVD - Contains Drivers
• Recovery Media for Windows® 7 Professional,64bit,Multiple Language

$4,187.59 with instant savings of $1,340.03 making it $2,847.56

I tried to configure both of these to be closer to the MacBook Pro, but only the second offered hardware configuration that I saw.

And you're right, it isn't that restricted, aside from not being able to even change your own battery.

I've posted elsewhere that I hated it that the battery is soldered in and is not user swappable. When I bought my MacBook Pro, I got a second battery with it so when the first one drained down during use when I wasn't near an outlet I could swap them, though it's too big for most people I did want a big display and be able to go hours and hours without needing to be plugged in, ie I wanted to take it hiking. Weight? I used to hike carrying 50+ lbs and have hiked carrying 120 lbs. If I can't carry just 10 lbs then I'm in real bad shape.

The bigger problems are their complete disregarded for backwards and forward compatibility and the small selection of software, and no, linux software doesn't count.

Backwards and forwards compatibility? What does that mean? What does small selection of software mean too? And why doesn't Linux software count? Because if it is counted Macs run more software than both Linux and MS Windows? That is an arbitrary limit for no good reason.

However native OS X apps the iTunes app store alone has thousands of downloadable programs. Now I've haven't used iTunes yet, I may use it to download classes from iTunes U which has lectures from a number of universities including MIT. However I prefer to buy my software on media I can keep, CDs or DVDs. Of course a person can download then burn programs on disks, such as from , Source Forge, and

iOS based devices sales are certainly not "down". iPad sales are up 48%.
iPhone sales are up 29%.
http://investor.apple.com/sec.cfm

(I will of course be modded troll or flamebait for pointing out the facts, as usual.)

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3743

Desktop should have touch as an user Interface OPTION. I can see uses for touch on the desktop just not all the time.

Bingo!

One of the things that helped Windows in its early days was that a mouse was optional. You could do a lot of GUI-based work without buying a mouse at all, just by using the helpful command keys and tabs. Something, that, alas, pretty well went out the window (no pun intended) with the advent of pixel-graphic web browser applications.

You can get much better traction when a new feature is an enhancement to what people are used to than when you force them to start all over.

I'm seriously NOT trolling; but I've personally always found it fascinating that Apple, THE company that, if nothing else, POPULARIZED the GUI interface (see that trick for avoiding the "Apple ripped-off Xerox" flamewars?), not only is REFUSING to buy-into the "Touch desktop/laptop" drumbeat, but significantly, actually has a MUCH more robust set of "Keyboard Shortcuts" than Windows (See this eye-popping list. Shades of Emacs!!!). I have scoured the web (admittedly for only 5 minutes), and I can't come up with a list of Windows OS Shortcuts (that doesn't include application-specific shortcuts) that is nearly as lengthy. Heck, Windows 8 doesn't even have a keyboard shortcut for Shut Down. Sure, you can DO it; but it's a multi-step procedure...

Point is, Apple realizes that not everyone can/will interact with their COMPUTER the same way (leave tablets out of this discussion, please!), and has provided several ways to do so.

Microsoft would do well to study that philosophy.

http://www.apple.com/

Have you ever visited Apple's Open Source page? You'll find they do share code, even purely BSD code.

http://opensource.apple.com/

Though I'm not really sure what your point is, nor how you got +5. Apple is not even mentioned in this story, what "stupid bullshit" are you talking about?

Jo Co's "Baby Got Back (In the style of Glee) Single"
https://itunes.apple.com/ie/album/baby-got-back-in-style-glee/id596893770

It's shitty to do this without so much as a tip of the hat to the guy whose arrangement they clearly lifted almost wholesale.

This is the point at which he should submit a DMCA takedown request to Apple.

And Youtube, obviously. And most importantly: Hulu and any other sites that host Glee on demand -- Fox, for example. Dish and DirectTV also have on demand access, are they susceptible to DMCA requests?

This is the point at which he should submit a DMCA takedown request to Apple.

What a silly suggestion. It's only certain kinds of people who think it is a good idea to pay *more* for a restricted platform.

1996 want's it's mime back. Macs cost no more than Windows OEM PCs do. The thing is is you have to start with a Mac then configure the Windows PC to the Mac's specs. And don't have more memory installed than what it comes with, as you will be paying more. One employee in an Apple store specifically told me to buy a Mac with the standard amount of RAM then buy more myself and install it. He said that will save me half of what the RAM cost. Before I bought my Mac I made a list of the requirements I would need to do what I wanted. I then picked a MacBook Pro that met them. Afterwards I went to various OEMs to configure their laptops to meet the Mac's and compared prices. the cheapest price was $50 less than the Mac. The Alienware, Dell, and HP laptops were more than $200 more.

And as far as a restricted platform is concerned, Apple uses the same parts as Windows OEMs. Apple does not restrict what is installed on Macs, unlike iPads, iPhones, and iPods. As I said I dual-boot my Mac with Snow Leopard and Ubuntu 12.04. And Apple does not restrict developers/programmers from [programming for Macs. Though I no longer am I used to be a member of Apple Developer Connection.

Of course if you want a Linux PC you may be able to build one for less than a prebuilt PC.

Falcon

I was fine with Unity and Gnome 3, liked them both. But I'm in the same boat as you -- compiz would crash and disrupt my workflow. Switched to KDE and I now have a different set of gripes and crashes, but not at the WM level. Better, but...sigh...when will it all work and have a nice integrated desktop?

Get a Mac if you want it to work. And if you want, some of the same software that runs in Linux can run in OS X too. It does come with X11. Fink installs .deb, Macports, .rpm, and Homebrew installs other packages. Apple also supports open source developers.

Falcon

http://advertising.apple.com/brands/

Available Targeting Includes:
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        Application preferences
        Music passions
        Movie, TV and audiobook genre interests
        Location
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        Network (WiFi, 3G)

Available Metrics Include:

        Impressions
        Taps and tap-through-rate
        Unique visits
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        Views and views per visit
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        Conversions and downloads

If Apple has no incentive, what's this webpage all about? http://advertising.apple.com/brands/

No. But if companies include and locally declare the foreign profits/revenue as part of their profits or revenue (or as collateral when borrowing from banks etc) then they should be taxed on it, but minus whatever tax they have already paid in the foreign country on it. If they have already paid a lot then it's zero if they paid zero then it's the full amount.

If it isn't your profit and it isn't your money you shouldn't have to pay tax on it. But if you claim that it's your money, why shouldn't you be taxed on it?

Examples: http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2012/10/25Apple-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-Results.html
http://investor.google.com/earnings/2012/Q4_google_earnings.html

They both include international revenue as part of their financials.

So if you don't want your foreign money taxed, just leave it overseas, pay whatever tax due overseas (which could be 0%) BUT you shouldn't get to declare it in your financials locally nor use it locally. If you want to use it locally, you have to pay the tax (after subtracting whatever overseas tax you've already paid on it).

I don't think they have to stream the MP3s - they could be using Safari's persistent storage.

I thought Mobile Safari was limited to 5MB of persistent storage (then it has to ask the user to allocate more). It would hardly be a seamless transaction, unless newer iOSes have different behaviour. I don't see a justification for that to change any time soon.