BREAKING NEWS: Original iPad launches with 2,000 apps.
Shocking, I know, but Apple announced the iPad project in January 2010. They actually gave developers 4 months to prepare for the April launch. Google could have released the SDK months before the Android 3.0 launch (instead of 2 days), but even they admit Android 3.0 isn't fully finished/polished.
Too many people have an agenda. If [insert Linux fansite] sees that Linux* is only at 5% popularity in a web vote asking what OS is preferred on a notebook, guess what's going to happen? The data can be easily skewed to represent the minority as the majority.
The argument isn't whether there is a problem or not. The argument is whether it is a software and/or hardware problem. The financial analyst in question is the main source for "It's a hardware problem," implying the need for a replacement or recall. This in turn would hurt Apple stock. If it were a software problem, a patch could be made available and wouldn't hurt Apple's stock price as much.
Have you used the iPhone? I listen to audio podcasts and watch videos directly through the Safari browser. Any website can provide such files without having Apple as a proxy.
Sure, there's the special YouTube application. What it basically does is link to h.264 converted videos, but as I said, any website can provide videos in that format. Having videos play via h.264 benefits iPhone users, and standards enthusiasts, actually. The iPhone has a dedicated h.264 chip to more efficiently decode such files. This is a much more energy efficient solution compared to decoding flash videos through software. So in truth, the "performance standard" you mock is a reality.
That sounds more IT than Computer Science. "It always infuriated me whenever I'd see" people classify knowledge of how to operate a machine with Computer Science. The general public has now taken the term/major Computer Science as:
Being able to operate a computer
Maintaining computers for others
Managing hardware/software in an office environment
Knowing how to program
I'm only 24 years old and haven't had the "pleasure" of learning what Computer Science majors know without the use of computers, but many older people than I have ranted (and I've finally acknowledged) that Computer Science in their day could be accomplished without a machine we call a computer.
So, I look at the other stuff you're buying, to see if we're making any sort of profit on you at all. If you're loaded up with stuff that we actually make money on, I'd be happy to do you the favor. Otherwise, I'd be more than happy to sell that computer to someone we'll make a profit on instead.
Go ahead, threaten to take your business elsewhere. We'd much rather you buy the computer somewhere else, and cause a competitor to lose money. Raise hell with my manager if you want. He'll promise you that I'll be "dealt with" just to make you go away, and then he'll come over and say to me, "man, that guy was a total asshole." I can't even tell you how many times I saw that happen.
I've worked at Best Buy as well, for both the computer and Geek Squad departments. While it is true that Best Buy does not make much money off a computer sale alone, you forget that a non-sale of a computer is still lost revenue.
Pick a scenario:
1. Make an immediate sale, but with less profit.
2. Deny the sale because of the "measly" profit and have the computer sit there for a few more weeks.
From a business perspective, you've already lost money on wages, electricity, rent, products, etc. By having your product just sit there, you are doing nothing for the overall productivity of the company. Dell makes huge profits because they have a negative product-stocked/sales ratio. They actually sell the product before they have to store it in their warehouses, if at all.
Best Buy, from what I can remember from our store meetings, have a product shelf life of about 1-2 weeks before they have to replenish stock. The process goes something like this:
1. Buy products from manufacturers. (Lose money)
2. Keep products in warehouses.(Lose more money on rent/maintenance of warehouse)
3. Sit on store shelves, awaiting sale. (Lose more money on employees and other retail costs)
4. Finally selling the product to a customer. (Profit!)
It's understandable that you'd want to sell the computer bundle for as much money as possible, but there are times when that won't happen. Customers will simply come in for the computer itself and nothing else. At times when it's a huge sale and with limited quantities, I've seen employees say they're out of stock simply to stop the sale from happening. Ethics aside, I can see why a store would want to do that (though I don't agree with it). But when that computer will just be sitting there for weeks, what's the point in not selling it? You're just going to cost the company more money.
From the very first book, the wand maker Ollivander comments that the wand Harry finally ends up with was a curious choice. It had a core of Phoenix feather, which had a twin. That twin core is what conspicuously gave Harry the scar. Rowling, from the get go, wanted to point out that Harry's and Voldemort's wands had a connection.
In Book 4, drawing from information laid upon in Book 1, the spell "Priori Incantatem" does mysteriously manifest, but the definition of it found on Wikipedia is:
Priori Incantatem, or the Reverse Spell Effect, is caused by forcing two wands that share the source of their cores to compete.
While it may seem she pulled Priori Incantatem out of no where, I have to argue that she did lay the foundation of it in Book 1. Why else point out the fact that the two wands are twins?
Forgive my ignorance as I've only taken an intro economics class. I thought as a convicted monopoly, Microsoft has more rules imposed upon them than other companies. They've made billions upon billions of dollars with their Operating System and Office products. Now with that money and monopoly in one market, they seem to be using predatory pricing to capture a new one. They have the ability to lose more money than their competitors, to the point where they may even knock a competitor out of the game (Sony). They still haven't covered their expenses from the first Xbox (development, marketing, etc), let alone the Xbox 360.
Don't get me wrong, I love competition. It just seems they'll artificially lower prices to the point where their competition won't be able to compete. It is a bit of an oversimplification, with Sony shooting themselves in their own foot with the disaster the PS3 has become. Amd with Wii sales, though, this tactic may be offset.
I'm sorry, that was 200,000 units sold on the FIRST DAY. That makes the units sold, revenue generated, and likelihood of sold out stores during the weekend even greater.
Before I comment on Apple's availability, it's interesting you say AT&T's website states that the iPhone is in stock, when there seems to be no way to check an AT&T retail store's personal stock (aside from AT&T putting out a news blurb that their retail stores are sold out). Buying from AT&T's website isn't a possibility, since they tell you to go to Apple.com, which is this link: http://www.apple.com/iphone/buy/ , which states you can only buy the iPhone at Apple's online store, Apple's retail stores, and AT&T's retail stores. Apple's stores still list ship times of 2-4 weeks. I'll just take it as a simple error on your part.
I don't doubt that you'll find Apple stores that aren't sold out. Analysts are showing figures of up to 1,000 iPhones per Apple retail store. With 168 retail stores, they have sold an estimated 128,000 units (not including AT&T store sales) on launch day. 168 stores times an estimated 1,000 units each gives about 168,000. source:Bloomberg Piper Jaffray has said sales of 200,000 units at launch (AT&T and Apple) were expected and met. Also, most of the sold-out Apple retail stores are in California, where if you were to separate the state from the rest of United States, it would still have the 5th largest economy in the world. I'm sure Apple's smart enough to realize this and place more stock in the California stores.
For first weekend figures, I must say that's pretty good, especially for a $499/$599 phone on a non-holiday shopping season. That's over $100 million in revenue in a couple days. Apple retail stores that are currently out of stock have stated that they should be receiving shipments in constant intervals. Instead of an artificial shortage, Apple seems to actually be prepared for demand.
Here's a link to an MSNBC article. It does talk about how some people are having activation problems, but at the bottom section it does state that:
"But in a sign of strong initial demand, AT&T said it had sold almost all its phones within hours of the device going on sale at its 1,800 stores.
As for web availability, people are being quoted 2-4 weeks.
AT&T has stated that pre launch, 40% of the inquiries they received about the iPhone came from people currently on other service providers. Of course, that isn't very scientific, but it does give you an idea of who potential iPhone consumers are.
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BREAKING NEWS: Original iPad launches with 2,000 apps.
Shocking, I know, but Apple announced the iPad project in January 2010. They actually gave developers 4 months to prepare for the April launch. Google could have released the SDK months before the Android 3.0 launch (instead of 2 days), but even they admit Android 3.0 isn't fully finished/polished.
Source: http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/02/best-ipad-apps-launch/
Here are a few press releases before this press release:
March 5th, UK - End of April launch http://www.nma.co.uk/news/apple-announces-april-uk-release-date-for-ipad/3010816.article
March 5th, European release - End of April launch http://www.cln-online.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=612:ipadrelease&catid=40:industry&Itemid=135
In a post below you said you'd eat your hat. Can you post that on youtube? Thanks.
Too many people have an agenda. If [insert Linux fansite] sees that Linux* is only at 5% popularity in a web vote asking what OS is preferred on a notebook, guess what's going to happen? The data can be easily skewed to represent the minority as the majority.
*Linux was just an example. Please be kind.
The argument isn't whether there is a problem or not. The argument is whether it is a software and/or hardware problem. The financial analyst in question is the main source for "It's a hardware problem," implying the need for a replacement or recall. This in turn would hurt Apple stock. If it were a software problem, a patch could be made available and wouldn't hurt Apple's stock price as much.
Have you used the iPhone? I listen to audio podcasts and watch videos directly through the Safari browser. Any website can provide such files without having Apple as a proxy.
Sure, there's the special YouTube application. What it basically does is link to h.264 converted videos, but as I said, any website can provide videos in that format. Having videos play via h.264 benefits iPhone users, and standards enthusiasts, actually. The iPhone has a dedicated h.264 chip to more efficiently decode such files. This is a much more energy efficient solution compared to decoding flash videos through software. So in truth, the "performance standard" you mock is a reality.
- Being able to operate a computer
- Maintaining computers for others
- Managing hardware/software in an office environment
- Knowing how to program
I'm only 24 years old and haven't had the "pleasure" of learning what Computer Science majors know without the use of computers, but many older people than I have ranted (and I've finally acknowledged) that Computer Science in their day could be accomplished without a machine we call a computer.So, I look at the other stuff you're buying, to see if we're making any sort of profit on you at all. If you're loaded up with stuff that we actually make money on, I'd be happy to do you the favor. Otherwise, I'd be more than happy to sell that computer to someone we'll make a profit on instead.
Go ahead, threaten to take your business elsewhere. We'd much rather you buy the computer somewhere else, and cause a competitor to lose money. Raise hell with my manager if you want. He'll promise you that I'll be "dealt with" just to make you go away, and then he'll come over and say to me, "man, that guy was a total asshole." I can't even tell you how many times I saw that happen.
I've worked at Best Buy as well, for both the computer and Geek Squad departments. While it is true that Best Buy does not make much money off a computer sale alone, you forget that a non-sale of a computer is still lost revenue.
Pick a scenario:
1. Make an immediate sale, but with less profit.
2. Deny the sale because of the "measly" profit and have the computer sit there for a few more weeks.
From a business perspective, you've already lost money on wages, electricity, rent, products, etc. By having your product just sit there, you are doing nothing for the overall productivity of the company. Dell makes huge profits because they have a negative product-stocked/sales ratio. They actually sell the product before they have to store it in their warehouses, if at all.
Best Buy, from what I can remember from our store meetings, have a product shelf life of about 1-2 weeks before they have to replenish stock. The process goes something like this:
1. Buy products from manufacturers. (Lose money)
2. Keep products in warehouses.(Lose more money on rent/maintenance of warehouse)
3. Sit on store shelves, awaiting sale. (Lose more money on employees and other retail costs)
4. Finally selling the product to a customer. (Profit!)
It's understandable that you'd want to sell the computer bundle for as much money as possible, but there are times when that won't happen. Customers will simply come in for the computer itself and nothing else. At times when it's a huge sale and with limited quantities, I've seen employees say they're out of stock simply to stop the sale from happening. Ethics aside, I can see why a store would want to do that (though I don't agree with it). But when that computer will just be sitting there for weeks, what's the point in not selling it? You're just going to cost the company more money.
From the very first book, the wand maker Ollivander comments that the wand Harry finally ends up with was a curious choice. It had a core of Phoenix feather, which had a twin. That twin core is what conspicuously gave Harry the scar. Rowling, from the get go, wanted to point out that Harry's and Voldemort's wands had a connection.
In Book 4, drawing from information laid upon in Book 1, the spell "Priori Incantatem" does mysteriously manifest, but the definition of it found on Wikipedia is:
While it may seem she pulled Priori Incantatem out of no where, I have to argue that she did lay the foundation of it in Book 1. Why else point out the fact that the two wands are twins?Forgive my ignorance as I've only taken an intro economics class. I thought as a convicted monopoly, Microsoft has more rules imposed upon them than other companies. They've made billions upon billions of dollars with their Operating System and Office products. Now with that money and monopoly in one market, they seem to be using predatory pricing to capture a new one. They have the ability to lose more money than their competitors, to the point where they may even knock a competitor out of the game (Sony). They still haven't covered their expenses from the first Xbox (development, marketing, etc), let alone the Xbox 360.
Don't get me wrong, I love competition. It just seems they'll artificially lower prices to the point where their competition won't be able to compete. It is a bit of an oversimplification, with Sony shooting themselves in their own foot with the disaster the PS3 has become. Amd with Wii sales, though, this tactic may be offset.
I'm sorry, that was 200,000 units sold on the FIRST DAY. That makes the units sold, revenue generated, and likelihood of sold out stores during the weekend even greater.
Before I comment on Apple's availability, it's interesting you say AT&T's website states that the iPhone is in stock, when there seems to be no way to check an AT&T retail store's personal stock (aside from AT&T putting out a news blurb that their retail stores are sold out). Buying from AT&T's website isn't a possibility, since they tell you to go to Apple.com, which is this link: http://www.apple.com/iphone/buy/ , which states you can only buy the iPhone at Apple's online store, Apple's retail stores, and AT&T's retail stores. Apple's stores still list ship times of 2-4 weeks. I'll just take it as a simple error on your part.
I don't doubt that you'll find Apple stores that aren't sold out. Analysts are showing figures of up to 1,000 iPhones per Apple retail store. With 168 retail stores, they have sold an estimated 128,000 units (not including AT&T store sales) on launch day. 168 stores times an estimated 1,000 units each gives about 168,000. source:Bloomberg Piper Jaffray has said sales of 200,000 units at launch (AT&T and Apple) were expected and met. Also, most of the sold-out Apple retail stores are in California, where if you were to separate the state from the rest of United States, it would still have the 5th largest economy in the world. I'm sure Apple's smart enough to realize this and place more stock in the California stores.
For first weekend figures, I must say that's pretty good, especially for a $499/$599 phone on a non-holiday shopping season. That's over $100 million in revenue in a couple days. Apple retail stores that are currently out of stock have stated that they should be receiving shipments in constant intervals. Instead of an artificial shortage, Apple seems to actually be prepared for demand.
As for web availability, people are being quoted 2-4 weeks.
AT&T has stated that pre launch, 40% of the inquiries they received about the iPhone came from people currently on other service providers. Of course, that isn't very scientific, but it does give you an idea of who potential iPhone consumers are.
Apple has improved RAM and Hard Drive installation on the MacBooks. Remove the battery -> remove 4 screws from the protective plate.
You now have access to the hard drive and the two memory slots. A quick search shows this video: intallation