Capitalism requires a well regulated market to function correctly. Without regulation, it tends to degenerate into oligopoly. What we currently have is a lack of regulation and, unsurprisingly, the rise of oligarchs who have sucked all the money out of the system and effectively run the show. So one can be capitalist and against the current system at the same time.
But you can't possibly be all that and still vote for fucking Trump. At least not if you have a brain.
Okay, moderator on crack, mind wasting your precious down-mod to tell us what the fuck was wrong with what I said? Because that was the one major thing that happened 7 years ago in Mac desktops, apart from the introduction of the server Mac Mini. And if you want to include the MacPro Early 2009 or Mid 2010 into that 7years ago - they were all basically the same machine as before, just with improved specs.
Expect to see another flood of refurbished Apple Watches after Christmas these year, as a new group of people who got them as gifts discover that they're worthless.
So nobody buys Apple Watches, but there was a flood of refurbished Apple Watches after Christmas - which again nobody bought. Yeah, why not.
I bet their new desktop comes with NO ports (everything bluetooth), no external media drives (it's all in the cloud baby), and no monitor (they beam it into your brain).
Does not compute. vcenter server appliance is a Linux virtual machine running on ESXi, which you access through a web browser. Using a Windows VM for that is definitely not required.
Now guess what plug-in you need(*) for the web browser so you can manage vCenter, Yeah, it's fucking Flash. (*) Well, to be fair, they announced "The vSphere Web Client of Tomorrow" that works with HTML 5,
Every little thing Apple does destroys the little equity they have left. They are now rich, but they are riding on Jobs vision stripping what's left of his ideals (with all his pros and cons, he was quite remarkable).
You mean things like being sued for stuff that happened while Jobs was still alive and stopped when he was dead? The sanctification of Steve Jobs by Apple Haters is becoming ridiculous.
What the hell makes you think the price of "buying a 30% stake in three subsidiaries of Goldwind, China's biggest wind-turbine manufacturer" would in any way or form be counted in Apple's R&D budget?
What the hell makes you think the price of "buying a 30% stake in three subsidiaries of Goldwind, China's biggest wind-turbine manufacturer" would in any way or form be counted in Apple's R&D budget?
In case you already forgot your original claim to which I responded:
Apple is not investing in R&D
To which I replied the number Apple cites in their quarterly report, which is way higher than zero.
Yes. Very few. But they still where single-shot front loaders with flint locks - and a rifled instead of a smooth barrel . Which means that apart from accuracy and higher price they were just like muskets - with even lower rate of fire because it took more time to get the bullet past the rifleling. And just to drive home that point, they were called "rifled muskets".
Anyway, state of the art at the time the 2nd was written meant in a fight between somebody with a firearm and somebody with any melee weapon or just superior strength - the shooter better hit with one and only shot he gets or he's either dead or the other guy is way out of his reach. Something like a mass shooting (at least by a single citizen instead of a "militia") was way out of the wildest imagination of the people who wrote it.
Oh, for crying out loud. Apple spend $2.57 billion in R&D last quarter - almost 15 times as much as 10 years before when they were still working on the iPhone.
Why would the guy who was elected almost completely because he's such a business genius need any business advice? Are you sure it's not the other way around?
Laptops, tablets, and phones never seem to know exactly how many hours of power they have left. The estimate may jump from two hours to five hours before dropping back down to one hour. Even worse, the battery may suddenly die without warning.
The battery status menu updates frequently and changes depending on your screen brightness and system workload. You may see the time remaining drop significantly, for instance, if it updates while opening a very large file or starting up an application. It's important to remember it's an estimate based on what your computer is doing at the specific time it updates.
Published Date: Dec 6, 2016
Looks like Apple explained and some people still didn't understand. Funny how the same tolls that keep claiming all Mac users are utter morons now say nobody could be that stupid, and it must of course be Apple's fault.
Odd... I've owned a good 30 computers over the years, none of which had power adapters that cost $80. And yet not one fire has started because of the power adapter. There's probably a billion other people that ALSO have power adapters right from mainstream manufacturers like Dell, HP, etc now plugged into a wall that cost maybe $30,.
Maybe, but probably not. For entertainment purposes, I went over to Dell.com, and their cheapest notebook charger is $49.99. Not $30. The same $49.99 Apple's cheapest notebook charger costs.
I think the following link is still relevant to the discussion:
http://www.techspot.com/news/4...
A 2008 Apple Power Adapter BOM (Bill of Materials) is/was less than 5 USD. And that would be for 1000 units: it's easy to imagine Apple getting a better price with millions of units built.
This does NOT include, labour, assembly, casing, packaging and shipping costs...
Looks like a hefty profit there to be made;-)
I tried to find one over at Lenovo, but it looks they don't even sell phone chargers, only upward from a USB-C charger for their ThinkPad X1 Tablet. And that cost's $41.99.
You don't have to pay for engineering every time you build a charger, you pay for it once. The marginal cost of each authorized charger is no more than a few dollars. Apple didn't become the richest company on the planet by selling chargers at cost.
Jesus fucking Christ, stop whining about EVUL APPEL and look at the fucking article already. Not only are those fake adaptors build completely different, they throw even the most basic safety standards of electrical engineering out the window and put the life of people plugging them in in danger.
The German magazine wanted to get to the bottom of this, so they decided to order 12 Samsung batteries. Four units came directly from Amazon, while the rest were ordered from other sellers. Again, all were advertised as original, from Samsung
Surprise, surprise. It turns out all 12 were fakes!
And replace it with any of the battery tools available there for years, most of which replace the default Menu Bar Icon indicator anyway. I have been using https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/battery-monitor-health-status/id836505650?mt=12 for a couple of years now. Oh look, there is even a 5 star review headlined "Very accurate time-remaining ".
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Capitalism requires a well regulated market to function correctly. Without regulation, it tends to degenerate into oligopoly. What we currently have is a lack of regulation and, unsurprisingly, the rise of oligarchs who have sucked all the money out of the system and effectively run the show. So one can be capitalist and against the current system at the same time.
But you can't possibly be all that and still vote for fucking Trump. At least not if you have a brain.
Okay, moderator on crack, mind wasting your precious down-mod to tell us what the fuck was wrong with what I said? Because that was the one major thing that happened 7 years ago in Mac desktops, apart from the introduction of the server Mac Mini. And if you want to include the MacPro Early 2009 or Mid 2010 into that 7years ago - they were all basically the same machine as before, just with improved specs.
Expect to see another flood of refurbished Apple Watches after Christmas these year, as a new group of people who got them as gifts discover that they're worthless.
So nobody buys Apple Watches, but there was a flood of refurbished Apple Watches after Christmas - which again nobody bought. Yeah, why not.
I bet their new desktop comes with NO ports (everything bluetooth), no external media drives (it's all in the cloud baby), and no monitor (they beam it into your brain).
Okay. How much?
They haven't had a "great desktop" in 7 years.
7 years? So you are talking about the switch between Aluminum iMacs and the Unibody iMacs in October 2009?
Does not compute. vcenter server appliance is a Linux virtual machine running on ESXi, which you access through a web browser. Using a Windows VM for that is definitely not required.
Now guess what plug-in you need(*) for the web browser so you can manage vCenter, Yeah, it's fucking Flash. (*) Well, to be fair, they announced "The vSphere Web Client of Tomorrow" that works with HTML 5,
Every little thing Apple does destroys the little equity they have left. They are now rich, but they are riding on Jobs vision stripping what's left of his ideals (with all his pros and cons, he was quite remarkable).
You mean things like being sued for stuff that happened while Jobs was still alive and stopped when he was dead? The sanctification of Steve Jobs by Apple Haters is becoming ridiculous.
What the hell makes you think the price of "buying a 30% stake in three subsidiaries of Goldwind, China's biggest wind-turbine manufacturer" would in any way or form be counted in Apple's R&D budget?
You made my point, didn't you?
You have no point. And you probably can't read.
This isn't fucking R&D..
This is you or at least what you are fucking
What the hell makes you think the price of "buying a 30% stake in three subsidiaries of Goldwind, China's biggest wind-turbine manufacturer" would in any way or form be counted in Apple's R&D budget?
In case you already forgot your original claim to which I responded:
Apple is not investing in R&D
To which I replied the number Apple cites in their quarterly report, which is way higher than zero.
Rifles already existed when they wrote it.
Yes. Very few. But they still where single-shot front loaders with flint locks - and a rifled instead of a smooth barrel . Which means that apart from accuracy and higher price they were just like muskets - with even lower rate of fire because it took more time to get the bullet past the rifleling. And just to drive home that point, they were called "rifled muskets".
Anyway, state of the art at the time the 2nd was written meant in a fight between somebody with a firearm and somebody with any melee weapon or just superior strength - the shooter better hit with one and only shot he gets or he's either dead or the other guy is way out of his reach. Something like a mass shooting (at least by a single citizen instead of a "militia") was way out of the wildest imagination of the people who wrote it.
Buying non-core shit is not R&D.
Spending $2.5B on R&D is fucking R&D.
Apple is not investing in R&D
Oh, for crying out loud. Apple spend $2.57 billion in R&D last quarter - almost 15 times as much as 10 years before when they were still working on the iPhone.
He wants to hear fromother people who's companies are losing money.
I thought he didn't pay any taxes because he was so damn good at losing money?
Why would the guy who was elected almost completely because he's such a business genius need any business advice? Are you sure it's not the other way around?
Laptops, tablets, and phones never seem to know exactly how many hours of power they have left. The estimate may jump from two hours to five hours before dropping back down to one hour. Even worse, the battery may suddenly die without warning.
Remember kids, this is only a problem for Apple.
But removing something instead explaining it does show its a cover up - literally.
https://support.apple.com/en-u...
The battery status menu updates frequently and changes depending on your screen brightness and system workload. You may see the time remaining drop significantly, for instance, if it updates while opening a very large file or starting up an application. It's important to remember it's an estimate based on what your computer is doing at the specific time it updates.
Published Date: Dec 6, 2016
Looks like Apple explained and some people still didn't understand. Funny how the same tolls that keep claiming all Mac users are utter morons now say nobody could be that stupid, and it must of course be Apple's fault.
You have more than just the information of that instant. You also (could) know the full usage history of the device
Or you could just display 10h*current_charge%
Those counterfeit adapters always have cables that keep fraying.
Oh wait.... those are Apple's own expensive adapters fraying...
https://www.google.com/search?q=Dell+adapter+fraying&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiDrNTf6fPQAhVMAsAKHdpGAUoQ_AUICSgC&biw=1472&bih=866
https://www.google.com/search?q=HP+adapter+fraying&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiDrNTf6fPQAhVMAsAKHdpGAUoQ_AUICSgC&biw=1472&bih=866
https://www.google.com/search?q=Android+adapter+fraying&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiDrNTf6fPQAhVMAsAKHdpGAUoQ_AUICSgC&biw=1472&bih=866
Why is it Apple's responsibility that a customer used a part that didn't meet specifications?
Because everything is always Apple's fault. Jesus, get with it.
Uhm, you do realize that the Surface Pro charger is 36 watts and not 4-6 watts for a phone charger, right?
Uhm, you do realize that an Apple phone charger doesn't even remotely costs $80? Oh, wait, you obviously don't.
Odd... I've owned a good 30 computers over the years, none of which had power adapters that cost $80. And yet not one fire has started because of the power adapter. There's probably a billion other people that ALSO have power adapters right from mainstream manufacturers like Dell, HP, etc now plugged into a wall that cost maybe $30, .
Maybe, but probably not. For entertainment purposes, I went over to Dell.com, and their cheapest notebook charger is $49.99. Not $30. The same $49.99 Apple's cheapest notebook charger costs.
I think the following link is still relevant to the discussion: http://www.techspot.com/news/4... A 2008 Apple Power Adapter BOM (Bill of Materials) is/was less than 5 USD. And that would be for 1000 units: it's easy to imagine Apple getting a better price with millions of units built. This does NOT include, labour, assembly, casing, packaging and shipping costs... Looks like a hefty profit there to be made ;-)
Well, an Apple USB wall adapter costs $19. The cheapest USB wall charger from Samsung is $29.99. Okay, unlike Apple's the Samsung one comes with a USB cable, but still, that's hardly less, now is it?
I tried to find one over at Lenovo, but it looks they don't even sell phone chargers, only upward from a USB-C charger for their ThinkPad X1 Tablet. And that cost's $41.99.
You don't have to pay for engineering every time you build a charger, you pay for it once. The marginal cost of each authorized charger is no more than a few dollars. Apple didn't become the richest company on the planet by selling chargers at cost.
Jesus fucking Christ, stop whining about EVUL APPEL and look at the fucking article already. Not only are those fake adaptors build completely different, they throw even the most basic safety standards of electrical engineering out the window and put the life of people plugging them in in danger.
If their sh*t uses a standard, but is custom enough that there can be a counterfeit, tells me they're doing it wrong.
http://www.mobilegeeks.com/samsung-fake-batteries/.
The German magazine wanted to get to the bottom of this, so they decided to order 12 Samsung batteries. Four units came directly from Amazon, while the rest were ordered from other sellers. Again, all were advertised as original, from Samsung Surprise, surprise. It turns out all 12 were fakes!
And replace it with any of the battery tools available there for years, most of which replace the default Menu Bar Icon indicator anyway. I have been using https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/battery-monitor-health-status/id836505650?mt=12 for a couple of years now. Oh look, there is even a 5 star review headlined "Very accurate time-remaining ".