If you really think that Apple didn't know they used Samsung parts, and they didn't expect counter-suits, then you really don't understand businesses in general and Apple especially.
In a long firefight, in the dark, the "din of war" all around, do you really think they knew if he was or was not armed? What would YOU have done in that split second?
Funny, I'm on a 4-year-old MacBook (the old plastic ones), and the battery is just now getting down to an hour. BUT, this is not a lithium-polymer battery. It's one of the old changeable ones.
SO, I call BS. You probably don't own a Mac.
"A properly maintained iPad battery is designed to retain up to 80% of its original capacity at 1000 full charge and discharge cycles. You may choose to replace your battery when it no longer holds sufficient charge to meet your needs." Here's the link: http://www.apple.com/batteries/ipad.html.
I dunno, but 80% after at least 3 years seems pretty damn good to me.
iPad, on the other hand, can show the plays in motion (per TFA), could show the last play in near real-time, and do other things besides show a static paper replacement. That's the whole point of the iPad. Of course, if all you do is read books, the Kindle is great. But they can do SO much more with the iPad - like write their own, team-centric apps.
I was agreeing with you on Dell.:)
The Mac Pro motherboard is physically nothing like the S5000XVNSATA. In particular, the CPU(s) and memory are on a daughter card that slot into the motherboard in the Mac Pro, and the four hard drives plug directly into the motherboard. Seriously, dude, you need to take a look at one of these before you make these kinds of claims. Now, they may be "insanely similar" from a software perspective, but they are clearly not the same physically.
1) They do not use Intel motherboards. 2) I acknowledge that I was comparing to the low end, but only to illustrate a point, and I acknowledge that other vendors make great systems. But, apparently, any thing that functions the same as something else is "the same" in your eyes, so I give up.
Sorry, the point of using Dell was simply that I thought it was obvious that their stuff is crap. I actually think HP makes pretty good stuff.
Anyway, you're actually making my point. If you compare the Apple stuff to the same-quality, high end HP stuff, you'll see very similar prices. But that still doesn't make the hardware "the same". The specs for a BMW and a Mercedes are very similar - steering wheel in same place, brake pedal, tires, both use the same road, same gas, but they are clearly different "hardware".
Does similar functionality = the same hardware? Of course not. Or are you implying that every computer that runs Windows has the same hardware, and the quality of the parts has no value?
I am so sick of these meme. The hardware is *not* the same, which you would know if you had ever looked at the inside of a Mac. Sure, it is *electrically* very similar, from an interface standpoint, but it is not the same hardware. They do not use off-the-shelf Asus mobo's, or standard power supplies. There are custom Apple chips on the boards. They *do* use higher-quality components than you will find in the low-end Dell. Remember those "hairy" capacitors? Have you noticed that cheap Dells tend to fail early - and Macs seem to last forever?
And all that ignores the physical case. Have you compared Dell's all-in-one to an iMac? Or a cheap plastic laptop to a Macbook Air or Pro? Ya know, it costs more to mill and laser out a solid unibody than it does to slap together a plastic case.
Now, these may not be of value to you, that's fine, but it is NOT the same hardware!
You said "If the gasoline engine is running then it is (and must be) supplying mechanical energy directly to the wheels." That is incorrect. If you are going less than 70MPH, the engine will only be running if the battery is depleted. In that case, the engine is 100% an electrical generator. Like a diesel train. It is not supplying mechanical energy directly to the wheels.
This is not correct. If the gasoline engine is running, which it only does if the battery is depleted or the vehicle is going over 70MPH, then some of the energy from the engine is supplied to the wheels.
Under normal, battery-charged conditions and under 70 MPH, the gasoline engine does not run at all.
For most folks who commute less than 20 miles per day (80% of the population, according to GM), the vehicle will always be on the battery.
The app store will, yes, but Steve specifically stated that the app store will not be the only place you can buy Mac software. So, they get to choose what they're selling, and you get to choose where and what you buy.
It's amazing that consumers somehow imagine that the total cost of something is limited to the actual manufacturing costs. CD stampers today are going of business right and left, and the ones that are still standing are barely charging enough to cover expenses. At those prices, a CD in a jewel case with a nice booklet costs about $1 to manufacture, and that is not going to go lower.
But, what about the cost of producing the music? The engineers, the studio, the artists? How about the artwork? That's not free. The mechanical royalties legislated by Congress are over 80 cents - almost as much as the cost of the CD. What about the musicians? The producer? The distributor, retailer and shipping companies? Should we advertise this music? How does that get paid for?
If you're thinking a CD should cost maybe $1 plus a dime or so of profit, you totally have your head up your ass.
It's because textbooks really *do* require color. Color is essential when conveying certain complex concepts, let alone the need for pictures.
I have dreamed for years about how rich a learning experience could be if textbooks had motion and video. For example, imagine how easy it would be to explain the difference between frequency and phase if you could have a couple of sine waves on a graph that change as one drags a slider back and forth? How would you even do that on a Kindle?
Then there's the whole app thing, where you can build applications that target specific learning needs.
Kindle is really great as a replacement for printed novels, but it just doesn't cut it for the education market.
This post totally ignores the value of the software and user interface on the iPad. It distills the value of all devices down the hardware, and whether or not the applications will have DRM-d data files. Thereby, it devalues the work of all user interfaces and programmers everywhere.
The lawsuit is not "similar to Microsoft's" patents over Linux functionality. They're over a competitor using patented technology. The post immediately denigrates the validity of the litigation by linking it to something that it is not. Why editorialize? Why can't the lawsuit just be about patent infringement instead of "scaring the industry"??
Dude, it does what you want. When you "send" an email, the mail program runs in the background, even after you close it and switch to another app. It even continues to do the send even after you put your iPhone to sleep. The phone *does* multitask, but only certain apps (like mail and ipod) are allowed to do so.
That's not what the parent said - he said "far exceeding the number of iPhones sold in a year" and "close to the number of all types of iPods combined". I'm not challenging whether 10M iSlates make sense - only his assertion about the number of devices sold.
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If you really think that Apple didn't know they used Samsung parts, and they didn't expect counter-suits, then you really don't understand businesses in general and Apple especially.
In a long firefight, in the dark, the "din of war" all around, do you really think they knew if he was or was not armed? What would YOU have done in that split second?
Funny, I'm on a 4-year-old MacBook (the old plastic ones), and the battery is just now getting down to an hour. BUT, this is not a lithium-polymer battery. It's one of the old changeable ones. SO, I call BS. You probably don't own a Mac.
Apple is stating on their web site:
"A properly maintained iPad battery is designed to retain up to 80% of its original capacity at 1000 full charge and discharge cycles. You may choose to replace your battery when it no longer holds sufficient charge to meet your needs." Here's the link: http://www.apple.com/batteries/ipad.html.
I dunno, but 80% after at least 3 years seems pretty damn good to me.
iPad, on the other hand, can show the plays in motion (per TFA), could show the last play in near real-time, and do other things besides show a static paper replacement. That's the whole point of the iPad. Of course, if all you do is read books, the Kindle is great. But they can do SO much more with the iPad - like write their own, team-centric apps.
If you take away medicare and SS, what do you expect will happen to us? If you don't care, then I sure as hell don't care what you think.
I was agreeing with you on Dell. :)
The Mac Pro motherboard is physically nothing like the S5000XVNSATA. In particular, the CPU(s) and memory are on a daughter card that slot into the motherboard in the Mac Pro, and the four hard drives plug directly into the motherboard. Seriously, dude, you need to take a look at one of these before you make these kinds of claims. Now, they may be "insanely similar" from a software perspective, but they are clearly not the same physically.
1) They do not use Intel motherboards. 2) I acknowledge that I was comparing to the low end, but only to illustrate a point, and I acknowledge that other vendors make great systems. But, apparently, any thing that functions the same as something else is "the same" in your eyes, so I give up.
Sorry, the point of using Dell was simply that I thought it was obvious that their stuff is crap. I actually think HP makes pretty good stuff.
Anyway, you're actually making my point. If you compare the Apple stuff to the same-quality, high end HP stuff, you'll see very similar prices. But that still doesn't make the hardware "the same". The specs for a BMW and a Mercedes are very similar - steering wheel in same place, brake pedal, tires, both use the same road, same gas, but they are clearly different "hardware".
Does similar functionality = the same hardware? Of course not. Or are you implying that every computer that runs Windows has the same hardware, and the quality of the parts has no value?
And all that ignores the physical case. Have you compared Dell's all-in-one to an iMac? Or a cheap plastic laptop to a Macbook Air or Pro? Ya know, it costs more to mill and laser out a solid unibody than it does to slap together a plastic case.
Now, these may not be of value to you, that's fine, but it is NOT the same hardware!
I'm not trolling -- I mean, seriously?
Shouldn't he have already posted this leak on Wikileaks?
You said "If the gasoline engine is running then it is (and must be) supplying mechanical energy directly to the wheels." That is incorrect. If you are going less than 70MPH, the engine will only be running if the battery is depleted. In that case, the engine is 100% an electrical generator. Like a diesel train. It is not supplying mechanical energy directly to the wheels.
Under normal, battery-charged conditions and under 70 MPH, the gasoline engine does not run at all.
For most folks who commute less than 20 miles per day (80% of the population, according to GM), the vehicle will always be on the battery.
Sounds like an EV to me.
The app store will, yes, but Steve specifically stated that the app store will not be the only place you can buy Mac software. So, they get to choose what they're selling, and you get to choose where and what you buy.
But, what about the cost of producing the music? The engineers, the studio, the artists? How about the artwork? That's not free. The mechanical royalties legislated by Congress are over 80 cents - almost as much as the cost of the CD. What about the musicians? The producer? The distributor, retailer and shipping companies? Should we advertise this music? How does that get paid for?
If you're thinking a CD should cost maybe $1 plus a dime or so of profit, you totally have your head up your ass.
I have dreamed for years about how rich a learning experience could be if textbooks had motion and video. For example, imagine how easy it would be to explain the difference between frequency and phase if you could have a couple of sine waves on a graph that change as one drags a slider back and forth? How would you even do that on a Kindle?
Then there's the whole app thing, where you can build applications that target specific learning needs.
Kindle is really great as a replacement for printed novels, but it just doesn't cut it for the education market.
Apparently: "When you tap on it, it fills the screen or you can hit a button in the top left to close the ad."
This post totally ignores the value of the software and user interface on the iPad. It distills the value of all devices down the hardware, and whether or not the applications will have DRM-d data files. Thereby, it devalues the work of all user interfaces and programmers everywhere.
The lawsuit is not "similar to Microsoft's" patents over Linux functionality. They're over a competitor using patented technology. The post immediately denigrates the validity of the litigation by linking it to something that it is not. Why editorialize? Why can't the lawsuit just be about patent infringement instead of "scaring the industry"??
Dude, it does what you want. When you "send" an email, the mail program runs in the background, even after you close it and switch to another app. It even continues to do the send even after you put your iPhone to sleep. The phone *does* multitask, but only certain apps (like mail and ipod) are allowed to do so.
That's not what the parent said - he said "far exceeding the number of iPhones sold in a year" and "close to the number of all types of iPods combined". I'm not challenging whether 10M iSlates make sense - only his assertion about the number of devices sold.
Dude, they sold 10 million iPhones in the first full year of sales. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IPhone_sales_per_quarter_simple.svg As for iPods, the total number sold is over a quarter billion. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ipod_sales_per_quarter.svg
which is why they died out. What does that say about the future of the IT profession?
Maybe, just maybe, there is some Hype and Hysteria about Apple. Maybe most of the apps do get approved quickly, just like they say?