Apple is worried that there will be no lines and that this will make the news, sending their stock price down.
So, they've created a highly-publicised reservation system to prevent any such news from being relevant.
Or the reverse - they don't have enough.
Their supply is constrained, which has been known for a long time.
I doubt it will sell as well as the iPhone (what could really?), but I am certain that demand will heavily outstrip supply, at least for the first couple of months.
Exclusive is a salesperson spending an hour just with you, patiently helping you to choose just the right style. Like... Macy's, when buying a watch of comparable price! Apple can not sell jewelry for nuts, they should have partnered with stores that have experience with making customers feel exclusive.
What makes you think they haven't done that?
(hint: they have, but they're also selling them in Apple stores too).
Until their supply chain levels out, they're constrained.
You don't think they really want to do it this way in an ideal situation right?
They want to do whatever will make them the most money, but they have to contend with the fact that they simply will not have enough supply for the first few months of sales.
The thing is, the law as signed by Clinton was also wrong, and he was wrong for signing it.
This Indiana law, which goes further than the Clinton law by some margin, is designed precisely to discriminate against gay people. The primary author of the bill has said so on the record.
Privately you can believe what you want, but if you run a business you have to follow various rules - for example, signs saying "no blacks" are typically frowned upon. As it happens, currently "no gays" is actually not illegal (making the indiana bigotry law unnecessary anyway).
You're not required to think the same way, you're just required to follow a certain set of minimum criteria when running a business that interacts with the public.
You can afford to pay any amount of medical expenses (for example, major heart surgery, serious trauma surgery etc) with cash on hand?
It's wager that you're something of an edge case.
Otherwise, I call bullshit on insurance "not providing anything [you] can't provide on your own".
Or do you mean your parents will pay?
Or are you just monumentally stupid enough to simply roll the dice daily by not having insurance and thinking you couldn't possibly get sick or be injured? and consider that a better position than actually having insurance (or access to universal healthcare if you live in any of the other developed nations on earth)?
The law that the original article tried to "gotcha" her with went into effect years after she left office.
As far as can be determined there's no "clear" criminal offence here, unless the law is applied retroactively, in which case she's not the only secretary of state who is apparently subject to a law that wasn't in effect at the time of their "crime".
Think you got your logic flipped there, mate./.'s been iTard heavy for a while now.
Leaving aside the playground-quality insult skills (given the low UID did you borrow your dad's/. account to post?), the claim that slashdot is "heavily" pro-Apple is laughable.
It's one of the funniest things I've read all week.
I see you didn't actually address the point. Consumer Electronics are a different market segment from luxury jewellery for the reasons I implied. Apple is about to learn this the hard way.
I find that when certain keywords like "iToy", "fanbois", "sheeple", "Crapple" and so on are in the post, addressing the point with factual rebuttals tends to be futile.
That train has already sailed.
For the record on this one, the idea that there will be a thriving industry for the repair of niche mechanical timepieces in 100 years but not one for niche electronics is not a point that can be easily answered, but a decade from now? Are you kidding?
It isn't a good idea to completely deplete a lithium-ion battery on a regular basis. Keeping its charge above 25% makes makes an 18-hour battery a 13.5-hour battery, which means it must be charged 1.8 times a day, unless you charge it overnight while you sleep.
Still, its battery life is a step back from conventional watches. If you're going to invent a new mousetrap, you should try to make it at least as good as the old one in every way--no regressions.
You don't think Apple are quoting the usable life of the battery?
That buffer zone is already included in the battery's charge controller. When it says "0%" it isn't really at 0%.
And this can be done by any number of watchmakers who have been plying their trade for over 100 years, and will still be doing so in another 100. Good luck getting parts for your iToy in even 10 years time...
Goodness, the hate is strong in this one.
Let it flow through you. It makes you stronger.
Seriously, you're going with that as an argument?
It's as if you think technology exists in some separate reality from... well, anything that allows you to make a case against Apple, I guess.
The temperature last June was -135.4 degrees below 0. Laugh at that. Its just.3 of a degree within being the coldest temperature ever recorded on the planet. Or how about this "scientist", Dr. David Viner of the Hadley Climate Research Center: "We have seen our last snowfall. A snowfall will become a rare and exciting event. Children will just grow up not knowing what snow looks like."
That was in the year 2000. 15 years later with winters colder than ever we see that his "science" was wrong. The number of people freezing to death has not gone down. The number of snowfalls in Florida has not gone down (it snowed there in January). Now if you still believe in whack-jobs who are doing politics and not science then just keep supporting them and not requiring to disclose where they came across this new-found alien science that no one knows about but the Environmental Quacks and no one can see but them. That is how we wind up with anti-vaxxers and the zealots behind the GMO hysteria.
Ladies and gentlemen, I present the clearest demonstration of the anti-climate-change camp's lack of understanding about the difference between weather and climate and the total lack of understanding of the concept of an average.
And to warp up, what makes money from the fossil fuel industry so dirty when its tied to papers that disagree with AGW but clean as white snow when its given to the AGW camp side? Because I'm sure you know that there is just as much, if not more money given by big energy to the AGW camp, from Shell, to Exxon, Koch and others.
I know - I mentioned this specifically earlier in the comments.
I have been funded by exactly that sort of money, in fact, in past research, although I am currently funded via a large general programme grant.
You're inferring that I think "oil money" is dirty. All I'm saying is that not disclosing your funding source *regardless of what your science says* is suspect.
He worked, as did his co-authors, on this paper on his own time.
As was disclosed.
Given the nature of the material in it, that is a very convenient dodge, and is certainly an unusual way to go about it.
There's obviously nothing wrong with that (assuming that your other funding sources can pay your bills), but it's not typical. Whether it is suspicious or not, it looks suspicious.
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Apple is worried that there will be no lines and that this will make the news, sending their stock price down.
So, they've created a highly-publicised reservation system to prevent any such news from being relevant.
Or the reverse - they don't have enough.
Their supply is constrained, which has been known for a long time.
I doubt it will sell as well as the iPhone (what could really?), but I am certain that demand will heavily outstrip supply, at least for the first couple of months.
Exclusive is a salesperson spending an hour just with you, patiently helping you to choose just the right style. Like... Macy's, when buying a watch of comparable price! Apple can not sell jewelry for nuts, they should have partnered with stores that have experience with making customers feel exclusive.
What makes you think they haven't done that?
(hint: they have, but they're also selling them in Apple stores too).
They don't have enough of them, simple as that.
Until their supply chain levels out, they're constrained.
You don't think they really want to do it this way in an ideal situation right?
They want to do whatever will make them the most money, but they have to contend with the fact that they simply will not have enough supply for the first few months of sales.
The thing is, the law as signed by Clinton was also wrong, and he was wrong for signing it.
This Indiana law, which goes further than the Clinton law by some margin, is designed precisely to discriminate against gay people. The primary author of the bill has said so on the record.
How did this tripe get moderated "interesting"?
Unless by "interesting" the moderators felt "so divorced from reality as to be an interesting view into the out of touch mind".
That's all very well until you open a business.
Privately you can believe what you want, but if you run a business you have to follow various rules - for example, signs saying "no blacks" are typically frowned upon. As it happens, currently "no gays" is actually not illegal (making the indiana bigotry law unnecessary anyway).
You're not required to think the same way, you're just required to follow a certain set of minimum criteria when running a business that interacts with the public.
You can afford to pay any amount of medical expenses (for example, major heart surgery, serious trauma surgery etc) with cash on hand?
It's wager that you're something of an edge case.
Otherwise, I call bullshit on insurance "not providing anything [you] can't provide on your own".
Or do you mean your parents will pay?
Or are you just monumentally stupid enough to simply roll the dice daily by not having insurance and thinking you couldn't possibly get sick or be injured? and consider that a better position than actually having insurance (or access to universal healthcare if you live in any of the other developed nations on earth)?
A touchscreen is capable of displaying a keyboard, so yes, it can be a keyboard.
And thanks for answering my question, idiot.
Ah, so no argument then. I thought so.
Or, if we're going by your logic, the iPhone wins because it's the lightest. I mean, it can display a keyboard on the screen too so it counts.
How is it a clear criminal offence?
The law that the original article tried to "gotcha" her with went into effect years after she left office.
As far as can be determined there's no "clear" criminal offence here, unless the law is applied retroactively, in which case she's not the only secretary of state who is apparently subject to a law that wasn't in effect at the time of their "crime".
Think you got your logic flipped there, mate. /.'s been iTard heavy for a while now.
Leaving aside the playground-quality insult skills (given the low UID did you borrow your dad's /. account to post?), the claim that slashdot is "heavily" pro-Apple is laughable.
It's one of the funniest things I've read all week.
I see you didn't actually address the point. Consumer Electronics are a different market segment from luxury jewellery for the reasons I implied. Apple is about to learn this the hard way.
I find that when certain keywords like "iToy", "fanbois", "sheeple", "Crapple" and so on are in the post, addressing the point with factual rebuttals tends to be futile.
That train has already sailed.
For the record on this one, the idea that there will be a thriving industry for the repair of niche mechanical timepieces in 100 years but not one for niche electronics is not a point that can be easily answered, but a decade from now? Are you kidding?
1.76 lbs. The touchscreen is part of the computer, hence it is already attached.
Are you trying to move goalposts or are you just an idiot?
How am I moving the goalposts by asking about the keyboard?
A touchscreen is not a keyboard.
A keyboard is a device with physical keys that you press. A touchscreen is a touch-sensitive layer over the top of a physical screen.
How does this make me an idiot? I'm struggling here. Please help me out "n00b".
Also, you forgot to log in again.
It isn't a good idea to completely deplete a lithium-ion battery on a regular basis. Keeping its charge above 25% makes makes an 18-hour battery a 13.5-hour battery, which means it must be charged 1.8 times a day, unless you charge it overnight while you sleep.
Still, its battery life is a step back from conventional watches. If you're going to invent a new mousetrap, you should try to make it at least as good as the old one in every way--no regressions.
You don't think Apple are quoting the usable life of the battery?
That buffer zone is already included in the battery's charge controller. When it says "0%" it isn't really at 0%.
And this can be done by any number of watchmakers who have been plying their trade for over 100 years, and will still be doing so in another 100. Good luck getting parts for your iToy in even 10 years time...
Goodness, the hate is strong in this one.
Let it flow through you. It makes you stronger.
Seriously, you're going with that as an argument?
It's as if you think technology exists in some separate reality from... well, anything that allows you to make a case against Apple, I guess.
Microsoft Surface Pro 3. 1.76 lbs, 9.1 mm.
Pwned, n00b.
What does it weigh with a keyboard attached, "n00b"?
Am I doing this right?
almost any netbook, on top of that you can get um for under half the cost of this
next?
Citation needed.
Let's see the links.
You posted this same exact troll cut and paste in the same thread to another poster.
Man, the haters are getting lazy.
You could at least remember to log in. It's one extra checkbox after you hit control+v.
You have no idea how bills are passed, do you?
It really shows.
The temperature last June was -135.4 degrees below 0. Laugh at that. Its just .3 of a degree within being the coldest temperature ever recorded on the planet. Or how about this "scientist", Dr. David Viner of the Hadley Climate Research Center: "We have seen our last snowfall. A snowfall will become a rare and exciting event. Children will just grow up not knowing what snow looks like."
That was in the year 2000. 15 years later with winters colder than ever we see that his "science" was wrong. The number of people freezing to death has not gone down. The number of snowfalls in Florida has not gone down (it snowed there in January). Now if you still believe in whack-jobs who are doing politics and not science then just keep supporting them and not requiring to disclose where they came across this new-found alien science that no one knows about but the Environmental Quacks and no one can see but them. That is how we wind up with anti-vaxxers and the zealots behind the GMO hysteria.
Ladies and gentlemen, I present the clearest demonstration of the anti-climate-change camp's lack of understanding about the difference between weather and climate and the total lack of understanding of the concept of an average.
Also interesting to note here that according to Slashdot, it's official that Safari is more notable than Chrome.
Must be market share or something.
And to warp up, what makes money from the fossil fuel industry so dirty when its tied to papers that disagree with AGW but clean as white snow when its given to the AGW camp side? Because I'm sure you know that there is just as much, if not more money given by big energy to the AGW camp, from Shell, to Exxon, Koch and others.
I know - I mentioned this specifically earlier in the comments.
I have been funded by exactly that sort of money, in fact, in past research, although I am currently funded via a large general programme grant.
You're inferring that I think "oil money" is dirty. All I'm saying is that not disclosing your funding source *regardless of what your science says* is suspect.
He worked, as did his co-authors, on this paper on his own time.
As was disclosed.
Given the nature of the material in it, that is a very convenient dodge, and is certainly an unusual way to go about it.
There's obviously nothing wrong with that (assuming that your other funding sources can pay your bills), but it's not typical. Whether it is suspicious or not, it looks suspicious.
Is that why there are so many medical studies showing that smoking pot does not have short-term harmful effects? Standard? Sure. Ethical? My ass.
There are lots of papers that say that, just as there are many that say the opposite. It's not at all settled.
They all should disclose who is funding them though, as is typical.
Prove that he didnt.
Look at his paper and also at the sup for his paper. Is it in there?
Proof.
Next question?
In which case their funding source is the program grant that keeps them employed and pays his rent.