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Expected arrival times for Apple products

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Re: Expected arrival times for Apple products

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Post by runjake »

simonsarris wrote: post #15

This is a great idea, and is especially pertinent to Mac fans who care about the hardware they are using. Since Apple does not discount old hardware (even with 2-3 year old video cards, they charge the same amount as a brand new updated mac the very next week[1]), people buying a Macbook pro at the wrong end of the timeline can get totally shafted on equipment, especially from a price-per-performance view. That feels…

They've discounted several different models, iMacs, Macbook Airs, and just recently, their line of Retina Macbook Pros. Heck, even their very competitive iPhones (once that I can recall) and iPads. So you'd be incorrect.

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Post by whatshisface »

rohern wrote: post #21
Domenic_S wrote: post #19

Firefox 19/mac, progress bars don't display.

I love Firefox, but I am encountering problems like this more and more often. It's a disaster to use with Coursera or Netflix.

"This page is best viewed with Google Explorer"

It looks like the page is doing something funny with javascript to render the bars, why not just use good old css?

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Post by anti-pattern »

ricardobeat wrote: post #16

Is this just scraping http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/ ?

I've looked at their data, but I believe I've dropped some things that they consider releases. The whole thing is kind of subjective as to what constitutes a release or not. But no, I didn't just scrape their site. I compiled my own data from a variety of different freely available sources.

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Post by potatolicious »

Samuel_Michon wrote: post #14
JimEngland wrote: post #3

Only 106 days until a new Thunderbolt Display! I really hope that it turns into an "Apple TV" announcement.

A successor to Apple's current desktop display is more likely at least 7 months out. Look at the historical data: ignoring the outlier, Apple releases a new screen every 25 months - we're 18 months in. The last update was timed so because Apple switched from Mini DisplayPort to Thunderbolt. http://arrival.io/apple-thunderbolt-display As for Apple releasing a TV screen, I don't see it happening for at least a couple o…

Not to mention the state of the art hasn't moved very much - that 27" IPS LCD panel is still the very same that's being used by Dell, HP, et al.

There's been a lot of development on both smaller and larger screen sizes, but the 27" form factor seems to be at a relative standstill.

I don't expect to see an update unless there is a major change to either the panel tech or the interface tech. I really do hope that Apple reopens the >= 30-inch space though.

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Post by javajosh »

javajosh wrote: post #39

Eventually Apple will sell hardware subscriptions, where you just turn in your old gear and get new stuff every year. (Maybe they can give your old ipods to starving kids or something).

Fine! Perhaps I deserved a down-vote. Or two. But there is something to what I'm saying: all businesses seem to want to reach for the "annuity" business. MS did it. Apple does it. Adobe does it. Adobe is becoming explicit about it, too.

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Post by gojomo »

My own personal expected arrival times:

• Apple iEyes, stylish head-worn computer: 2016

• Apple MagicMindPad, implantable universal 3D/multitouch pointer device: 2021

• Apple nuRetina, permanent replacement for your biological retina: 2028

(Impulse purchases at the fancy Apple surgical centers are going to be big business in the 2020's.)

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