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While Apple is doing great, I see some flatlining starting next year once the market for high-price computers start to saturate. Just an opinion.
Absurd. It's also awesome that they continue to mock the Street by giving their ridiculously low estimates for the succeeding quarter.
I saw that - the revenue projection for next quarter is $3.5b less than revenue for this quarter. I don't understand this. Are there any rules for making accurate revenue projections?
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Some things I really like and some I really hate. Overall though I like it (Macbook Pro 13" base model - no upgrades). I don't know why but I thought it would load applications faster than it does. Though, the overpowered Dell I bought last December is even slower. Why do I have this feeling my Mac should load applications faster? I don't know. I don't like traversing the file system in the Mac. Perhaps its familiari…
command-shift-n to create a new folder even in a save dialog. command-shift-g to quickly go to a filesystem path (supports tab completion. It's unix filesystem, so ~/ == your home directory. ~/Doc[tab] will take you to your Documents folder, etc). As for speed - RAM upgrade and an SSD make all the difference in the world (as they would for windows as well). Oh, also, if you're new to the mac, you might need some of t…
Native shortcuts to take various screenshots (unrelated to anything, but so useful and cool): http://guides.macrumors.com/Taking_Screenshots_in_Mac_OS_X
* Sparrow http://sparrowmailapp.com/ - Gmail done right
* TextWrangler http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/ - Best text editor, for any purpose and free
* Pixelmator http://www.pixelmator.com/ - Mac equivalent of Paint.NET except it's not free. Worth it though!
* Transmit http://www.panic.com/transmit/ - FTP, SFTP, you-name-it client
* LittleSnitch http://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html - Software firewall for when you want to block certain apps outgoing web requests
Enjoy your new Mac!
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Probably because people have been predicting this kind of thing for years. It is also worth pointing out that only 18% of Apple's ridiculous revenue comes from Mac sales.
To be fair, people have been predicting both sides of the coin for a while. People predicting success on hacker news tend to get upvoted, and people predicting failure tend to be downvoted, regardless of the reality of the situation. Right now Apple is doing great. I would still question the sustainability of this business as an investor. What's next after ipad? Long term, 5 years say, ipad/iphone margins will evapor…
Who knows, but I’ve learned not to bet against Apple too often. Who would have foreseen the popularity and success of the iPad just a couple of years ago? The iPhone is barely four years old and has dramatically changed the industry as well.
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I went to an MS store in LA the other week. It was sad, but I couldn't stop laughing. Why is there an MS store when all of the products on display aren't even MS products? The tablet right in the front of the store didn't even work (touchscreen was broken), and it had a STYLUS! I actually laughed out loud. Within close proximity was an Apple store, the MS store, and a Sony store as well. The Sony and MS stores were s…
It is interesting to note that the first Sony retail store wholly owned and operated by Sony opened in 1982 [1], way before the first Apple store in 2001 [2]. Although Sony had retail stores almost 20 years before Apple, their stores are not as popular, likely because of the lack of demand for their products. -------------------------------------- 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Canada#Sony_Style 2. http://en.wi…
Absolutely absurd and amazing at the same time. Tip your hat to Apple, nothing else to do in this case.
Or you can marvel in amazement at their greed in suing their competitors.
http://thenextweb.com/mobile/2010/10/08/whos-suing-whom-in-m...
The nice thing about this is that they sold 20 million iphone 4, which is actually over an year old now ...
Exactly! I think a flood of new iPhones owners will be hitting this fall. I know plenty of iPhone 3GS owners waiting to pick up the rumored iPhone 5. By that point, I may even be ready to replace my iPhone 4 with the 5...
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It is interesting to note that the first Sony retail store wholly owned and operated by Sony opened in 1982 [1], way before the first Apple store in 2001 [2]. Although Sony had retail stores almost 20 years before Apple, their stores are not as popular, likely because of the lack of demand for their products. -------------------------------------- 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Canada#Sony_Style 2. http://en.wi…
There's a Sony store in New York on Madison Avenue. It closes at 7pm. In New York. A few blocks away there's an Apple store that does not close . Ever.
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Or you can marvel in amazement at their greed in suing their competitors.
All the major players in the mobile space are suing each other. http://thenextweb.com/mobile/2010/10/08/whos-suing-whom-in-m...