14% of 34 Billion in revenue is about 4.76 Billion in revenue from the Macs alone, in one quarter. To cut that off would be sheer stupidity. I think you fail to realize just how much money is being made on the Macs.
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14% of 34 Billion in revenue is about 4.76 Billion in revenue from the Macs alone, in one quarter. To cut that off would be sheer stupidity. I think you fail to realize just how much money is being made on the Macs.
Project Glass.
https://plus.google.com/111626127367496192147/posts
Besides, Google is an Internet and a software company, making gadgets is a "hobby" for them. You know, just like a certain product that sold millions of units still is only a hobby for a certain tech company with a fruit logo from California.
What consumer electronics/tech companies are putting out revolutionary or very innovative products right now? Is a bigger screen on a phone revolutionary? A bigger screen to support a bigger battery to support LTE that the telecoms are pushing? I don't see any other companies pushing out things that blow me away. Maybe Microsoft and Kinnect. When the iPad first came out it was mocked as just an oversized iPod Touch. Well gee, then couldn't we say the Nexus 7 is just an oversized phone (without cellular)? What makes a larger phone or smaller tablet innovative or revolutionary?
Project Glass doesn't even exist.
Vapor ware as they say, let me know when you've got one on your face.
Vapor ware as they say, let me know when you've got one on your face.
It's no different to the many many empty rumour articles written every day. I think people like the Apple rumour hype machine. And "amazing new products are in the pipeline" keeps the Apple hype machine rolling on.
hmm.. how can you say that rMBP isn't new?
When people stop copying Apple the litigation will go away. I'm not pissed off at company trying to protect their innovation. Why are you?
What I'm pissed off is a company try to use standard patent to hurt competition. Is that piss you off?
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You can just Airplay/Mirror from you iPad/iPhone. Why on earth would they put in a browser?
Not to mention, the Google Driverless Car.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_driverless_car
That could take the company to a whole new level of integration into our lives.
I think the argument is that since it is four weeks old now it isn't new. By that logic, Apple hasn't released a new product with the rMBP, but an old product. Actually, if you follow that logic, Apple has never released a new product.
They tried to get 'round this by calling the iPad 3 "new iPad", but as we all know, it is now the "old iPad", so that wasn't a new product either.
On the other hand, since Apple has never released a Samsung phone or tablet, they are all new products, so Samsung is selling new products all the time.
Other companies have made driverless cars too, Google were not the only ones, nor the first ones.
So you don't have to have your iPad/iPhone by the TV. The point is to have options not to limit them.
Otherwise AppleTV is just a wireless video extender.
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook-air/specs/macbook-air-core-2-duo-1.6-13-specs.html
It weighed 3 pounds with no SSD standard. It was slow and clunky as the cpu was underclocked. It started at $1800 with a really poor configuration. The experiment failed and they revised it. In spite of your experiences, the machine seems to be doing fine. I'm not sure how much of that comes from its price point relative to the other macs.
Their shareholders would crucify them for this. If you look at the pie chart, it's not all ipads. It's really more diverse than you're suggesting with itunes, the app store, the iphone, ipad, macs, and the ipod all making contributions. Cutting off several billion dollars per quarter is not something that would send a good message. In fact it would be stupid as they would lose sales yet maintain support costs for several years.
So, what's the Autumn (sorry.. "Fall") transition which reduces their margins?
It implies raised production costs, or reduced prices. I can't imagine Apple is going to shift to selling lower priced products now; so the likelihood is increased production costs. I guess the obvious candidate would be more Retina devices: they'll be adding more expensive displays across the product line, without raising prices to compensate.
It implies raised production costs, or reduced prices. I can't imagine Apple is going to shift to selling lower priced products now; so the likelihood is increased production costs. I guess the obvious candidate would be more Retina devices: they'll be adding more expensive displays across the product line, without raising prices to compensate.
This reminds me of the quote from Pauline Kael who said after the '72 election "How could Nixon have won? Nobody I know voted for him". What evidence other than anecdotal do you have that no one is buying the MBA? If the really was the case Apple wouldn't be selling them. And PC OEM's wouldnt be copying it left, right and center. Apple is not going to spend money manufacturing a product nobody is buying. And $300? Are you joking? Name for me one PC Ultrabook that is selling for $300. The ones that get the best reviews are priced comparable to the MBA. So I'm not sure where you're getting $300 from.
I think I 've missed the part where you actually replied to my points about the lack of real technical innovation at apple...
Invented it? No, it goes back at least to Socrates; but I believe the U.S. was the first government to make it a fundamentally recognized freedom for all of its citizens within its constitution (1791, First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution)
Americans are arrogant, yes. But let us have a sense of legitimate pride on succeeding in making free speech a fundamental right for over 200 years now. This was a good thing.
[edit] - credit where credit is due, France was also working on it at essentially the exact same time.
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and what are you going to do with these glasses while walking around? get a hard on from all the data coming to you?
Nope, you're just realistic.
The big question I have now for Apple and the rest of the tech industry is: Where do we go from here? The "computer" has evolved from a room of vacuum tubes to a desktop to a laptop to a portable screen of varying sizes. What's the next step?
Cyborgs baby!
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Nope, you're just realistic.
The big question I have now for Apple and the rest of the tech industry is: Where do we go from here? The "computer" has evolved from a room of vacuum tubes to a desktop to a laptop to a portable screen of varying sizes. What's the next step?
The next step is a re-emergence of Microsoft just sitting and waiting WINDOWS 8 anyone?