Did you know that you can also write 4 as IIII
I saw it on a building at Yale University so it must be true.
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Did you know that you can also write 4 as IIII
I saw it on a building at Yale University so it must be true.
BTW How do you write 4001 in Roman Numerals?
Peaked?
What happens to companies that HAVEN'T PEAKED and do nothing?
You act like having success is a dangerous thing
The iPad was a freaking game changer, not just some larger version of something.
Successful because it is Apple???
So the next thing should have no problem, because it is Apple
Big wave of iPhone 4?
oh yeah that revolutionary device, I remember
Zero competition
Don't you mean other companies with zero innovation.
Which brings me back to
What happens to companies that do nothing?
Is Apple just going to go to sleep now?
Lastly
Shareholders, when did Apple care what they thought?
Do the shareholders want Apple to decide things based on investors interests?
Did they ever do that?
Investors know that the Golden Goose should be left alone.
Apple likes to innovate, don't worry about them.
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RE: Apple Tech Talks
this seems to be happening more and more... I work for a Premium Service Provider and this documentation was on apple's GSX Website......
Published Date:
22 Apr 2013
AppleCare is pleased to present Bench Talk Live, an Apple Field Service training session developed to expand the technical proficiency of new and veteran Mac technicians.
During the session, information on a number of service topics and initiatives will be presented. In addition, attendees can participate in take-apart sessions of Apple's newest products. AppleCare employees will be present throughout the event for questions and feedback.
Please join AppleCare for Bench Talk Live in Philadelphia on Tuesday, May 14, 2013:
2:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Loews Philadelphia Hotel
1200 Market Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
Please register online to reserve a spot.
The event is open to all service managers and technicians of active Apple Authorized Service Providers. Note that while the session is free, registrants are responsible for transportation and area accommodations (if applicable).
Premium Service Providers will have access to the event one hour prior to the general audience (at 1:30 p.m.) for a special session designed specifically to recognize this outstanding achievement. Details will be provided to
Premium Service Providers at a later date.
this seems to be happening more and more... I work for a Premium Service Provider and this documentation was on apple's GSX Website......
Published Date:
22 Apr 2013
AppleCare is pleased to present Bench Talk Live, an Apple Field Service training session developed to expand the technical proficiency of new and veteran Mac technicians.
During the session, information on a number of service topics and initiatives will be presented. In addition, attendees can participate in take-apart sessions of Apple's newest products. AppleCare employees will be present throughout the event for questions and feedback.
Please join AppleCare for Bench Talk Live in Philadelphia on Tuesday, May 14, 2013:
2:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Loews Philadelphia Hotel
1200 Market Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
Please register online to reserve a spot.
The event is open to all service managers and technicians of active Apple Authorized Service Providers. Note that while the session is free, registrants are responsible for transportation and area accommodations (if applicable).
Premium Service Providers will have access to the event one hour prior to the general audience (at 1:30 p.m.) for a special session designed specifically to recognize this outstanding achievement. Details will be provided to
Premium Service Providers at a later date.
Thanks for the recommendations. I will definitely look into JQuery.
Yeah, I'm anticipating that I may not be successful, but we'll see.
As a matter of fact, I started to look into this last year and originally thought about going the GameSalad route, but I had some concerns about going with a game-focused IDE, as I'd like for the IDE to be useful for productivity purposes as well.
IVI with an overscore line above the IV, the overscore line instantly makes it a thousand times larger. That was what I was taught in school anyway.
Found this that shows it:
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Bigger, Better, Faster, Stronger
This is what I was talking about in my several rants last Wednesday.
Apple's brand isn't just shiny toys and hipster commercials. It's a quality product AND service that doesn't just work to send a customer out the door with a product and take their money but to advance a better form of customer-producer dynamic.
I hope they continue this and extend it even further to additional market conferences too. The Apple Store experience is awesome and their developer and consumer base is still expanding, as long as they keep expanding and growing with that demand, the fun is just getting started.
This is what I was talking about in my several rants last Wednesday.
Apple's brand isn't just shiny toys and hipster commercials. It's a quality product AND service that doesn't just work to send a customer out the door with a product and take their money but to advance a better form of customer-producer dynamic.
I hope they continue this and extend it even further to additional market conferences too. The Apple Store experience is awesome and their developer and consumer base is still expanding, as long as they keep expanding and growing with that demand, the fun is just getting started.
the clues are there folks... bright neon colors, flat design, jelly like look... iOS 7.
Haha, brilliant. Needed a laugh today.
You forgot in your list of laptop breakthroughs that they added retina displays recently, dragging the benchmark up for the entire laptop industry.
My Thunderbolt equipped laptop rMBP which is FANTASTIC for my needs. The rMBP is the best laptop I've ever used. And the Thunderbolt port is superb. If I was a data crunching scientific analyst I'd probably want something with more power but Im not Im Joe Average/Mr 99%.
I agree that they've removed a lot of things from their line up - but think for a second. Why would they do it? They have physical stores to service their users products. They know exactly what gets used and doesnt - they probably have some of the most accurate computer usage trends on the planet due to this face to face connection. They don't remove things out of spite. Thankfully for you there are a number of computers that have Firewire, Blu-Ray and all the rest, just without the pretty Apple logo.
iPhone is elongated? Yep, it is. What did you want, wider too? There are other brands that meet your needs - no company is going to cater to your every whim every platform will have tradeoffs. There is no panacea. Apple chose to their own path, you don't like it, many do. I like the iPhone 5, it's engineered brilliantly. If anything I was happy with the 3.5" screen of the previous models (I use an iPhone 4 too as my work phone and whilst it feels chunky compared to my 5, I have no issue with the smaller screen). It's a phone; I use it to check the web quickly, communicate and listen to music. Not to say they should or shouldn't make a bigger one - no doubt it will sell, but personally I have no interest in such a phone I dont see what the larger screen would add to MY user experience. Lots of people use their phones for different things. If I was a commuter watching videos on my commute I may want a bigger screened phone (personally I'd take my iPad, but that's me). I really don't NEED a more than 4 inches on a phone. But everyone's usage needs vary.
On the iPad front, Im pretty sure the new one (5th Gen) will follow the iPad minis design language so you can sleep easy that it will no longer look like the iPad 1. For my tablet uses the 3rd gen works just fine - but I'm looking forward to thinner and lighter on the new one as it'll help with the long use sessions. I dont want my tablet to become my hub. I dont think Apple will go that way either. I mean seriously, if thats what you want then Id love to see what youre using youre tablet for Ill then proceed to place you in that pile over there labelled niche use cases.
Yes their products are expensive. I'll give you that, if I couldn't afford them I'd buy something else. I've always wanted a Ferrari - but BMWs/Fords/Audis are more in my price bracket so that's what I've driven. I don't knock Ferrari, I just respect what they do and how they do it. But luckily I can, and they work great. At work I use a Lenovo T430, the keyboard is ok and performance is decent too (for my uses). But the screen and trackpad make the experience a very poor one. Not to mention IMO its ugly compared to any current MacBook but thats completely subjective.
"High markup, low specs". This will not change. Look at who Apple sell to. They're obviously a consumer focused company (observing their product releases over the last decade spells that out). Unfortunately companies like Apple, Google and Samsung are in the money making business. And Apple in particular is making more of it than they ever have done before. But by your logic they're backwards. <s>Good analysis</s>. I'll personally take the battery life, ecosystem (AirPlay, Thunderbolt etc) and design of the rMBP over something higher powered and thicker/lower battery life and I think the majority of non power users will agree.
"Ignore the OS". My favourite line in your entire rant. LOL.
Overall it sounds like you're upset that Apples decisions don't fit your needs. It looks as though you should be buying non-Apple kit. I just hope they don't take your decisions on board or else I'll be the one needing to find my tech elsewhere!
Thanks again for the giggle. Brightened up my day.
Haha, brilliant. Needed a laugh today.
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Thanks again for the giggle. Brightened up my day.
No problem! I think you missed the main point of my rant though. Mainly, that Apple used to be at the forefront of tech, and now they're at the forefront of removing technology and stagnating while increasing their prices.
I think you can trace this theme all the way back to NeXT - who had bleeding edge tech, insane prices and tiny sales... through to today... meeting mass market needs with more sensibly (albeit high end) priced goods but monster sales. Slowly they've scaled this technology back, to meet wider market needs. I can see 2 things...
1. For me personally, the entire Apple ecosystem works fantastically. Desktop (a 2008 iMac soon to be retired- just doesn't get used anymore otehr than as a media player), MacBook, Apple TV, Time Capsule, iPhone 5, work issue iPhone 4 and 3rd gen iPad. I personally value consistency in both asthetics and functionality. More of my friends and family own something made by Apple now than ever before.
2. When viewed as a whole Apple are growing fantastically. I personally don't care who sells the most phones, laptops, desktops, apps, songs. But I do care about Apple being one of the top players - if only to ensure market support for the platform (in terms of developers, favourable label licences for music, TV and movies). If that support dies the platform withers - first party software, no matter how great, only takes you so far; see Nintendo... Looking at WWDC ticket sales it appears that dev support at least is healthier than ever.
Observing those 2 things I have to ask... does it matter about being at the abolute tech forefront? Personally I think no:
1. They've got their strongest product line-up ever (subjective I know - but apart from the Mac Pro it's cracking)
2. Consumer satisfaction appears to be as high as ever
3. Dev support is strong
4. Apple still seem to have enough muscle to get the content deals they need ("iRadio" may confirm this soon)
5. They're making more money than they've ever done
So why would they want to go back to being at the cutting edge, catering to the niche and making small money. When they can hit the mass market needs and shift big volume instead? This isn't just an innovation competion, these for profit companies - their strategic decisions are made to generate as much money as possible, and if run properly they'll be looking shhort, medium and long term.
Finally if Apple is no longer at the forefront in your eyes - who is? Google? Samsung? Microsoft? Facebook? Amazon? From my lofty soapbox, they all appear to be helping push the tech market along in their own way at the moment.
And that's all I'm saying. I preferred when Apple was on the forefront of technology and not an overpriced mass-market player.
Who's at the forefront? Right now, there's no single clear player - Microsoft is at the forefront of industrial design, lenovo is the new IBM for business computers, social networking is all over the place, but hardware is probably Google - glass, nexus lineup, etc.
You echo my sentiments RE the 'forefront' - I think it's a mix of players leading on various areas (completely subjective). I completely disagree with your choices...
Microsoft: Really? Why? The Surface? Has interesting materials and is quality. But IMHO the iPad line is better designed. But let's say the Surface has better industrial design. What else does Microsoft have? I have an Xbox 360 Slim (new design) and it's meh at best design wise. Their keyboards and mice are functional, but sure aren't pretty. And when they're trying to be pretty, they awful to use (the Arc mouse springs to mind). I personally think no other tech company boasts a product line with industrial design like Apples. From the iMac, Mac mini and various MacBooks. To the iPhone, iPads and iPod Touch.
Lenovo: bought the Thinkpad brand which means it practically is IBM of business computer. Like I mentioned, I use a newish ThinkPad T430 as my work laptop. It is pretty bad, namely the screen and the trackpad. Keyboard, build quality are decent. There MUST be better Windows machines for business? Unfortunately I have no choice but to use this machine as we work with sensitive data (no BYOD policy). I also completely think Windows + Office beats the pants off the OS X equivalent for business use. At home I'm happy with Apple computers and iWork. A MacBook plus Windows 7 would be my ideal business machine.
Google: For whipping up a storm in terms of forward thinking ideas yes (although we don't know what Apple, Microsoft, Samsung etc have in their labs). Glass I think would/will be awesome in business\professional use (giving a presentation, surgeon performing, paramedic on scene, police officers, pilots etc). But for consumer use it fills me with dread. I really hope they don't take off. There's the whole privacy thing. I just don't know. My feelings are mixed. I pay £20 a month for contacts as I hate wearing glasses. The Nexus 4 is pretty, but personally feel quality wise in the hand it's behind the HTC One and iPhone 5 (plus the Nexus 4 has a poor camera). The Nexus 10 has some nice design ideas (front firing speakers are smart). I imagine there would be people who like both Apple and Google's tablets design wise. I don't think Google are doing anything mind blowing hardware wise - more than anything it seems as though they've just closed the gap to Apple's mobile devices with the Nexus line, Chrome Pixel etc over the last few years (remember the Xoom - HA!).
But that's why opinions are cool and makes life interesting.
All in all it seems Apple is in good shape. I doubt they will ever be at the absolute forefront of tech again (not that I personally think they ever, clearly, were).
And finally "overpriced" is a personal opinion. Value is completely subjective. For what I receive in return I think Apple charges fine - I personally think they've got the best looking, most cohesive line-up of products on the market, for that a premium is more than justified, especially when you throw in Apple Store support. Besides, you can't grow a business like Apple has by charging too much for something - clearly the market sees value. As soon as a competitor has a better laptop-desktop-tv companion device-phone and ecosystem I'll definitely be interested in checking them out. I have no allegiance to any one company. But at the moment nothing come close for me and my uses.