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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

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  • M-O
    May 6, 06:44 AM
    wow! so much anger!?

    I saw this coming since Apple announced the A4. If there is one thing Apple likes, it's control. That is exactly what they get with the A4/A5 processors.





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  • bedifferent
    Apr 23, 05:58 PM
    Instead of pixel based images that are just bigger, why not simply ship vector based icons/wallpapers ?

    Good point! I was wondering the same myself.





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  • CellarDoor
    Aug 4, 01:58 PM
    what do you mean, with 64-bit software or 32-bit software?
    i assumed software optimized for 64 bit hardware.





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  • cr2sh
    Nov 30, 06:48 AM
    I just bought a Nokia 6682 and find the Symbian OS Smart Phone to be a wonderful phone. I will not be buying an iphone unless it comes in GSM with a mobile browser, full email POP support, instant messaging photo/video and mmp3 playback... and even then it won't be worth the cost.... they better pull something out of the bag because this phone rules!





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  • Glen Quagmire
    Aug 5, 10:28 AM
    My predictions:

    * general update on how stuff is going.
    * quick demo of some new development tools.
    * preview of Leopard (with DVDs available to attendees).
    * Mac Pro.

    Possibly:

    * XServe.
    * New Cinema displays.

    Unlikely:

    * A new model Mac that slots between the iMac and Mac Pro.





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  • noservice2001
    Aug 3, 11:06 PM
    go apple! speed!





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  • Dr Kevorkian94
    Mar 26, 10:26 PM
    Wtf iPad 3 I thought that rumor died already, I'll be really pissed if they release another iPad in the fall.





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  • Tight.E.Whitey
    Aug 7, 02:55 PM
    I want to get one TODAY, I've been waiting since April for this. I wonder if they're available in the phyiscal apple stores. Someone else said their local apple store won't have them till later this week... but I live in NYC, so I could go to flagship 5th Ave. store, maybe they're more likely to have it today. I guess I'll have to break down and give them a call (as if they haven't already had 5,000 calls today asking the exact same question).





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  • brayhite
    Apr 25, 10:53 AM
    Ok, here's the information that's actually known about the consolidated.db file:
    1) It records the locations of nearby wi-fi access points and cell towers.
    2) When location services were originally added to the iPhone, the file had a different name and was stored in a different location. (It was moved as part of the multi-tasking updates.)
    3) The purpose of the file has been explicitly spelled out by Apple *from the beginning*. It is used *by* location services to calculate your current position in order to be able to display your position faster than would be possible solely using GPS. (It's part of the Assisted GPS process.)
    4) There is absolutely no evidence that the file's contents are ever transmitted to anyone. It exists on the iPhone, and in the backup(s) of said iPhone.

    So why all the hub-bub? The info stays stored ON YOUR PHONE. Anyone who is freaking out (like the user who said he didn't want anyone to be able to take his phone in his office and see his 6 month history of locations) better be deleting ALL emails, ALL past calls, ALL recent text messages, ALL Safari website visits, etc.

    Those are just about as revealing as knowing your approximate location and travel patterns.

    And to reinforce what someone else said: if you TRULY care about the info being locally stored, don't use the internet. Period. Stop posting here.





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  • meanmusic
    Sep 15, 04:36 PM
    2.16 and 2.33 Merom options
    Magnetic latch
    MacBook style keyboard
    New video card (Nvidia?)
    160GB hard drive option

    IMO, these are the least that Apple can do to keep up with other high performance notebooks in the market. I think new MBP's will arrive one the same day as Photokina although they may not be highlighted at the event.

    Please don't mess with the keyboard. The Macbook keyboard wouldn't suit the Macbook Pro.





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  • citizenzen
    Apr 16, 01:23 PM
    It's spending on investment rather than spending on consumption.

    This is a key point to the growing inequity of wealth in America. The rich have surplus funds that they are able to invest, while the poor, and a growing number of people are spending all of the income on consumption.


    In 2007 Zhu Xiao Di wrote a report for the Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies title, Growing Wealth, Inequity, and Housing in the United States [PDF] (http://www.jchs.harvard.edu/publications/markets/w07-1.pdf)

    Abstract

    The rapid growth of household wealth in the United States has been accompanied by drastic growing inequality. This paper discusses both wealth and inequality growth, examines demographic factors behind the growth, and analyzes housing�s role in it, using the Survey of Consumer Finances data collected by the Federal Reserve Bank. While aggregate household net wealth grew from $25.9 trillion in 1995 to $50.1 trillion in 2004 (both in 2004 dollars), nearly 90 percent of the net gains occurred only among the top quartile of households in the wealth distribution. Although housing wealth (both home equity and housing value) was still more evenly distributed than other types of wealth, it largely served to widen the wealth gap rather than to narrow it during the last decade.



    In this report, he clearly illustrates the difference between household net wealth and household income.


    Wealth Inequality and Household Net Wealth Growth

    It is well known that the distribution of household net wealth is even more unbalanced than that of household income. Net wealth is defined as all assets net out all debts. In the top quartile of the household net wealth distribution held the lion�s share�87 percent (or $43.6 trillion) while the bottom quartile of households had nothing. The upper and lower middle quartiles combined held $6.5 trillion, or 13 percent of total household net wealth (see Chart 1).

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    As he says in the report, "In other words, the bottom 28 million of American households in 2004 had nothing once their debt is netted out ..."

    The difference between inequalities in wealth and income is quite natural, as one is from a stock perspective and the other is from a flow perspective. Low income households have to spend most or all of their incomes on life necessities with little capability of saving and investment so they can hardly accumulate any household net wealth. Thus they often remain in the bottom distribution of household wealth with nothing; the exception is the group of low income senior households who recently fell into the low-income category due to retirement and the loss of income. In short, while the bottom quartile of income distribution still has income, the bottom quartile of wealth distribution does not have any wealth net of debt.





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  • BC2009
    Apr 7, 12:09 PM
    Apple does learn from the competition... no doubt. And competition is always good. But, at the same time, Apple does seem to be the one that does something different and changes the game way more than the others.

    Apple is extremely proactive. Which means they have a plan in place. When competition does something good that fits with their plans, then Apple can add it as a line item to their existing plans and assign it to a specific iOS release.

    The competition on the other hand is defining their plans and goals completely based on what Apple does or what Apple's critics are saying. They do not have a very long-term vision of where they want to be and are by-and-large reactionary to what Apple is doing.

    I will say that Google does indeed have a long-term vision, but not for Android's features. Google's long-term vision is to do anything they can to ensure they sit in between the user and the information on the Internet so they can advertise to them. They see Facebook as a major threat in this regard as well as Apple. Google's long-term plans are being disrupted by these other major players. Android/Honeycomb is a reactionary attempt to correct for some of that.





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  • StayingOccupied
    Apr 21, 02:49 PM
    Cube!





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  • MikeDTyke
    Sep 11, 07:59 AM
    Must stop rubbing the credit card, its about to melt. Be still my precious, only 28hrs to go.

    [EDIT] Rubbing knees now, seem less important to have knees rather than a working credit card.

    M. :D





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  • ChazUK
    Apr 18, 05:11 PM
    The galaxy tab looks like a cheap knockoff of the 3G, look at the pics comparing them in the article. As I stated, at first look my mum thought the samsung was an iPhone. To the general public they look extremely similar, thus why this is happening.

    Despite the design differences mentioned earlier and massive difference in size they're identical then?

    What would you and Leguna have Samsung do to the Galaxy Tab to make it less "identical"?





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  • DeaconGraves
    May 4, 03:05 PM
    Here's my problem with this distribution method for an OS:

    I have 4 Macs in my house. Previously, I'd buy a Family License DVD and go from machine to machine installing it.

    If I have to DL it from the App Store, I've got to download it 4 times! I don't care about paying for multiple licenses... I do care about blowing out my internet bandwidth downloading the same multi-gigabyte file 4 times. :mad:

    There had better be a physical-media option!

    Is everyone missing the "Preferred" in the headline of this thread? Preferred does not me "only" or "required" or "mandatory."

    We're not yet at the point where digitial distribution is a feasible option for everyone, but Apple needs to take the steps towards it now before the rest of the industry passes by.





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  • ChazUK
    Mar 29, 01:10 PM
    That reads quite a bit different from Amazon's "... or as we determine is necessary to provide the Service ..."

    I'm not convinced it's as dire as people are making it out to be. Either way, both Apple and Amazon have full rights to access users files on both services for various reasons.

    What are your fears on the Amazon terms that don't exist on the MobileMe ones? (Perhaps I'm being dense so some clarification is in need!) :D





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  • Endow
    Sep 16, 01:30 PM
    If there IS an upgrade/redesign/whatever do you think there will be a 12" MacbookPro or do you guys think Apple is not going for that on the Pro line?


    (also are both 15" and 17" upgrades to be expected or just 15"??)





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  • LeoNobilis
    Mar 29, 05:03 PM
    Those idiots must stop investing heavily in the asian markets. They are essentially selling their technology to asians, while also squandering immense financial resources on them.




    HiRez
    May 4, 07:58 PM
    Some people can go grab the disk and be back home much faster than it would take to download all 8 GB. ;)

    But likely not if the mood strikes you at 2 AM, or on a holiday.





    beg_ne
    Mar 29, 09:37 AM
    I wonder which genius at Amazon thought it was a good idea to make their cloud service work in the US only.

    If you don't have a US based IP address you are locked out of the system. Can't even sign up and see what it looks like. Also you can't purchase either mp3's or video from Amazon if you originate from a non-US IP address. Even if you have proper payment/billing information in the US.

    IMO their informational video is outright lying when they say you can access your files anytime and anywhere.

    Apparently in Amazonland anywhere = The US and ONLY the US.

    So if you get this setup in the US and travel to a foreign country your amazing, anywhere & anytime "cloud" storage magically goes away.

    Looks like Apple will have to step in and show these morons how it's done yet again.





    SirHaakon
    Mar 29, 06:12 PM
    Here's an album for 99 cents; increase your storage by 15 gigs for just a buck.

    http://www.amazon.com/Neroli/dp/B001LK0HVU





    isomorphic
    May 6, 12:32 AM
    Can always have a system with ARM AND x86 CPUs.

    You beat my post by mere moments. ;)





    leomac08
    Apr 23, 04:23 PM
    I'm blind!!!!!:eek: my eyes!!!!

    Radical!!!!! lol

    Retina Display on a Mac is a +1