Posts by Marvin

Quote:Originally Posted by Stephenbw That's not luxurious, it's just very very tacky. It is but I don't think these things are always made for style. Buying items made with a certain amount of gold will retain their value, they...

Quote:Originally Posted by v5v My wife used to use her old MacBook Pro in the field all day. When one battery died she'd swap it out and I'd run it back to home base to recharge. Between her two and the one in my machine she was...

Quote:Originally Posted by tomhayes I'm saying that Apple's suggestion of lowering the tax rates by 1/3 and slashing the rate to "repatriate" it's money to single digits is ABSURD. They make HUNDREDS of BILLIONS in profits and...

Watergate... ... and the circle is complete. Nobody can use something-gate for anything else. Making Apple products waterproof sounds like a pretty good idea now I bet. Quote:Originally Posted by logic368 That rain was amazing......

Quote:Originally Posted by AppleInsider Upgraded MacBooks featuring Intel's new Haswell processors are also expected to be introduced at the event. If there's no design changes or Retina displays, they can just take the store down...

Quote:Originally Posted by Slurpy I find these new ads beautiful. Very classy, human, and even moving. Definitely one of their better campaigns. Yeah, these are the kind of ads that are the most powerful for their brand. Nice music...

Quote:Originally Posted by digitalclips However creative, can I assume all the above is strictly within the tax laws of the US (and elsewhere) and no wrong doing occurred? He asks with fingers crossed It's funny, Bullock was asked...

Quote:Originally Posted by cjcampbell Uh, so Apple was called before a Senate subcommittee for obeying the law? They weren't called in for obeying the law. They were called in for using the law against its intent for the purposes of...

Quote:Originally Posted by digitalclips As an Apple retailer my company was given a 33% discount off of retail to resell, a nice healthy margin on which substantial taxes were paid. That was buying directly from Apple. Let us...

Quote:Originally Posted by digitalclips I am specifically asking about the specific statement by Crowley that Apple sells products directly purchased in China through its Irish holding company, at zero mark up to all its European...