Posts by Alonso Perez

I doubt it was 7% off the plane's weight. That's way too much. These things don't have a lot of fat. My guess is 7% from the weight controlled by the airline, meaning seats, entertainment, food carts, etc. Somebody else can do the...

I think the problem here is that the 13" Air is $1299, which is a little high. But if they create a basic 13"Air for $999 or $1099, that doesn't leave a lot room for the 11.6" models in terms of pricing.   If the 13" MBP is...

  Quote: Originally Posted by emig647  If I recall correctly, the Austin facility is for software development. Portland has a TON of iOS / Mac programmers (of course 98% of them are employed), but there seems...

  Quote: Originally Posted by montefuego  I, for one, find this very disturbing. The new guy has NO sense of style; his stores in the UK are ugly and seemingly devoid of any aesthetic awareness. His haircut...

  Quote: Originally Posted by alexkhan2000  I think there is one important comparison that needs to be made between Apple’s earnings report and that of Microsoft’s: Apple is now a more profitable company by net...

Quote: Originally Posted by Apple ][ People need to know their place and their true value. Retail workers are a dime a dozen. Good ones aren't. Good workers of any kind aren't a dime a dozen. Guys who think like you are the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Suddenly Newton Yes, but when Apple does it, it's a SCANDAL! Apple is held to a higher standard because it's supposed to be better. You can't have it both ways. Either Apple pursues excellence or...

Quote: Originally Posted by Apple ][ Sounds reasonable to me. People should be glad that they have jobs. If anybody doesn't like it, then quit. If Apple cares about customer experience, that's the stupidest formulation they could...

I definitely don't think acquisition. Any deal so large as to have meaningful impact on their cash would have seen rumors for days or weeks. Unless they were buying Foxconn, or parts of it, but that's not very likely. I'd like...

A great feature of many Apple products is that the aluminum housing is easy to recycle; only weak adhesives are used, for example to attach the battery to the iPad 2 back, and can be easily ripped out. Permanent, deep bonding of...