Posts by sunspot42

How useful would it be for Apple to simply buy AMD and cut Intel out of the equation entirely? They're flush with cash, and are already designing their own chips for the iPhone, iPad and AppleTV. Bring the Mac's chipset in-house as...

Have we ever seen the wheels fly off an IT company quite as thoroughly and completely as they've flown off RIM in the past six months? It's like watching the Space Shuttle explode.

I don't see consoles as having any role. The only reason why MS and Sony threw a gazillion dollars into developing this last generation of consoles is because they were seen as "convergence"devices. That never panned out, and...

We're seeing a replay of what happened to the dedicated console business in the early '80s, when cheap multipurpose home computers like the Commodore 64 and Atari 800XL hit the market at similar price points and wiped the consoles...

Amazon is worried Apple's ecosystem will suck up a bunch of their customers and leave them frozen out of affluent markets (i.e. consumers who actually have money to spend). That could have drastic consequences for Amazon's bottom line. ...

Quote: Originally Posted by Eriamjh In 5 years, Apple may catch Dell. That is... if things continue in Apple's direction post-Jobs. I wouldn't be surprised to see it happen in much less than 5 years. As the iPhone and iPad muscle...

Quote: Originally Posted by Shrike How does this work? The alcohol would have to have a stronger adhesion coefficient to the various internal components than water or whatever water solution. Or is the water being absorbed into the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Johnny Mozzarella Carol Bartz has some free time on her hands. Oh, and she has a f*¢#!%g iPad. Hahahaha! That's classic!

Are you kidding me? She's an idiot. A nasty idiot. She makes Carly Failorina look like Steve Jobs. Witless rode eBay (a good idea, which naturally she didn't originate) thru the dot com bubble. Once the bubble burst, eBay went...

Glad to see Apple moving back to moncrhome icons. All that color leads to a lot of visual clutter, ultimately making the interface more difficult to utilize. Color should be reserved for highlighting items of interest.