Posts by mytdave

It's not any one cause, it's the combination of several. iPad sales have indeed impacted PC sales, but not enough by itself to cause such losses in the DRAM market. In addition to iPad sales, it could be argued that smartphone...

Well, it would seem new ivy-bridge based MBAs will be on their way some time next year. If Apple ships an 11" MBA starting at $899, I'll be grinning ear-to-ear.

I would think any discounts available to one OEM would be available to them all. So Apple should reap the benefits of any marketing subsidies or other discounts too. They might have to change some of their marketing approach to get the...

Someone let me know when M$ makes a Mac version of Project and Visio, then I'll be interested in looking at it. Right now, OpenOffice provides all the functionality of M$ Office for Mac, even if the UI isn't as streamlined. Office...

The iPhone4 has been out for ~17 months. In all that time, this is the 1st battery incident I've heard about. This incident having "sparked concerns over the handset's battery safety" is nonsense. There are bound to be...

Quote: Originally Posted by TallistDah People who have been furniture makers their whole lives do not bring the skills necessary. It doesn't matter how many jobs Apple brings to this area the people who have lived there their whole...

What? How many jobs did they think would be created? I guess they have no comprehension of how few people it takes to run a properly designed data center. 50 people is quite impressively large. Of course there were construction jobs...

Traditional PC makers are going to ceed the future of computing? That's hard to believe. They'd soon find it difficult to exist when the day comes that iPads become just as powerful as laptops and desktops.

Why is it sooooo hard for some people to call a spade a spade and just admit that Apple was right, and iOS is the most secure mobile OS on the planet? This is not a technical argument, it's a results argument. Whatever the method,...

I applaud Apple for any efforts they make toward encouraging and selecting responsible suppliers. It's not a bad thing to pressure suppliers into being good boys and girls by carefully selecting with whom you'll do business. In the...