Posts by fecklesstechguy

Quote: Originally Posted by sflocal Actually, I was going to include that clear cutting that Apple did next to their new North Carolina plant to install the solar arrays. Kind of ironic that they have to raze down acres of beautiful,...

Quote: Originally Posted by boredumb Has it occurred to any of you rabid apologists that Apple, and other companies, strive to take the extraordinary measures they do, and are developing, precisely because agencies like Greenpeace keep...

Every aspect of Greenpeace's operations is suspect and their underlying assumptions about what the power requirements for the Maiden datacenter are deeply flawed and based on older, less power efficient equipment, and does not (for...

Quote: Originally Posted by AjitMD Even though SJ's wife is wealthy in the $Bs, owning a yacht is pain and expensive. Unless you live in one and it is a passion, it just makes sense to rent. Want to sail the Caribean? No problem......

Quote: Originally Posted by TBell Yes it should send you a complaint. Further, Apple is Foxconn's largest customer. Large customers have quite a bit of influence on how things are done. Sony and Nokia are Foxconn's largest customers,...

Now, now. That's not a bad bit of kit from Nokia/Msoft. And since they are pumping a huge amount of money into marketing it - it means that the WP faithful will get a decent phone, and at $99 it's a stone cold deal for the penny-pinching...

Quote: Originally Posted by CaptMatt I actually concur with him. When looking for a new phone, the 4s just wasn't appealing to me. I went with a Galaxy Note and I'm very happy with it. I was surprised at how happy I was with it...

Seriously, they report this like it is something unusual. Naturally they chose international companies with the highest public profiles to report on, consistent with their desire to pull hits. Then of course you can read about how...

Quote: Originally Posted by PaulMJohnson I know what you mean. I look at a buddy of mine in the Bay Area who works for Apple. He's in his early 30's and can't afford to be able to buy a house for himself, so he continues to rent. ...

I'm betting the Office team had this ready to go from almost day one. I'll wager that the management at Redmond held it back until they saw that their efforts on the tablet were going to be delayed. Once Apple delivered solid mobile...