Great results - let's just hope that Apple doesn't become a one-trick pony: almost 65% of revenues coming from the iPhone only is, in my view, a worrying sign.
Just a nit, but that technically isn't a picture of an Apollo launch in the article—it's the launch of Skylab, using one of the Saturn V launch vehicles left over from the cancellation of the Apollo program after Apollo 17.
Just a nit, but that technically isn't a picture of an Apollo launch in the article—it's the launch of Skylab, using one of the Saturn V launch vehicles left over from the cancellation of the Apollo program after Apollo 17.
LOL. I love the fact-checking. Some of the best commentary on the web here, IMO.
Just a nit, but that technically isn't a picture of an Apollo launch in the article—it's the launch of Skylab, using one of the Saturn V launch vehicles left over from the cancellation of the Apollo program after Apollo 17.
Note the large payload fairing at the top of the rocket in each photo, instead of the comparatively slim Apollo command/service module and abort system rocket tower. Nothing else was ever launched on a Saturn V with that fairing.
It's surprising Apple sells as many Macs and the market does grow in light of tablets and phones doing much of what a Mac can do. In our family, you can find us on our phones the vast majority of the time. Wife and daughters don't use a computer. Just phone and iPads.
And a Mac, while awesome, is overkill for a lot of people. With their phones and iPads doing 95% of the work, it's easy to see why people just stay with their "trucks", their PCs.
So, this is pretty awesome that Apple continues to grow its Macs like it does. I wonder what percentage are college students who buy a new Mac for school and could be a good chunk of this market.
One other thing, the Macs seem to last longer. We have a 2009 MacBook that has been around the block and back and then some and it looks like new.
My main machine is an early 2008 MBP 15-in. with 6GB RAM. Granted, I take good care of it, but these things are built to last in the first place. It's run every OS since Tiger without a hitch. And Yosemite runs very nicely on it, even while using it with an external 24-in. display. The only thing I'm really missing is the Handoff portion of Continuity, but I get all the rest of Continuity and I can more than hang on until an upgrade maybe next year.
If I want to squeeze even more snappiness out of it (it's already fast as it is!), I just install Onyx and tweak the animations. I find that in keeping with the "flat", minimal paradigm of OS X's post-Mavericks UI, choosing speed over superfluous eye-candy seems very appropriate.
At any rate, I'm quite pleased with this little workhorse!
And you're quite right, today's iPhones and iPads can shoulder a good chunk of the everyday load. I'm most impressed with how the iPhone 6 Plus has eaten into a bit of the iPad share. I'm happy as can be with my 6, but I think next time around I'll move to whatever Apple's larger iPhone offering is.
Note the large payload fairing at the top of the rocket in each photo, instead of the comparatively slim Apollo command/service module and abort system rocket tower. Nothing else was ever launched on a Saturn V with that fairing.
While it's true that Apple charges more for their computers to "pay" for the OS, I can upgrade my Mac Mini with new OSes for free until the Mini is outdated. I have a Windows machine, and if you want to "upgrade" to the newest OS, it always costs you money. I have Mac computers that are 8-9 years old and can still get the OS upgraded for free. There have been 3 Windows OSes in that time frame, each costing well over a hundred dollars. I like both OSes (until Windows 8 came out), but I do think you get pretty good bang for your buck with Apple.
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Low taxes on the high seas.
Fuçk Google barges, Apple has a motherfucking aircraft carrier.
Why bother with antediluvian transport systems like aircraft carriers?
Add dollars to R&D so Jony & Team can begin sketching out the 2020 introduction of the Helicarrier.
I got that far in your post before I knew where you were going with your comment.
That would be a sad day
So, basically AAPL to the moon could be literal if they wanted it to be.
LOL
Nah...too much like Google's failed SF Bay adventure.
I think Apple would ask and get the proper permits first.
There he is!
$687: The average selling price of the iPhone.
$45: The average selling price of phones from Microsoft's handset unit last quarter.
I question the validity of this comparison ! It must be an apples vs oranges comparison.
Possibly the full price of an iPhone vs the down payment for a MS phone ?
I question the validity of this comparison ! It must be an apples vs oranges comparison.
Possibly the full price of an iPhone vs the down payment for a MS phone ?
I had heard this figure too, and didn't believe it either, but that's the way the numbers work out, at least superficially (that includes feature phone sales). Windows sold 10.5m Lumia smartphones and 39.7m non-Lumia phones (Nokia feature phones?) for a total of 50.2m phones.. Total revenue was $2.28b which, divided by 50.2m, gives an ASP of $45.
This really is a bit of an Apples-to-oranges comparison, but those are the numbers.
Just a nit, but that technically isn't a picture of an Apollo launch in the article—it's the launch of Skylab, using one of the Saturn V launch vehicles left over from the cancellation of the Apollo program after Apollo 17.
Just a nit, but that technically isn't a picture of an Apollo launch in the article—it's the launch of Skylab, using one of the Saturn V launch vehicles left over from the cancellation of the Apollo program after Apollo 17.
LOL. I love the fact-checking. Some of the best commentary on the web here, IMO.
Just a nit, but that technically isn't a picture of an Apollo launch in the article—it's the launch of Skylab, using one of the Saturn V launch vehicles left over from the cancellation of the Apollo program after Apollo 17.
Okay, I'll bite- how can you tell?
Here's a closer image of the Skylab launch:
By NASA (http://www.apolloarchive.com/apollo_gallery.html) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Note the large payload fairing at the top of the rocket in each photo, instead of the comparatively slim Apollo command/service module and abort system rocket tower. Nothing else was ever launched on a Saturn V with that fairing.
It's surprising Apple sells as many Macs and the market does grow in light of tablets and phones doing much of what a Mac can do. In our family, you can find us on our phones the vast majority of the time. Wife and daughters don't use a computer. Just phone and iPads.
And a Mac, while awesome, is overkill for a lot of people. With their phones and iPads doing 95% of the work, it's easy to see why people just stay with their "trucks", their PCs.
So, this is pretty awesome that Apple continues to grow its Macs like it does. I wonder what percentage are college students who buy a new Mac for school and could be a good chunk of this market.
One other thing, the Macs seem to last longer. We have a 2009 MacBook that has been around the block and back and then some and it looks like new.
My main machine is an early 2008 MBP 15-in. with 6GB RAM. Granted, I take good care of it, but these things are built to last in the first place. It's run every OS since Tiger without a hitch. And Yosemite runs very nicely on it, even while using it with an external 24-in. display. The only thing I'm really missing is the Handoff portion of Continuity, but I get all the rest of Continuity and I can more than hang on until an upgrade maybe next year.
If I want to squeeze even more snappiness out of it (it's already fast as it is!), I just install Onyx and tweak the animations. I find that in keeping with the "flat", minimal paradigm of OS X's post-Mavericks UI, choosing speed over superfluous eye-candy seems very appropriate.
At any rate, I'm quite pleased with this little workhorse!
And you're quite right, today's iPhones and iPads can shoulder a good chunk of the everyday load. I'm most impressed with how the iPhone 6 Plus has eaten into a bit of the iPad share. I'm happy as can be with my 6, but I think next time around I'll move to whatever Apple's larger iPhone offering is.
Here's a closer image of the Skylab launch:
By NASA (http://www.apolloarchive.com/apollo_gallery.html) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Note the large payload fairing at the top of the rocket in each photo, instead of the comparatively slim Apollo command/service module and abort system rocket tower. Nothing else was ever launched on a Saturn V with that fairing.
Good eye.
I learned something today.
While it's true that Apple charges more for their computers to "pay" for the OS, I can upgrade my Mac Mini with new OSes for free until the Mini is outdated. I have a Windows machine, and if you want to "upgrade" to the newest OS, it always costs you money. I have Mac computers that are 8-9 years old and can still get the OS upgraded for free. There have been 3 Windows OSes in that time frame, each costing well over a hundred dollars. I like both OSes (until Windows 8 came out), but I do think you get pretty good bang for your buck with Apple.
China bought $16B worth of iPhones last quarter. Investors bought $16B worth of Apple stocks today.
Apple should by Google. Spin off Android to win approval from the FTC and watch it die of a slow death....No more Android!
Google isn't for sale...yet.
Everything's for sale.