Will the Apple R&D building fire cancel upcoming products?
No one was hurt in the fire so now I must ask this question....
Will this fire at the R&D facility delay or even actually cancel outright some or all of the upcoming products?
The new ipods, macbooks.....in my opinion I think they will be safe for september. But what about the super cool products that we expect at macworld 09? Is the research data and hardware prototypes lost forever now because of this fire? Has apple been pushed back several months because of this? And if so, do you all think this will give its competition a chance to catch up with them?
Gawd, its almost like a soap opera.
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Will this fire at the R&D facility delay or even actually cancel outright some or all of the upcoming products?
The new ipods, macbooks.....in my opinion I think they will be safe for september. But what about the super cool products that we expect at macworld 09? Is the research data and hardware prototypes lost forever now because of this fire? Has apple been pushed back several months because of this? And if so, do you all think this will give its competition a chance to catch up with them?
Gawd, its almost like a soap opera.
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No one was hurt in the fire so now I must ask this question....
Will this fire at the R&D facility delay or even actually canel outright some or all of the upcoming products?
The new ipods, macbooks.....in my opinion I think they will be safe for september. But what about the super cool products that we expect at macworld 09? Is the research data and hardware prototypes lost forever now because of this fire? Has apple been pushed back several months because of this? And if so, do you all think this will give its competition a chance to catch up with them?
Gawd, its almost like a soap opera.
It probably was done on purpose, by a "competitor"... who knows?, But I doubt that it will ruin any Apple product releases, because as people have pointed out... they have everything backed up offsite, (we hope) just a pain in the butt for Apple's R&D, nothing more... that's all it will be.
It probably was done on purpose, by a "competitor"... who knows?, But I doubt that it will ruin any Apple product releases, because as people have pointed out... they have everything backed up offsite, (we hope) just a pain in the butt for Apple's R&D, nothing more... that's all it will be.
We hope. But lets not assume anything. We (and Apple) all assumed nothing would be wrong with the iphone 3G but its looking like there might be something wrong with the infineon 3G chips. I mean you've all heard about some iphones worldwide have been having problems maintaining phone reception N whatnot.
We all assumed that Apple thoroughly tested the thing before they sent it to production.
Who knows what happened in that fire. We might have actually lost some good prototypes.
No one was hurt in the fire so now I must ask this question....
Will this fire at the R&D facility delay or even actually canel outright some or all of the upcoming products?
The new ipods, macbooks.....in my opinion I think they will be safe for september. But what about the super cool products that we expect at macworld 09? Is the research data and hardware prototypes lost forever now because of this fire? Has apple been pushed back several months because of this? And if so, do you all think this will give its competition a chance to catch up with them?
Gawd, its almost like a soap opera.
Yep, Everything burned.
Long answer: Since Apple (almost) never publicly announces its release schedule, we'll never know, and that's the same as "no"
Short answer: No
Long answer: Since Apple (almost) never publicly announces its release schedule, we'll never know, and that's the same as "no"
Maybe someone on this forum could please look for some of the firefighters that were there last night and interview them? Ask them what was the real extent of the damage and if perhaps they actually saw any prototypes.......ok?
This isn't too much to ask is it?
Those firefighters had better things to do than look around and they have better things to do than talk to anyone on this forum.
Well when I said someone should "interview" them I was being umm......polite. I meant lock them up in a dark room with one powerful spotlight on them and interogate them thoroughly.
Yes, they may not be looking round for gadgets. But under hypnosis or a powerful truth serum they could be made to recall specific details they were overlooking.
Well when I said someone should "interview" them I was being umm......polite. I meant lock them up in a dark room with one powerful spotlight on them and interogate them thoroughly.
Yes, they may not be looking round for gadgets. But under hypnosis or a powerful truth serum they could be made to recall specific details they were overlooking.
Thats a good idea. But I am sure if they were in there they saw something. They need to know what type of material is burning in order to put it out. So maybe they were checking if there was some type of metal burning, like metal used in new case designs
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We hope. But lets not assume anything. We (and Apple) all assumed nothing would be wrong with the iphone 3G but its looking like there might be something wrong with the infineon 3G chips. I mean you've all heard about some iphones worldwide have been having problems maintaining phone reception N whatnot.
We all assumed that Apple thoroughly tested the thing before they sent it to production.
Who knows what happened in that fire. We might have actually lost some good prototypes.
Im glad to hear the news, that its NOT in the R&D building after all. It broke out in the IT/Networking building. This maybe a GOOD thing after all, because a REBUILD of this facility, may allow a REDESIGN of the IT/Net Facilities at Apple, and that means guess what... better MobileMe etc....
and besides Apple, is now worth more than Google, so it will be small change. It may be a blessing in disguise!
What does everyone think?
Im glad to hear the news, that its NOT in the R&D building after all. It broke out in the IT/Networking building. This maybe a GOOD thing after all, because a REBUILD of this facility, may allow a REDESIGN of the IT/Net Facilities at Apple, and that means guess what... better MobileMe etc....
and besides Apple, is now worth more than Google, so it will be small change. It may be a blessing in disguise!
What does everyone think?
Yea, but how can you say that apple (aapl) is worth more than Google (goog)?
179.30 < 500 [as of 7:20 am 8/14]
Yea, but how can you say that apple (aapl) is worth more than Google (goog)?
179.30 < 500 [as of 7:20 am 8/14]
I was not the one who said that. Its all over the Mac/Apple websites, stating that fact.
I can believe it. It makes sense. Really.
Well when I said someone should "interview" them I was being umm......polite. I meant lock them up in a dark room with one powerful spotlight on them and interogate them thoroughly.
Yes, they may not be looking round for gadgets. But under hypnosis or a powerful truth serum they could be made to recall specific details they were overlooking.
Forget the firefighters. CSI will be collecting minute details (i.e. photos) to figure out how the fire started.
Yea, but how can you say that apple (aapl) is worth more than Google (goog)?
179.30 < 500 [as of 7:20 am 8/14]
Um...wow. Really?
Did you ever think to check how many shares each company had outstanding? The price of each share has nothing to do with how much a company is worth, dude...Apple's market capitalization (share price x # shares outstanding) is just a bit higher than Google's (meaning Apple has a lot more shares outstanding).
Um...wow. Really?
Did you ever think to check how many shares each company had outstanding? The price of each share has nothing to do with how much a company is worth, dude...Apple's market capitalization (share price x # shares outstanding) is just a bit higher than Google's (meaning Apple has a lot more shares outstanding).
Damn. . . I stand corrected.
Forget the firefighters. CSI will be collecting minute details (i.e. photos) to figure out how the fire started.
CSI? LOL. Somebody watches way too much TV.
CSI? LOL. Somebody watches way too much TV.
Nah, if anything they should call up CSI MIAMI! Bring the whole crew in to collect evidence.
Especially Eva Larue....shes hot.
Damn. . . I stand corrected.
No worries...
On the other hand, I know very little about the inner workings of computers and I'm sure I say some strange things on this forum and don't realize it.