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I am aware of after hours trading, but so should the article author.  In other words, I think the article should have waited more than 24 hours to see if the price would remain high, such that the article would have meaning.  It didn't stay high.  It quickly fell.  Therefore, the article has virtually no meaning at all.  That was my point.

EDIT:
But as of this writing, I see the AppleInsider AAPL ticker is now at the 183 level.  If I now Google AAPL, I see that when it rose above 180, it stayed there.  So it wasn't a case of after hours trading.  It seems the AppleInsider ticker simply had not been updated.  So because of that, I now can appreciate the article.  

Japhey said:

So while it may be "tiring" to read what they write, it's best to take a deep breath and just skip to the next post, rather than waste time typing out a fireball post that seeks to either berate them or magically transform their thinking.

This entire article is about the naysayers online…therefore, the naysayers here should expect to be called out too. Because complaining about something that doesn’t even exist yet is the real waste of time. Not pointing it out in the forum of an article that is doing the exact same thing.

And speaking of tiresome…All these people who think a tech forum is the appropriate avenue to push their morals onto others, then express their sadness when met with a little resistance. Yawn. 

I actually don't see it as "hypocritical" as my primary intent in replying to others beyond my first post in this thread was merely to suggest (not demand) that there is no need for name calling.  I continue that line of argument with this reply, as I am now being called (albeit subtly) a hypocrite.  I am not upset with you, however.

I personally don't find it too tiresome to read through comments because I always find a decent number of gems that make my read-through worthwhile.  Like I said before, if something irks me, I take a deep breath and just move on.  I've been in this forum for many, many years, yet my total number of posts is tiny company to many.  I don't feel compelled to reply to every comment in every thread, and many times I just read through a thread and write nothing at all.

As to this forum being an avenue for others to push their thoughts, morals, sadness, etc. onto others, so be it!  Freedom of expression carries risks.  Yes, by giving people the freedom to berate others (within loose limits), there is the chance some of them actually will.  But by giving people such freedom, the free flow of ideas also comes forth unrestrained, and that is a good thing in the end.  People who berate others or even explode now and then don't do that all the time.  Some people just have a bad day, but other times write some really great stuff.  Freedom of expression is all about recognizing that and not getting too agitated over what they've written.  

Article QUOTE: "More importantly, the storage technology helps to alleviate perceived system slowdowns blamed on MacBook Pro's 16GB RAM ceiling... batch processing and video editing did momentarily cue the spinning beach ball of death, likely due to our system's 8GB of RAM."

I interpret the above-mentioned "perceived" slowdowns as a term to fend off other stories in the media which decry the 16GB RAM limit.  But as mentioned above, the super-fast SSD is used an excuse for why 16GB of RAM is enough, but it appears that the SSD is not an adequate excuse for having only 8GB of RAM. How long was "momentary" with regard to that "spinning beachball of DEATH"?

The beachball appeared due to the fact RAM was not sufficient and the fact that even the super fast SSD in these new Macs is still not speed-match for the speed of RAM. As such, it goes without saying that there will be times when that same "spinning beachball of DEATH" will appear even with 16GB of RAM. This is an important consideration for anyone pondering a purchase of these MacBook Pros, especially for people who like to use multiple users (like a husband and wife team) and who tend to leave apps open in each user.

Lastly, another benefit to 32GB even for people who normally don't use a lot of RAM hungry apps is that you almost never will see anything under "Swap Used" in the "Memory" section of Activity Monitor. I can vouch for the truth in this with my late 2015 5K iMac which has 32GB of RAM. My older iMac at home has only 16GB, and "Swap Used" on that machine is always several GB in size.

If only it had front glass edge-to-edge like my 5K iMac. The matte bezels coupled with a glossy screen just don't look good together at all.

A disgraceful set of updates.  Rose Gold and the same 480p camera for the MacBook, and only 8GB of RAM standard for the AIR.  Let's say Apple is saving the best for last, reserving a new set of all-new MacBook Pro designs for June.  In that case, anyone foolish enough to buy the MacBook or AIR right now would be reliving the Mac IIvx fiasco of days gone by, regretting their purchase BIG TIME when the new MBP's debut only months later.  But if there is no big update in June, then such further drives home the point that Apple is waning when it comes to innovation.  In either case, it does not look pretty at all.  I just sent my feedback to Apple.  Perhaps you should too:

http://www.apple.com/feedback/macbook.html

http://www.apple.com/feedback/macbookair.html

480p camera = Light years ahead.

Oh wait...  It's actually:

Light. Years Ahead.

Clever, Apple.  Very clever.

I waited a year for gen-2 and they still insult my intelligence with a horrific camera of epic proportions.  I just sent Apple my displeasure.  Perhaps you should as well:

http://www.apple.com/feedback/macbook.html

And don't give us the "there isn't a 720p camera that's thin enough" cop out.  Making excuses for Apple only says "I'm as smart as Apple."  Which isn't very smart at all since neither you nor Apple can fit good tech in a thin chassis.  I say DO A STEVE JOBS.  When stupid engineers tell me it can't be done, I say, DO IT ANYWAY.  Where there's a will, there's a way.  There's always a way.  No excuses for stupid 480p tech.  None.  Zero.  Nada.

Want a great iPhone? Just wait until 2017.
Want a great iPad. Just wait until 2018.
Want a Kaby Lake MacBook Pro? Just wait until... well... who knows when.

 I don't know about you, but I'm pretty sick of playing the waiting game. And frankly, until Apple kicks out those promised devices (specifically, OLED tech), all that "blathering" a previous poster spoke of will continue in full force, and rightfully so. If Apple had those devices out now (which except perhaps for Kaby Lake is very possible, seeing other manufacturers have such tech), Apple would sell a huge amount (i.e., more than usual). But by delaying them for so long, our expectations grow higher and higher such that when they debut, our reaction, while still positive, is muted. And some people during that time go off and buy non-Apple products, which make it less likely they will be inclined to by those fancy new Apple devices.

I want to be wowed by Apple again. I don't want to be strung along playing the waiting game and then get let-down when it finally comes out because it's not so much better than anything else out there. This is Apple we're talking about. It should be possible to wow us if they really tried. Or are they so deluded that they think mediocrity will wow us?

Although the cause of death has not been released, one cannot entirely dismiss the possibility of trouble within Apple having driven this young gentleman over the edge. That remains true even if pressure and stress doesn't cause "most people" to take their lives. Consider a software engineer suicide from Apple's past...

http://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/12/business/marketer-s-dream-engineer-s-nightmare.html

Although SIRI may have had nothing to do with this recent death at all, SIRI is in many ways is terribly flawed, not too unlike handwriting recognition on the Newton. The pressure within Apple to create the insanely great may very often drive the engineering geniuses behind it to the edge of sanity.