kpluck

The Pope told him it was a mortal sin to reduce the SSD portion of the 1TB Fusion drive. Enjoy the eternal heat Mr. Cook! 

-kpluck

wizard69 said:

Look at it this way, there are many USB power sources out there that may potentially charge this machine.

Assuming Apple allows that. For instance, I believe a new HP laptop that uses the technology won't charge off anything but an official HP charger. I could easily see Apple doing the same thing.

I am really disappointed, but not surprised, there aren't any standard USB 3.0 ports and no ethernet jack. Apple doesn't seem to care that people don't want to rebuy peripherals or carry around a bunch of dongles. I am sure they will still sell though…Apple seems to have really locked up the more money than brains market.

-kp

paxman said:

Apple should go the other way and increase the free storage to 50gb and cancel that 99 cents deal. For Apple its nickel and dining the customers imo. I don't know but I'd imagine the cost would be offset by increased sales. 

Given Apple's premium products, I have always thought every iPhone and iPad should come with enough free storage to backup the device. The storage wouldn't have to be available for anything else, it could be backup only but still, given the low cost of storage these days, it would seem like the thing to do.

-kp

AppleInsider said:

An avid promoter of civil rights, Apple on Thursday voiced concern over Mississippi's "religious freedom" house bill that was signed into law this week by Governor Phil Bryant, a piece of legislation opponents say is a tool for discrimination against LGBT individuals.

Yes, in the same way an iPhone is a tool for terrorists.

-kp

It means anyone that hopes Apple will do something about the said state of OS X, its available hardware and their online services will be disappointed.

-kp

So you are comparing component manufactures to OEM phone builders as if they are in the same markets? Do you understand how stupid this article reads?

-kpluck