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Apple earned $90.15B in fourth quarter of 2022
Apple did NOT earn $90.15B in fourth quarter of 2022. That is their total revenue. They earned $20.72B, for a profit margin of 22.99%.
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When will Apple upgrade all of its Macs to M4?
If the iMac going to get an M4 (or M5) update, it needs to return to at least a 27-inch screen. A 32-inch screen would be great, but the current 24-inch screen is woefully small no matter which processor it is running.
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Apple's M4 Mac event will be a week of daily press releases and I'm here for it
It would be nice if the week included the return of a 27-inch (or larger) iMac.
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Republican bill seeks end to 'warrant-proof' encryption
“[S]trong encryption is a vital cog in the data privacy machine that, if weakened, leaves users vulnerable to attack.”These senators do not seem to understand 1) the technology they are trying to undermine is critical to a myriad of lawful activities like on-line banking and 2) criminals have the option to use other encryption method [besides those built into Apple’s devices and software] that will not be affected by the proposed bill. I am all for tracking down criminals, but not at the expense of every other user of encryption-dependent technologies.
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IBM seeing great returns on over 277,000 Macs and iOS devices issued to employees
6502 said:I love Macs and have had one at home for 25+ year. But, I rely on Excel a lot at work and Excel just sucks on a Mac, and it's just not worth emulating it when I can just use a cheap W10 machine.
Ummm, no. Microsoft developed Excel for the Mac, and later ported it to Windows. It is still a native application in MacOS and “emulating” is not required. If you really have had a Mac for 25+ years, you would know that Excel on the Mac used to be much more advanced than the Windows version and in more recent years the updates have not always remained in sync. Given the capabilities of Excel for Mac, you’d have to be doing some rather esoteric edge-case tasks in Excel in order for the Windows version to offer any advantage.
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Delta's new plane lets you use AirPods to listen to movie audio in-flight
United Airlines has had the ability to connect Bluetooth earbuds and headphones for several years, and they seem to be adding it to more of their fleet as time goes by.
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Apple spent 'billions' on revamped Maps service
Apple Maps has improved significantly over the past few years. They are also very responsive when I submit issues with either the map or directions, often notifying of their fix within a couple of days from my submission.
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Apple Park worth $4.17 billion, is one of the world's most expensive buildings
I think you missed the point. Apple—via all types of taxes paid at the city, county, state and federal levels—is among the entities that pay the most total taxes in the entire country.mpantone said:
The Feds don’t collect property nor sales tax. They collect income tax.apple ][ said:
Forget that tiny county.AppleExposed said:
"Apple was reportedly the County's biggest property taxpayer in the 2017-2018 fiscal year."
Apple is one of the biggest taxpayers in the entire USA, if not the biggest.
The state collects income tax too (at least here in California) as well as sales tax.
The county collects property tax as well as a supplemental sales tax. Apple’s property tax assessment also contains supplemental parcel taxes for various state, county and city bond measures.
There are many kinds of taxes and they don’t all go to the same place.
Note that Santa Clara County is one of the largest California counties by population and thus in the nation. Moreover with the large amount of wealth (mostly from the tech industry) it is the most affluent county on the West Coast. It’s not such a tiny county.
It has nothing to do with the relative significance of Santa Clara County, which is one of 3,142 counties (including county-equivalents) in the United States. Apple is a big taxpayer not just in Santa Clara County, but in many places and at many levels of governmental taxing authorities.
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iPad and Mac don't compete against each other, so buy both says Apple exec
The “reviews saying that iPadOS limitations mean the new iPad Pro can't easily replace a MacBook Pro” feel like they are recycled, repeating something that appears in the reviews every time a new iPad is released. The iPad was never meant to be a laptop, and it’s a great device when it meets your needs. -
New 24-inch iMac adds M4 chip, nano-texture glass option
“ I also want a 27" 5K display. The display on my 2019 fully blown Intel iMac is just fine so why can't Apple slide in an M4 Pro or Max into the chin of my 27" display. “rob53 said:Watched the video and I wasn't impressed. The biggest issue I have is Apple pushing AI to fix bad writing skills. If I was an English teacher, I'd find a new job because every paper will end up looking the same because AI will correct every typo, every contextual error (like in my second sentence) and every error in content. Why even teach English (or any other language) when AI will effectively write everything you ever need to do no matter what grade level or technical level in a job.
I, along with others, am tired of the iMac taking second (or third, or fourth) fiddle to laptops. Why isn't the iMac getting a Pro or Max version? The iMac ends up costing nearly the same as a MacBook Pro with at least the Pro chip. Why should any of have to spend 2 to 3x the amount of the base iMac on a iMac Pro when all that needs to be changed is the SoC? I also want a 27" 5K display. The display on my 2019 fully blown Intel iMac is just fine so why can't Apple slide in an M4 Pro or Max into the chin of my 27" display.
I'll wait to see what the new M4 Mac Mini contains and how much it costs. It might be time for me to just get a reasonably priced 4-5K display, attach (if it doesn't have one) a decent quality front camera and go with that. I checked trade-in value for my fully blown 2019 3.6GHz iMac, 72GB RAM, 2TB SSD and Radeon Pro Vega 48 8 GB. All they want to give me is less than a $400 trade-in.Ditto.
