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Quote: Originally Posted by mpantone Not if you buy a $5000 watch. Almost all of those on the market are mechanical watches and incur significant repair/maintenance costs over the long term. If you want a stylish watch to last for decades, …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Slurpy You know, in my experience, when someone buys something they don't really give a shit when it's going to be "outdated". It's not something on most people's minds. They buy based on desire at the time. It's o…
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Quote: Originally Posted by island hermit Free speech to some... hate speech to others. You are free to think what you want... but when it comes to inciting others to harm people because of their race, religion, sexual preference... well, q…
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I am very proud of Tim Cook. I remember when he first came CEO of Apple, there was this sense that Apple was going to "die with Jobs" and that somehow the company would not find a suitable new leader. But if you look at what's happened since Tim b…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Rogifan OK I was following The Verge live blog. Can someone tell me why Cook accepts invitations to these events? He doesn't say anything interesting. All the same answers we've heard a million times before. TV is an…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Benjamin Frost The day that suicide is a non-issue is the day that the devil has conquered the world. I don't know how you can interpret that the message you quoted was suggesting that suicide is a non-issue. Th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Apple ][ Foxconn has a huge amount of workers. Are a few of them going to off themselves every once in a while? Sure! That's completely normal and completely within the statistical norm. It's a non issue. Yes…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX His initial part of the question is fair but the assumption about being poor with finances isn't. I do agree with you that some people are just conservative with their money but in most cases I've heard …
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Quote: Originally Posted by waterrockets I don't understand why people prefer debit cards to credit cards, unless you are poor with finances. If that's the case, then you should probably stay out of this conversation. Maybe spend your time le…
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Originally Posted by sog35 Agree. These stores that are unwilling to accept ApplePay are saying this to their customers: WE DON'T CARE about YOUR PRIVACY or GETTING YOUR IDENTITY STOLEN. Well fuk them. I'm going to shop somewhere else t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Lorin Schultz And I disagree. There's no liability whatsoever to adding an additional way to interact with the computer. Nothing prevents you from continuing to use the mouse or keyboard if you prefer them. For cases whe…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Lorin Schultz The inability of mouse and keyboard to address more than one "point" at a time. With a touch screen (and presumably a touch pad) it should be possible to grab two points at once and manipulate them si…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Lorin Schultz All kinds of people reach around their workplaces all day long, and not just audio engineers. Think grocery clerk, for example, or machinist, auto mechanic... the list of jobs that require arm extensi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jungmark TVs consumers are more price conscious and TVs are low margins. It's not that simple. The TV market is much larger than the PC market, and within the TV market you can find several high-price segments th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AtlApple Never happen. Apple would never be able to build an AOI TV and still make a solid profit margin. It would also be stupid why build a tv when you can build an add-on that can be attached to every tv. The ha…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Lorin Schultz Why not? The image you included here looks pretty awkward. Notice the way the arm is so elevated and stretched out? This would become very uncomfortable over a sustained period of time. Hav…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Relic Why would anyone get upset if Apple started using touch screens, I say it's a about time. I absolutely love using touch controls while recording and editing music. I agree - to me the issue has nothing to do…