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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin The Mini is powerful enough as a server: . Marvin I know this well. I have a Mac Mini server myself. I have an older model that has a core 2 cpu and it works well for my needs but they are modest. I don'…
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Eliminating the Mac Pro would also be somewhat of a blow to OS X server as the Mac Pro was also configured as server model. That would leave the Mac Mini as the only dedicated hardware to run OS X server.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. Me It sounds like you are making the age-old mistake of confusing Java with JavaScript. JavaScript is primarily a Web technology although it is used in a tiny fraction of non-Web applications. Java is used in some …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Suddenly Newton Here's what I'd tell RIM, not that you asked me, but I'm gonna tell you anyway 1. Stop trying to be Apple. You aren't going to out-iPhone the iPhone. You aren't going to out-iTunes iTunes or out-App…
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Quote: Originally Posted by addabox Dear Sony: 1--Eliminate 80% of your product offerings. You make so many different things, and so many iterations of each of those things, that I doubt even you have a firm handle on all of them. Make a hal…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX So Sony is still putting the focus on the HW, not the SW or services? Good luck, Sony. They don't want RIM to go down alone.
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Quote: Originally Posted by SWS Hello all. I have a iMac on one floor. I was thinking about picking up a Mac mini for another part of the house. But, a quick check on Craig's list found a tempting G5. So, it's a dual 2.3 gh 8 gb of ram and two…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin I miss the theatrics that went into the old keynotes. These days it's just: - hey check out this new store we have - look how many people visit the stores we have - here's a new device that looks the same a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by KingOfSomewhereHot No problem ... iWeb will continue to work. You just won't be able to have it hosted by Apple on MobileMe anymore. Not really a big deal though, as their hosting servers for that stuff were/are no…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ArchAngel21x I wish Apple would get away from Intel integrated graphics. Intel may know how to make good CPUs, but when it comes to graphics processors.... They make no sense for desktop machines. But for laptops th…
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People yearning for an xMac will cry over this news.
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Quote: Originally Posted by anantksundaram I think you need to figure out the notion of opportunity cost. Anyway, if you think you're getting a better deal, good for you! Be happy. Its not opportunity cost because the dividend is icing on t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dick Applebaum All this discussion of dividend yield percentage is making my head spin. I have some AAPL that I bought in 2003 for $17 -- if I use the $17 as a base for the yield then $10.60/year would be 62%. Ye…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX I didn't start reading this discussion until the end but as long as you qualifier your comments to indicate how you got 10% I'd say it's accurate. Example, "Based on my buy in I'll be earning over 10% per ye…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross Yeah, we know, we know. But dividends are always referred to in percentage. Thats not me, that's how it works. I don't know how he got 10%. It's actually more. I was using round numbers to try to make thing…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX Where are you getting 10% from? All I see is $2.65 per share. That's per share per quater. Multiple by 4 to get the yearly dividend and then use that to compute the yield. Thats over $10 per share per yea…
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Quote: Originally Posted by anantksundaram We are back to disagreeing: I don't agree with your math here! But I'll stop there. Its pretty simple. If you bought shares at $80, Apple will start paying over 10 per year in dividends per share.…
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Quote: Originally Posted by CGJ Buyback is good, gives shares to hard-working employees who grow the business. Dividend's are bad, gives rich 'investors' even more money; even though they don't contribute at all to the way Apple is run. It's l…
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I'll play. First gen iPad. Typing this from it right now while in bed. I just love this thing. While I can do everything I do on this on a computer, it's just better (usually but not always) on the iPad. Ps I hope you recover quickly from your…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX PS: I can't believing I'm seeing posters say a Pro needs an ODD. Really?! It's 2012. Well it is supposed to be for Pros, right? Pros use ports and devices that consumers generally don't. While I don't…