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Quote: Originally Posted by success I was getting ready to go to the cafe today to update my CV and do some research and it hit me. If I want to sit at a cafe and pound out some text like I do on my Macbook or can be done on a netbook, you can't …
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I guess that sucks for the PC makers. The price per GB for NAND is on a similar price curve as for RAM which is a more mature process. Capacities double about every 18mo and prices per GB goes down about 40% per year. The choice to include in a …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Erunno Isn't this a software problem essentially? AFAIK Windows 7 can switch transparently between multiple GPUs on current MacBook Pros due to Microsoft's ingenious abstractions of the actual graphic hardware. I don't…
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AnandTech has a nice detailed article on NVIDIA Optimus
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Quote: Originally Posted by AngusYoung Don't lecture me about what I can afford. I am very comfortable with the gadgets I purchase to amuse me. My education is first not relevant but a post grad in computer science with a math minor gets me by.…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AngusYoung Just because Flash runs bad on the iPhone doesn't make it an Adobe problem. I think it makes it an Apple Problem on what chipset they support. But for the record ARM does support Flash and given that Apple…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dr Millmoss I'm not sure if you get the idea of margins. If Apple spends more on support, then all others things being equal, their margins would be lower. I will state it more clearly then Apple sets their hardware…
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Quote: Originally Posted by JeffDM It seems most, if not all, the complainers also forgot that Apple bought an entire semiconductor design company. Licensed CPU and GPU core designs. How many devices does it take to pay that off? What I don'…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nikon133 No complains here. My point there was that people shouldn't keep trying to excuse Apple for keeping high margins by listing expenses everyone else in the industry has. Of course every company wants to ma…
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Quote: Originally Posted by DaHarder [CENTER]Monumental 'Rumor'... Apple might be better to just make hardware/software capable of supporting industry standards. We'll See Soon Enough[/CENTER] What industry standard do you refer to? F…
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Quote: Originally Posted by extremeskater I was reading the estimated cost on all the iPads and I believe the margin was about 41% on all of them. I don't really see the price dropping what I do see is the 16GB being discontinued after a while an…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism According to a previous iSuppli breakdown for the 3GS it's about $20 in components, but that of course excludes many things. I've seen 3G add ons for networks be more than $150 and I've paid $300 for a 3G USB…
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Quote: Originally Posted by MacVicta That's an awful lot of R&D money to take an iPod touch and make it 3x as big. Actually when you build your own processor it is a lot of R&D money so yes. Apple paid 278M for PA Semi. The 150 extra …
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Quote: Originally Posted by drivendriver I'm very skeptical. Why would they waste silicon and power on a second core when the OS doesn't support multi-tasking? And you don't even need multiple cores for multi-tasking. The OS does support mu…
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Quote: Originally Posted by troehl The big question I have is whether or not the A4 (or a variant) will also be able to be used in a future iPhone and/or iPod Touch... A combined CPU/GPU chip could lead to even more powerful and energy efficie…
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Quote: Originally Posted by antkm1 I think it's because despite the fact that this is an Apple News Fansite, a lot of people on this site have a level of respect for what Google is doing, I do. Personally, i thought the article was nit-picking a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by iGenius You sound like you are too easily confused to do anything except to buy the one phone offered by Apple. It is a good thing Apple exists. Their branding strategy comforts you. For the rest of us, choice is …
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Since most folks are stuck under a contract and the phone is only available via T-Mobile, I doubt it will sell in gangbusters. Apple will respond with a new phone in the summer and maybe by then the google phone will be available on Verizon. The …
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Quote: Originally Posted by teckstud Dude- do you know how many people actually use that data/voice BS that has suddenly become the only lame comeback to counter Verizon ? I would venture next to none. Who cares? I've never had any desire to inte…
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Quote: Originally Posted by farshad Wow did not realize how few phones sold in china. yikes. I guess apple should pay the stock holders back and sell the business. Apple has very little retail exposure in China. Apple wholesales Iphones to Ch…