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Quote: Originally Posted by Don108 Nonsense! Creators create because it's in their nature, not because of competition. very true! But that doesn't mean they will create something people want.....competition does that....
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Quote: Originally Posted by johnsharrington Sorry if I was unclear. I did not expect cash, although I did have a receipt. (and yes, the tablet was purchased from that very store just days prior) What I expected, or hoped for, …
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Quote: Originally Posted by johnsharrington The Microsoft Store experience is so bad that the customer experience at Best Buy is actually an improvement. I was recently given a Microsoft Surface RT with a gift receipt to the Microsof…
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Quote: Originally Posted by cnocbui Reality happened. There were originally, very good reasons why Apple did so much business with Samsung. They were/are the world leaders at manufacturing complex devices in high volum…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Eternal Emperor Considering that Office, XBox, Windows Phone and Windows PC area ALL already available in Best Buy, what exactly does MS think it is getting out of this deal? yeah....i don't get it either…
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Quote: Originally Posted by palomine They use the label 'Designed by Apple in California' because that has a lot more cachet than the generic 'USA'. It conjures up more specific imagery, movie stars, fancy cars, surfboards, wealth, cas…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gazoobee Well, for most of the world, all this chest-beating, xenophobic, "pro-USA" stuff is profoundly distasteful, so there's that to consider also. They way they are pushing California,…
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Quote: Originally Posted by s.metcalf So if the Mac Pro is not the Made in USA Mac that was promised for later this year, then what will be? This is only "Assembled in USA" and Tim Cook and Obama clearly promised they'd start "making" …
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Quote: Originally Posted by PhilBoogie But D-link is a router, not a PC. So no. Samsung on the other hand is copying the Mac Pro literally. But because it's Samsung, it's trash. I guess I missed the Samsung Mac Pro copy..…
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Quote: Originally Posted by PhilBoogie I'm not American, so asking you guys. I understand patriotism and all, but if this is a company from Singapore, then this Made in USA thing isn't bringing in $$$ into the US, except for labor. Am …
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Quote: Originally Posted by GTR It appears that Samsung has already come up with their own version... So did D-Link D-Link Wireless AC1750 Dual Band Gigabit Cloud Router
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I thought Craig Federighi did an outstanding job....great presenter and entertaining to....lots of positive energy. I have said it before and will say it again...the more I see Tim Cook the more I like him........
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Quote: Originally Posted by digitalclips Did anyone else notice the astute video director cut to a shot of Woz right after that crack? Yes...that was awesome!
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Quote: Originally Posted by wizard69 Yes it does. However there are more changes than just Haswell that vastly improve the Air. Those PCI Express based SSDs are a very significant improvement. Plus they where able to lower the price…
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Quote: Originally Posted by chabig Airport isn't meant to address the needs of enterprise customers, where wall mounting is far less common. Wall mounting isn't just limited to enterprise customers. I would say most home consumer…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin Maybe that's his cover to avoid detection. Pretty effective. It was a bit of a long shot, I imagine Switzerland has quite a few bankers. Surely there would have to be some real-time analysis (l…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TheOtherGeoff It's never made sense to compete against yourself, especially for a fraction of the market. If the phone market was leaning 40% 5" and 40% 4" and 20% everything else, 5" would make sen…
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IMHO...what Apple does better than anyone else is blend great software with hardware to produce some of the best product on the planet!... As someone else pointed out..the iPad was great piece of hardware...but the blend of IOS with the hardware…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX Perhaps my comment was too esoteric. It's a reference to the DoJ case with Apple over iBookstore. oh...you made a joke....sorry i did not get that reference.....
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX Surely they couldn't have thought of this independently. It must be conspiracy and collusion. i am not sure i follow.......i never said anything about a jointed denial effort. I just said n…