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DAalseth said:

I'd say that Apple, and Ive just had a problem with mice. Couldn't design a good one if their life depended on it. Other things, fine, trackpads, fine, keyboards fine. But for some reason mice have just eluded them. From the first one with one button when everyone else had two, and then two with a wheel. Then through the puck mouse, which was an ergonomic disaster, and most disappointing for me, still only had one button. I really thought the two coloured sections on the sides were buttons, until I got one. Then on to the Mighty Mouse which is just mediocre, and as you mentioned a ham sandwich could have told you that putting the plug on the bottom was a bad idea. Not only have I replaced the one that came with my iMac with a wired mouse from MacAlly, I just noticed my wife quietly replaced hers with a Microsoft mouse she got somewhere. Here's to hoping that Apple stops getting arty with their mice and designs one that just does what we need.

AppleExposed said:

I don't see why Apple can't build a car. We know they've had interest and potentially been working on one since Steve Jobs was CEO.

tzeshan said:

And Lenovo.

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normm said:

georgie01 said:

Meaningful change requires sacrifice....

What Trump is trying to fix is a good thing. He understands that making sacrifices, sometimes significant sacrifices, to accomplish good things is the most effective path. But we as a culture are too selfish to tolerate it.

Look at Jobs. He was a perfect example of sacrifice and hacking things off aggressively in order to push forward. And he was ridiculed for it, because we as a society hate change and loss.

Just sit tight. Trump is an effective businessman whether you like him or not. He may sometimes fail, but chances are he won’t. And if he doesn’t, then we’ll be in a better position as a country. Despite what the media and left likes to deceive the nation about Trump, he’s accomplished some extremely good things that other presidents have been too weak to do.

Trump doesn't believe that a tariff is a tax on us.  He hires the only economists in the world who agree with him that balance of payments with China is an issue, and who think that making China's economy weaker will improve this.  There is a real issue related to IP, but this isn't going to do anything about that.  Trump has thrown out the whole world structure of sensible low tariffs to act on his own uninformed whims.  This is an f-ing disaster!  

I agree that Trump is not weak.  But the only thing he's been effective at is fooling people and destroying things.

Trump plowed into office and ditched a Pacific Rim trade deal that would have created incredible leverage over China by making them “odd man out.” Instead, he thinks he can put the squeeze on them by unilaterally imposing a massive tax on the American people. He’s either too dumb or too dishonest to acknowledge that the other country doesn’t pay the tariffs. Trump was an “effective businessman” only insofar as he was able to make a lot of other people pay through the nose for his dishonesty and incompetence. 

The tax is paid only by those who buy Apple Products. It’s hardly a massive tax on the American people until Apple moves production to a new country or China agrees to a new Trade deal.

The tariffs aren't just on Apple products. Pay attention.

iOS_Guy80 said:

marsorry said:

Uhm, this is the opposite of a win!  The secret to great products is great competition - losing an adversary doesn't translate into a great win.  This is a pity and the battle moves squarely to Microsoft and its Surface line - who would have thought?

Battle what battle? Hands down Apple iPad any model is far superior to any Surface model. Windows is so 20th century.