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Tim Cook teases the imminent launch of a new MacBook Air
Have to agree. It’s been a while now. Kinda cringe to not just refer to it by its actual name.kiltedgreen said:Maybe off-topic but please can journalists (and the rest) stop referring to X/Twitter? It’s X and I think the entire world knows that by now. It’s a bit like referring to Apple/Apple Computer We know. Thank you.It’s not just here. It’s commonplace.Everybody is calling it both or referring to it as “formerly Twitter,” etc. as of people might not know.As of it weren’t the biggest news story for much of a year.
on the subject of the image, I don’t think it’s a pencil. Doesn’t make sense to do this for that.Though a freeze frame does appear similar to a pencil flying through the AIR letting, it may also just as easily be a closed laptop with motion blur. Likely silver color. Or… what if they’re bringing white back? An all white (including keys) MacBook would be pretty awesome.
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Apple's $500 billion US investment announcement is business as usual
This thread will be an interesting watch when Apple follows through. Last time they said they’d build in America we got the max pro. Probably the pinnacle of computing at the time.And we know Apple is serious about AI. With corrupt governments trying to harm Apple as much as possible, things are aligning for Apple to keep their word on this investment. And there’s probably no more favorable a state to do so than Texas.Would also go a long way toward alleviating the appearance of investing too much in China.Kinda doubt it’s business as usual. Guess time will tell. That’s the only way we know for sure.
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Apple to build AI servers in Houston, invest $500B in U.S. economy
Sounds like cook lost confidence through the four years since. But it’s back on now. Gee, wonder why that is.Xed said:"Apple to Spend $430B On Data Centers, Manufacturing, Offices in the US" from 2021 article. LOL
https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/investing/apple-to-spend-430b-on-data-centers-manufacturing-offices-in-the-us
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Apple to build AI servers in Houston, invest $500B in U.S. economy
cpsro said:
Tax cuts without spending cuts are a bad thing and not funny at all. The GOP/Trump 2017 tax cuts are responsible for 25% of the national debt, because no commensurate spending cuts were made. Yes, tax revenue is up, but government spending is up far more. Those tax cuts contributed to inflation, because they put non-existent money in everyone's pocket. The result is: Trump is the world's biggest spender. Corporations were doing just fine before the 2017 cuts and unemployment was at a good level, too, of about 3%. What the cuts allowed was for corporations to buy back shares--which they had promised not to do--which helped make the wealthy even wealthier and everyone else poorer. As has also been noted here, the wealthy have far more options for avoiding taxes than middle-income earners do. Trump didn't bankrupt two casinos without more than a little ineptitude. The supposed savings so far by DOGE are highly exaggerated, inaccurately characterized, opaque (not transparent at all), risky, chaotic, self-serving for Musk and other corporations, and wholly insufficient to justify maintaining the 2017 cuts. Oh, did I mention that the "process" Musk/DOGE is using is also illegal? It's illegal. Congress passed the 1946 Administrative Procedures Act and the 1974 Impoundment Policies Act that establish how Congressionally authorized expenditures are to be reviewed and potentially modified. Trump has done nothing to help ease inflation, which I believe was his number one priority. His immigration efforts are also not doing well and are a mess, with Obama and Biden having performed better without the unnecessary hoopla.9secondkox2 said:
Oh, Tax cuts are bad thing now? LOL
Tax cuts are tax cuts. Not increased. That’s a great thing.Tax cuts are good for everyone. And before you cry about wealthy people getting a big break, you have to realize how tax brackets work and how much of a ripoff taxes are currently. Recently took a big career jump. Pay went up by 25,000/year.Was so excited. Then I got my first paycheck. Was the same as before. All due to my new friend, Mr. New tax bracket. So I’m genuinely happy for anyone and everyone (including wealthy people) who get a tax break. The bracket system needs to disappear.And if corporations get a big tax break, that’s a win for literally everyone as they save money and don’t have to keep jacking up prices to stay profitable.
Tax cuts are tax cuts.cpsro said:
Tax cuts without spending cuts are a bad thing and not funny at all. The GOP/Trump 2017 tax cuts are responsible for 25% of the national debt, because no commensurate spending cuts were made. Yes, tax revenue is up, but government spending is up far more. Those tax cuts contributed to inflation, because they put non-existent money in everyone's pocket. The result is: Trump is the world's biggest spender. Corporations were doing just fine before the 2017 cuts and unemployment was at a good level, too, of about 3%. What the cuts allowed was for corporations to buy back shares--which they had promised not to do--which helped make the wealthy even wealthier and everyone else poorer. As has also been noted here, the wealthy have far more options for avoiding taxes than middle-income earners do. Trump didn't bankrupt two casinos without more than a little ineptitude. The supposed savings so far by DOGE are highly exaggerated, inaccurately characterized, opaque (not transparent at all), risky, chaotic, self-serving for Musk and other corporations, and wholly insufficient to justify maintaining the 2017 cuts. Oh, did I mention that the "process" Musk/DOGE is using is also illegal? It's illegal. Congress passed the 1946 Administrative Procedures Act and the 1974 Impoundment Policies Act that establish how Congressionally authorized expenditures are to be reviewed and potentially modified. Trump has done nothing to help ease inflation, which I believe was his number one priority. His immigration efforts are also not doing well and are a mess, with Obama and Biden having performed better without the unnecessary hoopla.9secondkox2 said:
Oh, Tax cuts are bad thing now? LOL
Tax cuts are tax cuts. Not increased. That’s a great thing.Tax cuts are good for everyone. And before you cry about wealthy people getting a big break, you have to realize how tax brackets work and how much of a ripoff taxes are currently. Recently took a big career jump. Pay went up by 25,000/year.Was so excited. Then I got my first paycheck. Was the same as before. All due to my new friend, Mr. New tax bracket. So I’m genuinely happy for anyone and everyone (including wealthy people) who get a tax break. The bracket system needs to disappear.And if corporations get a big tax break, that’s a win for literally everyone as they save money and don’t have to keep jacking up prices to stay profitable.That’s always a good thing.And the out of control and irresponsible spending is being slashed massively by the current admin.So a good thing gets better.It’s a win for everybody - except corrupt grifters feasting on misappropriated funds.So once again, Apple is making great moves as they feel confident to do so. And Texas is a fantastic place to do so. Tax cuts for Apple mean cheaper products for us. Win-win.
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Apple to build AI servers in Houston, invest $500B in U.S. economy
Oh, Tax cuts are bad thing now? LOLforegoneconclusion said:
Sounds like you're not aware that the GOP plans on doing a $4.5 trillion tax cut that primarily benefits corporations and the wealthy. They're going to extend the $2 trillion cut from 2017 and add another $2.5 trillion on top. Keep in mind that the $2 trillion cut from 2017 was in place during the entire Biden administration. So if you didn't like the Biden economy, the ineffectiveness of that tax cut was part of it.jfabula1 said:
At least his trying instead of giving away your earned tax dollars. Get over it dude, you’re still crying of your election lost.quakerotis said:Like so much of a bribery victim's fealty, this will amount to no investment, no jobs, but plenty of time for T**** (the convicted felon and sexual predator) to lead his boy Cook around on a leash.
Tim will worked harder for this great American tax paying company.
Tax cuts are tax cuts. Not increased. That’s a great thing.Tax cuts are good for everyone. And before you cry about wealthy people getting a big break, you have to realize how tax brackets work and how much of a ripoff taxes are currently. Recently took a big career jump. Pay went up by 25,000/year.Was so excited. Then I got my first paycheck. Was the same as before. All due to my new friend, Mr. New tax bracket. So I’m genuinely happy for anyone and everyone (including wealthy people) who get a tax break. The bracket system needs to disappear.And if corporations get a big tax break, that’s a win for literally everyone as they save money and don’t have to keep jacking up prices to stay profitable.Also, can you imagine durvivg the Biden economy without the previous admin tax cuts in place, sheesh. That definitely helped. It was bidenomics inflation that everyone hated. Not the previous tax cuts that helped most folks stay somewhat afloat during the last four years.Apple is making moves and investments now that were unheard of the last four years. Sure looks like they’ve got confidence now that they didn’t have for years.
