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IIc, IIe, Plus, SE, SE/30, IIcx, Classic, LC, LC II, LC III, Color Classic, LC 475, Centris 610, PB 180c, Duo 210, Quadra 840AV, PowerMac 7500, Power Computing xxx, PowerMac 4400, PowerMac G3 (Beige), PB 1400, AppleVision 1710AV, Newton MP 120, MP 2000, QuickTake 150, eMate 300, iBook (Tangerine), Pismo (PB G3), MacBook Pro (Core), MacBook Pro 15 (mid-2010), OSX86, iPhone 15 Pro.... and waiting for something insanely great! Well, it seems Apple Intelligence is insanely great by functionality - not by name. A new golden era.

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  • Adobe hikes Creative Cloud prices with a rebrand no one asked for

    nubusnubus
    Completed an audit on 1000 Adobe licenses earlier today (spent a month doing it). There are some obvious replacements:
    • Photoshop - Apple Pixelmator Pro is fantastic.
    • Premiere Pro - Final Cut Pro is the replacement. You can even get a license for a shared computer while Adobe won't do unless EDU.
    • Acrobat Pro - Preview does allow for PDF files to be combined and signing can be handled by other tools. pdf24 is OK for online use.
    • InDesign is still the industry standard. I don't expect to ever go back to Quark.
    • Illustrator was never fantastic. I don't see a switch to CorelDraw. Perhaps Affinity?
    • XD... the last UX'er moved to Figma years ago. No wonder Adobe tried to buy it.
    • After Effects... motion designers really like this.
    • Lightroom... PhotoMechanic is what professionals use - at least if they need to deliver.
    Companies could benefit from understanding their license use. Widespread use of Adobe software indicates a lot of non-creatives spending time on stuff they shouldn't spend their time on. We're talking broken workflows, that someone created templates for the SoMe team in Photoshop, manual steps, or "hidden factories" / failed outsourcing.
    lotonesForumPostdavdewmeAlex1Npslicepulseimages

  • Falling China exports signal a major shift in iPhone production & pricing

    nubusnubus
    ApplePoor said:
    Last week, my build to order  15"MBAir M4 32GB 2TB SSD was built and shipped from Vietnam instead of China. It should be here Thursday. No tariff adder on the order.
    Seems like a nice laptop. The lack of tariffs is however unrelated to Vietnam. Your MBP would need to be built in Russia or Cuba to get any tariffs:
    https://hts.usitc.gov/search?query=8471.30.0100
    muthuk_vanalingamwilliamlondon

  • US and China temporarily lower tariffs to start trade negotiations

    nubusnubus
    9secondkox2 said:

    It’s a great deal for the usa. 
    And it sets the tone for a more even snd fair deal to come. 

    Both sides reduced by 115%-points. China didn't give some extra discount US didn't already have. US already caved in with reduced tariffs on electronics. Inbound tariffs are still higher than before.
    1. Moving production seems to be between other countries. Apple isn't moving manufacturing to the US.
    2. Moving from China does require billions in investments that wouldn't have been needed - so taking profits from Apple.
    3. Apple was capable of running an efficient production without federal intervention. The tariffs push Apple to less efficient solutions. Either due to 14 days more shipping, other logistics, salaries, skills, flexibility,... it simply won't be as efficient as when Apple was in control.
    To conclude: There are no US jobs created by Apple in manufacturing, there are short-term expenses, and products will become more expensive to manufacture. There is no upside to Apple or users on any of these tariffs.
    baconstangavidthinkersphericlondorilarynx

  • Apple appeals $570 million antitrust fine, says EU blew off compliance collaboration

    nubusnubus
    One of the things that has always bothered me is that there isn’t any news about other companies like Nintendo, or Sony having proprietary hardware and not running afoul of the EU. Is that because they grease the wheels and Apple does not?
    TikTok got fined €530 million this week for sending data to China. Sony €13.5 million in 2023 for abuse of dominant position and for disabling controllers for PS4. But the main fines have been on truck manufacturers (billions), snacks (Mondelēz - €338 million in 2024 and Coca-Cola just got raided), car glass (+ €700 million), and so on. Airbus, AWS, and Google are taking massive hits as well.

    Some companies try to operate like EU doesn't have antitrust, anti-corruption, or privacy regulations at all. They fail miserably. Old tech like IBM... not a case in 15 years and they didn't even get fined for that. I would say it is a problem at C-suite level in some companies and Apple is on that list. It really is for Cook or the board to fix it.
    muthuk_vanalingamwilliamlondonshrave10

  • Apple supplier Pegatron says tariffs will mean third world-style shortages for US

    nubusnubus
    In 2021 one (1) ship stopped all shipping between Asia and Europe for 6 days. It took 10x that time to get trade back. Tariffs have been increased since Feb 4th and the extremely high tariffs since April 9th. 22 days but 10x the duration to restore service. It doesn't help much that exports from China increased in March as it will only cover 3 days.

    Factories are closing down making it even more difficult to return. US consumers are getting taxed twice reducing their spending power while margins and stocks are crashing. But inventory could keep shelves looking good for 30-100 days. Recovering from it will take much longer. The 2008 "Great Recession" caused 8-9 years of increased unemployment. It took more than a year to peak.

    londorXeddanoxsconosciuto