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Never understood FineWoven.  It feels okay on the surface, but the cases themselves feel as thin as a sheet of paper.   Beyond that, there are so many plant based "leathers" that Apple could've used instead.  In fact, you can even find that material in the Satechi wallet/stands they sell in the Apple Store.

No one will miss FineWoven... especially Apple retail sales teams who know how awful the product really is. 

blastdoor said:

That roadmap implies no m3 Mac mini. I wonder if there will also be no m3 Mac Studio and if maybe the Mac Studio will get an m4 faster than we’d otherwise expect. And if all that turns out to be true, I wonder if the explanation might be that the first 3nm process from TSMC had yield issues, so maybe Apple wants to move to N3E ASAP

I wonder if we might see an intro of an M4 Max and Ultra for the Mac Studio and Mac Pro at WWDC.   Introduce them on June 10th, available on June 21 or 28 (which is a bit longer than the normal announcement to availability span for Apple)... that's 10 or 11 weeks away.  Considering the relative small numbers of units needed compared to MacBook Pros, this could be a possibility.  
 
Also, putting an M3 Max and Ultra chip into a Studio in June, really makes no sense as the processors (at least for the Max) as it would already be eight months old.  

Apple enforces what they call "Brand Standards."    When you work in a retail Apple Store, you agree to uphold those standards.  

As far as your person is concerned, that means you are not wearing anything with any sort of logo outside of your Apple t-shirt or black "track jacket."   For sometime, I wore a couple of pins on my black jacket- one was of Snoopy in his orange space suit.  Despite the Snoopy in Space cartoon on Apple TV+, I was eventually told not to wear that as it was against brand standards. 

Nit picking?  Yea, for sure.  But the real issue was if I could do that, then others can wear things to their liking.  I didn't like having to take that pin off.  But I understood why. 

A keffiyeh is not a religious item.  They have been worn in the many desert areas for millennia.  Their real purpose to be able to drape it across your face to protect against blowing sand.   On the other hand, a Hijab is part of Islamic tradition.  I worked with at least two people who wore a Hijab.  I should also note, Apple stores when necessary, provided a private space for those employees who needed one for prayer time. 

Madbum said:

Joe Biden needs to go. I am sorry but I am not usually political but this guy is ridiculous 

As already said, but it will be need to be said about 100 trillion times, this insanity started during the Trump years. 

I believe that as iPhone sales in China decrease, much of that will be made up by increasing sales in India with an ever growing Apple footprint there along with a younger and wealthier demographic trend.

The cancellation of the Car was not a $10 billion loss, much of that research into full self driving systems can and will be applied to various AI technologies and will also be a long term win for Apple.