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JPMorgan Chase is the hot favorite for Apple Card takeover
Bank of America web portal feels like it's 20 years out of date, but even if BoA got a deal with Apple I'd expect that Apple's Wallet app and card.apple.com access would stay the same.iOS_Guy80 said:
Please, please, whoever Apple selects I hope that they don’t screw it up and keep all of the essential features that the current credit card has. Apple Wallet and Apple Pay or two features I use daily. With the Apple Credit Card it makes the app even much more functional and enjoyable to use.Xed said:Please, no. I just dropped Chase as my primary bank because of too many shady to incompetent actions over the years.
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Brother HL-L3280CDW color laser printer review: Pennies, not dollars, per page
That mirrors my switch from ink jet to laser. It was a great printers but I printed so infrequently it dried up. I've had some luck helping others save ink jet printers by doing the head cleaning (sometimes up to 3 to 5 times to get it working again), but for me that didn't do anything and I didn't want to spend over $100 for ink that may simply dry up again. Ironically I'm now printing a lot these days for various reasons.cia said:I had an ink jet printer for years, it worked ok, but as time went on I was printing less and less, and it seemed like every time I did want to finally print something, the ink had dried up, or was blotched or whatever. The cost to replace was high, and then next time I needed it, it had dried up again. So since I never print photos anymore I got a cheap B&W HP laser printer off Amazon Renewed for $75. It came with a "starter" toner cartridge that is only good for a few pages, and then you have to buy a normal one. That was 8 years ago, & I'm still on the "starter" toner cartridge. Thing prints fine every time I (rarely) do need something printed.
If you are like me and rarely need to print, check out renewed printers, they are super cheap. Be sure to check if the one you are getting is MacOS compatible, most are but you never know.
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Steve Jobs' daughter's $6.7M wedding draws high-profile guests
They aren't getting the entire amount but that doesn't mean they aren't going to be getting more than enough money to live very comfortably for the rest of their lives. For instance, Bill Gates is only giving $10M to each of his children. I would imagine that Jobs will do something similar to make sure the children of Steve are taken care of.AppleInsider said:Interestingly enough, Eve nor her siblings are set to inherit any of her late father's wealth. Her mother, Laurene Powell Jobs, has publicly stated that she plans to use the fortune for philanthropic endeavors, rather than passing it on to her children.
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Apple's upcoming low-cost MacBook: Colorful and affordable
1) Entry level buyers and students, all of which help fuel making macOS their default OS for years to come. I think it's a great move. I forget what generation of A-series SoC AnandTech as saying was besting the average WinPC, but it was a long time ago. Even with Intel's progress I'd imagine that A18 would run circles around a WinTel PC at the same price point. Having so much included SW and longer life span would result in a better TCO, but that's typically a point most buyers consider, especially at the low end.tht said:
Yes. This is the point, and they most certainly want to segment the machine such that it brings in new buyers to macOS and doesn't take away too many sales from the MBA.paulmacintosh said:So, basically, in 2026, Apple wants to release a low cost MacBook with a two year old chip it launched in 2024 for an iPhone; and this MacBook may only have 8GB RAM to play with. Once you spec it out with more RAM or a bigger SSD, it won’t be so budget friendly.
The only thing this machine will have going for it is its colours, which won’t even pair up to the iMac that comes in seven colours.
It might be good for the primary and secondary education markets, and maybe also for older users new to computing, but I can’t see its colours luring away users looking for a machine that can perform (like the Air or the Pro).
I'm not so sure about 8 GB RAM. Apple sells the Mac mini with 16 GB of RAM and 256 GB storage at $600. That's a big sign to me that this A18 Pro laptop will have either 12 GB, or maybe 16 GB. The 12 RAM packages are already "available" and cheap. They have been shipping in millions of Macs already, and possibly the iPad Pros. And, Apple has decided 16 GB is the minimum for Macs, save for the Walmart special. So, 12 GB sounds like a nice number to support AI features while providing some upsell to the MBA.
Apple's biggest issue with edu and enterprise markets isn't hardware. It's services and relationships. They really don't have a decades long relationship with IT, don't have the services that promises to make IT cheaper to companies or the services to make IT companies more money. MS is in a monopolist position with this, and it's a tough nut to crack. Some company would have to clone MS Office - 99% compatibility - and all the software, server and device management software. Google only manages by going hyper-cheap, and they have only cracked lower end edu.
Apple have a shot at the retail market as long as they have enough gaming and entertainment software. They are entirely geared for it. So, I think it is just another Mac laptop product at $700 to $800 price points.
2) Apple really did poorly with the enterprise. I would love to see this change, but it does not look like it's going to happen. Personally, I'm sick of using MS and their services, but their monopolistic tie-ins of "good enough" options have me stuck without any enjoyment in what they offer. Of course there are other options, but it's not that much better to have to deal with the extra hassle of setting it all up and maintaining it. And now with so much tied to the cloud I won't be wasting money on Dell servers for authentic at my locations when they EOL, I'll just use Microsoft 365 for the login, which will consolidate the final piece.
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Apple's upcoming low-cost MacBook: Colorful and affordable
A18 chipset doesn't define a product as an iPad. No touchscreen, fixed keyboard, and runs macOS is every Mac notebook for the last 25 years.greg.edwards69 said:So it's a large ipad, with a fixed keyboard, no touch screen and runs MacOS. It will sell by the bucketload.
