johnny mozzarella

How this probably works...

1. In 2017 Apple lends Finisar $390,000,000
2. Finisar uses the money to increase their U.S. manufacturing capacity to build more dot projectors.
3. In 2018 Finsar builds 40 million dot projectors and sells them to Apple for $10 a piece...$400,000,000.
4. In September of 2018 Apple introduces it's new line-up of iPhones which all have the TrueDepth camera.
5. In 2019 Finsar builds 100 million dot projectors and sells them to Apple for $7 a piece...$700,000,000.
6. In 2019 Apple introduces it's new line-up of iPad Pros which all have the TrueDepth camera.
7. In 2020 Finsar builds 200 million dot projectors and sells them to Apple for $5 a piece...$1,000,000,000.


Let's assume it costs Finisar $4 to make a dot-projector...
1. In 2018 Finsar sells 40 million dot projectors with $6 of profit per unit...$240,000,000 profit
2. In 2019 Finsar sells 100 million dot projectors with $3 of profit per unit...$300,000,000 profit
3. In 2020 Finsar sells 200 million dot projectors with $1 of profit per unit...$200,000,000 profit

Apple currently sells about 200,000,000 iPhones and 40,000,000 iPads a year.
The investment in Finisar will ensure that Apple gets enough components to expand their use of TrueDepth in the iPhone and iPad lines.
Apple will make their investment back through lower component costs.

Amazon is phoning it in!
They are bad at software but they are intentionally making their video app only “good enough”. 
Amazon is not interested in making great software for Apple’s platform unless it directly impacts their bottom line. 
Retail is their bread and butter. 
Audio and Video are hobbies that help make Prime sticky.

MacPro said:

I'd love my mac Mini a lot more if it was easier to swap out the internal HD and RAM ... jeez what a PITA on my late 2012 i5, 4GB RAM model.  I use it as a headless a server for Plex and Home sharing.  It is soooo (f****g)  slow I have to upgrade something.  I don't mean its serving operations, it works fine, I mean doing anything on it directly.  I can go for coffee while waiting for it to open System Preference for example.  What have folks found to be the best bang for the buck, SSD or RAM or both?

Buy an external Thunderbolt SSD
Install macOS on it and make it your boot drive. 
Make your internal drive your storage drive for Plex files. 

One thing that I think would make Apple Park a lot nicer is a nice lookout station where visitors can get a good view of the ring.


I don't believe the current visitors center offers a very good view of the campus.



These lookout towers are an iconic element of our national parks and would serve a very useful function at Apple Park.
I'm sure if anyone can build a really beautiful lookout tower, it would be Apple.

Apple will make flip phone before they make a round Apple Watch.