MacPro

Apple Watch's annual revenue... what, around $28B...?  Mesimo Mkt Cap, around what, around... $8B?  Next week, Tim should buy Mesimo, license everything they have to Apple, license some of it back, and sell the company.

I tried it; I attempted $100,000 as a test and was told the limit was $10,000.  I wasted a day trying to solve this. Not to mention, Apple has a low maximum balance allowed.  

That same day, I got an email from Amex telling me that my Platinum (or Gold) Amex account allowed me to add a savings account with a 4.35% APR.  It has a $500,000 limit.  Setting it up was a breeze, and I already have a linked bank account for paying my Amex balance every month.  The transfer from my Bank to this Amex savings account was as smooth as silk, and $100,000 went through with a click.  I was told it would take two days to complete, but I could click expedite at no charge if I was in a hurry.

Transfering back (i.e., withdrawing cash) is just as simple.

robin huber said:

Hiding behind a Swedish fig leaf is a 100% People’s Republic car. Hard pass for me. 

Here's a long list of companies you will have to 'Hard pass' on, too.  The number that are now Chinese-owned is astounding. 

https://www.streetinsider.com/magazine/american-companies-that-are-no-longer-american/?origin=google&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=20529099533&account_id=7381981399&gl%5Bcampaign_id%5D=20529099533&gl%5Badgroup_id%5D=&gl%5Bad_id%5D=&gl%5Bnetwork%5D=&gl%5Bdevice%5D=c&gl%5Btarget_id%5D=&gl%5Bpublisher_id%5D=

I am happy with my Studio M2 Ultra and Apple Studio display for now. I suspect my next Mac replacement will be either the Studion M3 Ultra when it drops or perhaps the M4 Studio Ultra the year after.  The Apple Silicon is good but currently lags the PC i9 and RTX Nvidia machine I have in AI rendering quite a bit. I hope the M3 and later close that gap at the high end.  Meanwhile, it would be nice if there was a way to render across more than one Apple Silicon Mac; I have a couple of spare M1 machines.

This, in a country with no nuclear power stations; they like to be safe... oh wait a minute...