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  • First AirTag orders arrive two days early

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    My 4 pack (engraved) is scheduled to arrive May 12-17 but it already moved from processing to preparing to ship. 

    Checking my order status is a rewarding hobby of mine…
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  • Apple's 'M2' processor enters mass production for MacBook Pro

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    nht said:
    For all those defending the "Everything Glued together & soldered together" assembly of the MacBooks by saying "Nobody ever upgraded a computer", Andrew just called bull!

    His biggest (only?) complaint about his M1 MacBook Air is that it can't meet his needs because it is frozen in time with what it came with when he bought it -- versus his MacPro which grew and developed with enhancements as his needs, wants and requirements grew.

    Likewise, my 9 year old i7 Thinkpad runs perfectly well and meets all of my needs -- because it's been upgraded to a 500Gb SSD, 16Gb Ram and an internal harddrive used for ongoing, real time backups.  Without those cheap and very simple to install (5 minutes or less) upgrades the machine would have been scrap
    For every point, there is a vast majority of people who never upgrade the internals of their computers. You can rally and complain about that all you want, however there are millions of computers including Apple that haven’t been upgrade for years. Our 2014 Air and Mini are some of those. Apple is selling more ASi Macs than Intel Macs and every one of them are all soldered together. Apple knows their market. Rather than scrapping them, Macs do have a high resale value. 

    Did you watch the video?   Andrew called bull.... 
    He replaced a $6K machines with a $1.2K machine.  And it worked.  Let's see...he can replace his MBA FIVE times for the cost of the Mac Pro.  Video editing with FCP was faster on the MBA than on his Mac Pro.

    Nobody gives a shit about upgradeability when your cost is cut 5X.  Especially when you can dock and connect to your RAID array, power, network and other peripherals with one (or two) cables.  The Mac mini becomes a HUGE freaking bang for the buck.  And while eGPUs don't work with enclosures other cards have been updated to with a M1 Mac.  For example BlackMagic released Desktop Video 12.0 adding Mac OS Big Sur and Apple M1 support for DeckLink 4K and 8K models, Intensity Pro 4K and UltraStudio Thunderbolt 3. 
    EXACTLY!

    Why spend 5K on a machine and then several K more upgrading it to drag it through 10 years when you can drop 1 or 2 K a few times over the same years. It’s more cost effective, it keeps you running recent processors with the latest and greatest AND you can sell your old computers, give to family, or donate them to help those without.  

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  • Apple increases investment in US jobs to $430 billion over next five years

    bageljoeybageljoey
    I’m hearing crickets from all the “Apple should bring that money home and invest in the US” complainers...
    jony0watto_cobra

  • Initial engraved AirTag preorders sold out in minutes

    bageljoeybageljoey
    If I didn’t go for the engraving, would it have shipped sooner? (I’m looking at the middle of May...)
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  • iPhone 11, iPhone 12 dominate Apple's US sales, cheaper models struggle

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    sdw2001 said:
    ...  But the question is, where would those hypothetical additional sales come from?  If the share was 20% instead of 6%, that might not be a good thing.  What if it came from more expensive models?  
    EXACTLY!  I have no idea what Apple expected from the mini, and I have no interest in that phone myself. 
    However, 6% of iPhone sales in nothing to sneeze at!! How many companies would die to have revenues equal to that?  If the people buying the Mini would have bought from another brand, then I imagine it is bringing value to Apple. If they would have bought a 12 or an SE in the absence of a Mini offering, then it is not bringing much value. 
    Just looking at one number does not tell you enough to make a judgement...
    watto_cobra