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So are we setting the bar really high so they can fail at it and tank the stock price?

I can't speak for iPhone sales, but I do see a lot of empty iPad cages in the stores around me so I would think Apple did quite well with iPad sales this holiday season. Not that my crappy region is the gold standard of sales...just going by what I see around me. 

Not sure why some keep relying on supply chain for sales, refreshes, etc. 

volcan said:

r00fus1 said:

I'd normally just leave a comment to "use Apple routers" but given the current direction, I'll adjust my messaging: "Do not use Netgear, TP-Link, D-Link, Cisco/Linksys consumer gear. Use router companies that pay attention like Eero, Ubiquiti"

As far as I know Linksys was not mentioned as vulnerable and they do make some highly rated consumer models although a little pricey.  Cisco is one of the highest rated enterprise router companies so I would expect some of that technology to make its way into their consumer line. Check out the following review as an example.

http://www.pcmag.com/review/347847/linksys-ea9500-max-stream-ac5400-mu-mimo-gigabit-router

Just as an FYI...Linksys is no longer owned by Cisco. They were sold to Belkin back in 2013. Cisco didn't really do anything for the Linksys brand IMO...they kinda ruined them a little. The only started to be good again when they were sold to Belkin. 

Since Apple likes to make both the software and hardware I'd say they're still on track to produce cars. They may not actually produce the car just like they don't actually produce their other products, but the fact that they're in control of both hardware and software I think is a good thing. Google on the other hand appears to be stepping back from a car and is just trying to shoehorn their stuff into someone else's vehicle. I can see this causing fragmentation already which won't be a good thing. 

This was done at the request of Samsung.... /s

If they've been doing all of these betas how come this didn't come up during then? I would think this would be a benefit to having public betas but I guess not.

Not that this helps anyone, but my Apple Watch Series 1 updated just fine.