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AppleInsider said:

President Donald Trump is the proud owner of a new iPhone. America's commander-in-chief is now confirmed to be tweeting from a device he called on supporters to boycott during last year's campaign, citing the tech giant's refusal to cooperate with authorities investigating the San Bernardino shootings.

..."[Trump] has been using his new iPhone [smartphone emoji] for the past couple of weeks here on Twitter. Yes, it is #POTUS45 reading & tweeting!" he writes...

Trump's use of Apple products, namely iPhone, is well documented.... ...That ended ...when Trump addressed...the San Bernardino terror attack.

"First of all Apple should give the security for that phone, okay?" Trump said... "...boycott Apple until such time as they give that security number.... ..I just thought of that."

...FBI agents recovered an iPhone 5c used by suspect Syed Rizwan Farook. A federal judge later ordered Apple to assist in bypassing the phone's passcode lock..."

The Department of Justice purchased a working bypass from a third-party and withdrew its case against Apple... ...the legal battle's outcome would have had implications on the public's right to digital privacy....

...the new hardware [Apple iPhone] is a welcome upgrade over Trump's old device, which was thought to be a Samsung Galaxy S3 [2012], the aging smartphone is no longer capable of running Google's latest Android software, meaning it poses a security threat to end users.

Concerns regarding Trump's smartphone predilections reached Congress in February when two Democratic senators on the Homeland Security Committee asked Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis whether the president was using a potentially unsecured device. Today that question was answered...

I think this is simply a case of Trump acclimating to a group of so-called-experts [FBI, NSA, CIA, Homeland] that needed to respond and make it known what was the most secure, what preserved Americans rights under the Constitution/B of R, etc... As with the FBI they did not have anyone that was comfortable to make such a decision so they hired and/or bought a set of unsupported tools to hack the iPhone. I would think that Samsundg have the damn things spontaneously errupting in to a VERY hot ball of fire was good enough to toss the Samsung, but was the FBI even concerned -- NOT!

Trump has a lot more resources to point him in the right direction, and has taken advantage of it on occasion.

k2kw said:

appex said:

"Apple's 2017 iPad vs. 2016 9.7" iPad Pro: Which model is right for you?"

None! Bring a Mac tablet. It is other world!

iOS is the future.   macOS is the past.   The capabilities of iOS will improve.   macOS will be modified till it runs a superset of iOS.
That's just the facts because their are almost a billion iOS users (plus other flavors based on tvOS and watchOS).

Bit of a logic flaw there IMHO.

Will be quite a while before macOS is the past -- Apple continues to innovate with it. Don't think for a minute that because you are not seeing a jump like System 7 to Sierra that they are done with it.

I guarantee that developing (writing code, designing UI, managing reusable code, etc...) on an iPad pro or otherwise isn't there. Using a MB with a 13" to 15" screen is a challenge even with the big leap made by Swift -- I am sure Apple would not have developed it to be multi-platform and processor agnostic just to see if they could! The more the executables run the same code (@ source level) the better the reusability as well as having an architecture that is consistent across product lines.

As a developer on the Mac since 1984 (as well as other platforms) although you could write code on a Mac and build finished apps (even on a 128K in asm) but it was painful. Even the step up to 13" color was a leap from the 9" on the Mac (128k, 512k, Plus...) but most serious developers used a 2nd monitor (even a third if you could afford it and had desk space). This was by no means limited to just software development; CAD for architecture, engineering, biotechnology, massive DB schema's... the list goes on much longer.

Scientists, PhD candidates, physicians, veterinarians, volumetric data visualization tools all require high throughput if not the ability to do so precisely. You state "The capabilities of iOS will improve" which is almost certainly true. To say that macOS will be modified until it becomes a superset of iOS -- I agree since this is true now. iOS can trace its origins to a subset of macOS with additions to address the touch interface and lack of physical pointing device (i.e., a mouse) and lack of a dedicated physical text input device (i.e., a keyboard). There were other variations but relative to the system as a whole it did not amount to much. The primary changes to the user interface on either (iOS or macOS) would address an issue that was found to solve a problem or extend the capabilities on one of the platforms and then assuming it was something relevant it would be added to the other platforms OS for reciprocity within a relatively short period.

Based on the heritage of iOS I cannot see a place where there is a need (or desire) to cut functionality out of macOS to make it what it already is. What would the goal of this be?

xbit said:

SpamSandwich said:

daven said:

Ok, I'm an Apple fan and stockholder but 0.005% on profits is rediculus. 

If you're an AAPL stockholder, then ZERO taxes is the goal.

As a APPL shareholder, I want the next generation of Apple workers in Ireland to get a good education first. That's not going to happen if corporations use loopholes to pay virtually zero tax. I want APPL to succeed through being the best technology company on the planet rather than through financial trickery.

Since I don't know where you are located I can't say for sure but most US states rely primarily on state and local taxes for education, not US federal dollars. True there are federally funded programs (free lunch & breakfast to needy, No Child Left Behind,...) but the primary source of funding is the State and local taxes.

techprod1gy said:

1/2%??? That would be nice. Nothing against Apple but I would hardly call that its fair share. Well done though.

The notion of a tax implies some sort of service. What service is Ireland providing to Apple?

I don't believe in just paying any tax levied cause you happen to put a foot down there. This very concept works in different ways for US state income taxes. Some people pay taxes in their home state as well as the state where the company the work for. Some also have state sales tax in lieu of an income tax.

Some companies create jobs that produce income for the people that live and pay taxes on the money earned/spent there. Seems like it is pretty nice benefit for Ireland (the people, not the gov).

"$10 million" is crap. There is no way in hell his endorsement or that song (or album) would ever make that much. I would like to know how well the song sold since 1971 -- I would be willing to bet it didn't make that much in the 40+ yrs of its release. Apple should have gotten permission though -- probably wouldn't have cost more than $50 and a Colt 45 or MD20/20.