fastasleep

AppleInsider said:

At the same time, Apple could change the sizes on offer, with the 11-inch joined by a 13-inch model, instead of the marginally smaller 12.9-inch display it uses in its largest model.

cgWerks said:

13485 said:
Lots to unpack here. First. Twitter lost 89% of its ad revenue since Musk took over, and lost 50 of its top 100 advertisers. That's not virtue-signaling, that's flight. They have lost 4% of users so far in 2023, and a projected 5% in 2024 (Business Insider) for a total of 32 million dropping out or switching. In the US, average daily active users declined 15%.

As far as overpaying "in principal" (I assume you mean "principle"), rich people, even Musk, don't do that, that's why they're rich. They use their wealth to leverage the best deal. Hmm, he didn't do that. We assume he's extremely wealthy because we are told he is, based on evaluation of his properties. Of course, until someone writes him a check, it's just an evaluation, not cash.

As far as SpaceX being successful, absolutely. Profitable, maybe not. According to Motley Fool, they made 0,2% on $1 billion in revenue. Tesla, on the other hand, is quite profitable--but the profit right now is from selling regulatory credits to other auto makers, not from selling cars.

Not sure if you've watched the fairly recent Babylon Bee interview with Musk. He seemed to be pretty honest about what is going on. Yeah, Twitter is in financial trouble, but they were before he bought them. We'll see how things move forward, but ultimately, big business can't keep up with this stupidity forever. Yes, it's virtue-signaling.

As far as principal, I think he was troubled enough by the censorship situation, or he'd have timed his purchase a lot better. Whether I like this or that about Musk (ex: I've been highly critical of him over AI driven cars, even to the extent of thinking he should face criminal charges), he's a hero in this regard. That's a lot of money he could lose (I suppose it could even potentially ruin him... as you say, he doesn't have that much cash, it's leveraged). He has big plans, of course, but they might not work out.

anonymouse said:

cgWerks said:

I've been on Twitter for quite a long time, and it has never been better on almost any metric I can think of. What's the beef?

• More bannings of people because the guy at the top doesn't like what they said, on Twitter or elsewhere, check
• More Disinformation, check
• More Racism, check
• More Misogyny, check
• More Bullying and general Hate Speech, check

Wow, you're right, so many metrics have never been higher. It's a regular Neo-Nazi Incel paradise. 

LOL, please turn off your TV.

fastasleep said:
Oh, just using every metric known to humankind. Twitter is worth a third of what he paid for it, for all of the reasons you're too demonstrably too dense to see. It's not even a question, you just refuse to accept the facts. 

It is because it was never even close to worth as much as he paid for it in the first place.
I don't think it was primarily a business decision, even if he wanted to buy it for business reasons (which he did).
And, how priceless is exposing the government(s) and proving much of the 'conspiracy theory' to be correct?

danox said:

Skeptical said:

Could it be that people are iPhone saturated and people aren’t dying to get one? Pure conjecture but this could be a consideration. 

Would you buy a iPhone right now knowing the new ones come out in the fall? Like clockwork….. for how many years now.

Skeptical said:

Could it be that people are iPhone saturated and people aren’t dying to get one? Pure conjecture but this could be a consideration. 

charlesn said:

Instead of $54K/$64K, you can get double the performance for $9K in a maxed out Studio or $12K for a maxed out Mac Pro if you need the PCI expansion. And this is disappointing because why?

We know that memory is handled differently on Apple Silicon vs Intel, so why is it assumed that the 192GB max is “a problem?” I’d like to see the test where this problem is actually shown.

Also:  on what video tasks is Apple’s on-board video proving to be an issue vs a separate video card? 

It would also be interesting to see if the larger enclosure and fan system on the Mac Pro would allow users to push it harder and longer without throttling than the Studio with its smaller enclosure and single fan.