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  • Apple extends share buybacks by $90B, raises dividends by 5%

    ciacia
    With a stable large company like Apple, stock buybacks are great incentive to hold the stocks long.  Thanks to good management the price generally (over years) goes up, bumped along with some extra oomph by those buybacks.   I have no complaints about them buying back copious numbers of shares as long as the staff (at all levels) are well compensated and they don't scrimp on R&D at all.
    Xed

  • Tested: Final Cut Pro update's real-world speed boost to Mac Studio

    ciacia
    bloggerblog said:
    jasonfj said:
    hmlongco said:
    "In addition, Compressor also opened much faster on our Mac Studio compared to a three- to four-minute startup time prior to the update."

    Three to four MINUTES???
    Loading it off a cassette deck?

    Lemme check... yup!



    Load compressor,8,1
    Alex_VbloggerblogMacsWithPenguinsspherichexclockwatto_cobra

  • New iPhone SE supports only sub-6 GHz 5G, not full mmWave

    ciacia
    I have a 13Pro and have never once seen mmWave coverage in all my travels.
    watto_cobra

  • Fully loaded Mac Studio costs just $7999, more powerful than similarly priced Mac Pro

    ciacia
    rob53 said:
    crowley said:
    sflocal said:
    indieshack said:
    Only with Apple could we see a banner headline “…Costs just $7999”
    Okay Einstein.  Price an Intel-equivalent and get back to us.

    This is the problem with trolls like you.  You do zero research on the competition yet pretend you know what you're talking about.
    It's a joke, tight pants.
    Call it what you want but comments like indie's aren't worth spit.

    As for the fully loaded Studio for $7999, that's actually an amazing price for what you're getting. Sflocal is correct, try and build a desktop using Intel, AMD or ARM and you'll have to spend several times this amount. Try and build one that fits into 219 cubic inches and you'll never do it. The cooling system would take twice that amount of space and it still wouldn't be able to cool an over-clocked CPU. It also wouldn't be able to process anything at the speed of the M1 Ultra. Professionals don't have to wait for a Mac Pro replacement, it's already here. Just add external storage arrays (a nice NVMe RAID over Thunderbolt 3) and a 10Gb network switch with access to your servers and you won't have a second to nap because almost everything is happening real time.
    It's still very expensive for a lot of people.
    grandact73

  • AirTag clone developed by researchers works around Apple's anti-stalking measures

    ciacia
    If you are honestly willing to jump through all these hoops to make a cloned AirTag, you REALLY have to want to make a cloned AirTag.

    Instead of going through all those steps, you can just buy a cellular tracker off Amazon for under $100, pop in a pre-paid SIM (Bought with cash) and track someone that way.  No warnings ever.
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