Steven Philips on Saturday Apple video: Apple at 50 (2026) - 'I’m cleaning my house for a move before remodeling. I have a big cardboard box full of nice little white boxes. 🙂 I really need to finally toss them. But…. 🙁'
on Apple not on Iran's hit list - 'Gregg, perhaps read my post again, before expressing your indignation… It relates to a moral concern regarding US conduct and the collateral consequences of your administration’s actions. Ron is correct, I’m not here to express my indignation about atrocities perpetuated by Palestinians or Israel – that has very little to do with my investment in AAPL. As for war crimes, ‘no quarter’ is a war crime Rick. That’s your side…you’re the baddies now.'
on Apple not on Iran's hit list - 'Hi, Ron. “I distinctly remember learning in school about the 3 branches of government and the U.S. Constitution granting Congress the exclusive power to declare war (Article I, Section 8).” Unfortunately, the tiny Republican Congressional majority has green lit this war, albeit after the fact. What’s their excuse? Oh, that’s right: They’ve wrapped themselves in the folds of Old Glory. Well, she’s my flag too, and I resent using her as an excuse for bungling this.'
on Apple not on Iran's hit list - 'Gregg Thurman said: “Ben, where was your indignation when Hamas kidnapped 1200 Israelis , many of whom died while in captivity, and killed how many more while doing so? Or Hezbollah’s firing of Iranian made/supplied rockets from Lebanon into Israeli settlements.” **Gregg, I don’t know Ben personally…so I’d never speak for him. But, I’d be surprised if Ben, or anyone, would voice his indignation about those despicable actions by Hamas and Hezbollah on Apple 3.0. In this case, however, we have the United States President, a person who campaigned as a peace candidate, choosing to bomb another country without involving Congress. And, in doing so, he’s affecting the entire world…thousands of people are dying as a direct result of his actions. https(colon)//factually(dot)co/fact-checks/politics/did-trump-campaign-promise-no-wars-90f5fd “Campaign rhetoric: the explicit promise to avoid new wars Throughout the 2024 campaign and into the transition, Trump framed himself as an antidote to “forever wars,” repeatedly promising voters he would not start wars and would instead focus on domestic priorities; outlets and campaign materials summarized this as “no new wars,” “end endless wars,” and “I’m not going to start a war” ” **My school years were long ago, but I distinctly remember learning in school about the 3 branches of government and the U.S. Constitution granting Congress the exclusive power to declare war (Article I, Section 8). In my case, and perhaps in Ben’s, this has little to do with our feelings about “the man who gave the order” but about what and how it was done.'
on Saturday Apple video: Apple at 50 (2026) - 'I loved this event and also keep all my boxes. I’m sure the Apple execs in attendance cringed at the part in Pogue’s song where he said Siri sucked.'
on Apple's MacBook Neo holds its own against an Amazon Cloud server - 'I was wondering, you can run Linux on Mac computers, and you can run Windows application on top of Linux, could test Windows memory architecture on a Mac?'
on Apple's MacBook Neo holds its own against an Amazon Cloud server - 'I read this article and thought I’d repost the review from Rich Woods at MakeUseOf just because I think its funny at this point: “Please don’t preorder the MacBook Neo” “It won’t sell out. No need to preorder” “The announcement is filled with red flags. No one has used an A18 Pro” “In my career, I’ve read hundreds of laptop / silicon press releases. The MacBook Neo press release has tons of red flags. And no, that does not mean that this is a bad product. None of what I’m saying mean it’s a bad product. But you should be skeptical of it, and you should wait for testing data before spending your hard-earned dollars.” “If it’s good, just buy it when it comes out” “So maybe, just wait and see some real testing data before buying a MacBook Neo.”'
on Saturday Apple video: Apple at 50 (2026) - 'Very entertaining, informative, living history. I even learned some things – and I thought I was an Apple know it all. Pro tip: watch at 1.5x speed. I thought his parody song was going to be hokey but he did describe me when he said you never throw away a (Apple packaging) box (drives my wife nutz) and I slid have multiple storage containers filled with adaptors, cables, dongles, power bricks, old Mac’s, etc.'
on Apple's MacBook Neo holds its own against an Amazon Cloud server - 'Taking these results and the earlier post of repairablity, one can only guess at the upside in emerging markets, especially among developers of sw and content.'
on Apple's MacBook Neo holds its own against an Amazon Cloud server - 'It would be fascinating to see the Activity Monitor report for this stuff. The Windoze people say “you can’t run anything useful with only 8gb”. What they mean, of course, is “you can’t run anything useful with only 8gb on a Windows system.” This really highlights the efficiency of Apple’s memory architecture (hardware and software!)'
on Starting Sunday, Apple developers in China will pay lower commission rates - 'Bloomberg titles it as “Apple Cuts China Fees in Big Concession to Beijing and Tencent” Apple Inc. is lowering the fees it collects from app developers in China, a major concession in a hugely lucrative market where the company faced the risk of antitrust intervention by local regulators. The company said in a statement on Thursday that its typical commission on purchases will drop to 25% from 30% for its mainland China App Store. The move is effective March 15 and applies to apps for both iOS and iPadOS, Apple said on its developer website, noting the shift follows “discussions with the Chinese regulator.” The iPhone maker is also trimming the rate for mini apps — the lightweight programs that run within platforms like Tencent Holdings Ltd.’s WeChat — to 12% from 15%. Developers who generated less than $1 million in revenue during the prior year will also get the same rate. The reduction of the so-called Apple tax marks a major climbdown by the Cupertino, California-based firm in its most important market after the US. It aims to resolve a long-running dispute between Apple and Chinese internet giants like Tencent and TikTok owner ByteDance Ltd., which effectively rival Apple’s operating system by hosting swaths of third-party developers within their super-apps. “For Tencent and all developers, this will usher in a more open and mutually beneficial platform environment, which will help stimulate innovation,” Shenzhen-based Tencent said in a statement online. WeChat mini apps are a growing business segment for China’s internet pioneer and the reduction in Apple’s fees is projected by Jefferies analysts to add a low-single-digit percentage gain to its 2026 earnings.'
