Fred Stein on An influencer from Nottingham switches from Apple to Android - 'Actually it is interesting. Note the Oppo is more expensive – the cost of having a better camera and extra battery – the key advantages he highlights. But then, iPhone resale values are better. He shows the iPhone’s front camera is better. He shows that all other smartwatches don’t cut it. So you’d lose that synergy. Personally, the iPhone/Apple Watch synergy matters a lot. Back to what we all know. Android only competes with Android.'
on An influencer from Nottingham switches from Apple to Android - 'Lina Khan says Apple needs to do more to make switching easier and is using this video as an instructional foundation basis to enhance her strident and consumer oriented position that Apple stifles innovation. Lina is currently preparing another term paper that the EU, in conjunction with her Mentor and BFF Margrethe Vestager, can utilize to force Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche, Rolls Royce, and Bugatti to make these car companies compatible with all OEM automobile parts manufactured by Ford and GM. Compatibility is necessary across all manufacturers for simplicity and ease of use by consumers. As well as those consumers who want to undertake their own repairs by avoiding the burden of having to drive their cars to the dealership’s service center.'
on An influencer from Nottingham switches from Apple to Android - 'Of course, if he realized it -immediately-, he’d have nothing to talk about, and we all know that’s not Influencer behavior 🙂'
on Saturday Apple Video: Building NeXT from the ground up (1986) - 'I particularly like the bit near the end where he talks about seeing third and fourth graders using Apple ][e’s and how he felt that changed their worlds. Oh, to be alive to see how such a thing that you have done has made an impact. And it doesn’t really seem to me that he was egotistical about it. He was proud of the result, (hopefully) more than the fact that it was he who did it.'
on Saturday Apple Video: Building NeXT from the ground up (1986) - 'Always amazed how aware Steve was. Even with such seemingly strong financial partners he knew when to hold them and when to fold them. Aware of the whole picture.'
on Guess what the Middlebury professor blames for our falling birthrates - 'I would say … EXACTLY!!'
on Premarket: Apple is green - 'From Yahoo! Finance this morning: “The biggest IPO in history just churned out a major windfall for Wall Street’s biggest banks. SpaceX is expected to pay underwriting fees of $500 million, or 0.7% on the $75 billion that the rocket maker raised in its Friday stock market debut, according to a filing. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley the two leading banks in the blockbuster offering, each get a 20% cut of that pool or $100 million each, according to people familiar with the matter. Bank of America, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase will each take $75 million.” A nice windfall from the deal. I’m liking these names through the current cycle of planned $1 trillion (or close to it!) valuation IPOs.'
on The head of Apple Vision Pro marketing demos visionOS 27 (video) - 'Wait, wait, wait, didn’t Gurman just say that Vision Pro was being/ had been shut down, that hundreds of engineers were transferred elsewhere? I didn’t get my Vision Pro update and general release with the elimination of screen production constraints. That makes my forecast wrong, just as is Gurman. But it’s obvious the product is still advancing. Engineers may be transferred elsewhere until the screen supply constraint is solved, but it isn’t dead.'
on Guess what the Middlebury professor blames for our falling birthrates - 'I like to think it’s a gradual realization and thoughtful deliberation of the economic implications of having children, and we are all the better for it. (Ie those without the means or desire to responsibly raise kids no longer feel like a societal failure). At least that is my anecdotal conclusion from many younger folks I talk with.'
on Apple's iPhone revenue share was its highest ever for the March quarter - 'If I didn’t know better, and with a quick glance, I’d swear that’s Ted Danson and Joe Pesci. Thanks for sharing. I’m still not sold on Federighi, though. Apple Intelligence was delayed in 2024, delayed in 2025 and now aided, at least in part, by Google/Gemini in 2026. Credibility matters and he has a lot of work ahead of himself to earn back my trust.'
on Guess what the Middlebury professor blames for our falling birthrates - 'Young people these days have different priorities and struggle to afford homes, etc. kids are expensive. Also Tinder, it’s easy to jump around and not commit. I have young adults and that’s what I see.'
on Guess what the Middlebury professor blames for our falling birthrates - 'The only benefit when an author extrapolates cause and effects from correlations, is that it reveals the author’s biases.'
on Guess what the Middlebury professor blames for our falling birthrates - 'Forget the Great Recession, in 2007 it was BlackBerry.'
on Counterpoint's M5 Pro teardown finds a chip built for accelerated computing - 'I exclusively use local models on my M4 Max 64GB for a variety of tasks and learning how to use models on device. I don’t and won’t pay for foundational model access. I have been an IT professional for 45 years and am quite impressed what the latest batch of local models can do. Everything from coding iPhone apps, generating detailed design documents after feeding it a detailed prompt, helping design 3D printer housings and code templates for an ESP32 based laser “goose deterrent”, and other tinkering projects to see what local models can do. I adjunct teach Comp Science classes and I am trying to make sure the students use AI as a tool and not a crutch. I see critical thinking skills going out the window if we don’t change the way we deliver the curriculum. A lot of traditional professors stay in academia mode and don’t convey practical skills and real world knowledge to students. That combined with easy AI access has the potential to limit creativity and problem solving skills. I asked my Spring Computer Architecture class of 35 students if they pay for OpenAI or Claude, and all 35 raised their hands. I say probably once a week, use AI as a tool, not a crutch.'
on Counterpoint's M5 Pro teardown finds a chip built for accelerated computing - 'It’s too bad these are so small. Most people just see the device and enjoy how well it works. These SOCs are truly modern wonders. The pyramids in Egypt have nothing on these. It boggles the mind to think of all the engineers, chemists, physicists, finance people, organizers and managers who had to collaborate to make these a reality.'
