Ron Fredrick on Saturday Apple video: Marques Brownlee on the turnover (2026) - 'Joseph Bland said: As regards the Vision Pro, nobody else has, thus far, even come close, so it’s both. **Upvoted your comment, Joseph. I’m not sure why so many people, not just Tommo, write off the Vision Pro as a failure just because a $3500 product didn’t fly off the shelves. It’s the most impressive technology I’ve ever experienced and my wife and I have zero regrets about buying them as soon as they were available.'
on Why Apple's entry-level Mac Mini disappeared - 'Actually, the more you can accomplish with syntax, the easier it is to get it right. When you’re dependent on semantics for correctness, that places more emphasis on context and implicit knowledge. If you can read music, consider how much knowledge is encoded in the syntax of musical notation. Then consider, for example, medieval music notations that didn’t include time as part of that syntax. (And that’s about all I know about medieval musical notations 🙂 )'
on Why Apple's entry-level Mac Mini disappeared - 'I maxed out all the options to get Mac Mini for $4,699 not including any SW or extended service contracts. And it is not available. Apple wins edge, while literally $T’s CAPEX spent on cloud.'
on Apple record Q2 2026: What the analysts are saying - 'Fred: There’s a conspicuous value proposition with the purchase of Apple products than can withstand an incremental price increase without diminishing demand. I have no real concerns about demand for Apple hardware or a slight increase in component costs for memory or storage.'
on Why Apple's entry-level Mac Mini disappeared - 'I noticed that and thought it was a great attempt at easing any refund requests (which would probably be fiscally mandatory) past the administration. Well done!'
on Why Apple's entry-level Mac Mini disappeared - 'Thanks, David. In patents, claims are heavily about syntax, which I’m learning, but am far from mastering. Hence the interest in AI. But it also sounds weird to need to learn syntax to build an AI that checks your syntax…. Still, the alternative, a really good patent attorney, isn’t cheap….'
on Why Apple's entry-level Mac Mini disappeared - '“if you can’t understand how to run a command line, this is far too dangerous of a project for you to use safely.” Thanks for the warning. Need to rethink my plans.'
on Apple record Q2 2026: What the analysts are saying - 'Didn’t Tim allude to it and cost not being a big problem this quarter, in the Q&A, although both were expected to increase in effects the following quarter?'
on Why Apple's entry-level Mac Mini disappeared - '“if you can’t understand how to run a command line, this is far too dangerous of a project for you to use safely.” That would be me. Thankfully I don’t have a need.'
on Saturday Apple video: Marques Brownlee on the turnover (2026) - 'The counterpoint to the idea that Apple doesn’t produce new products fast enough because of fear of failure is this. If you count Apple Vision Pro (which I am not yet sure has failed, we’ll see) and the car, you have two massive projects that stack up against the many smaller failures that Google has tried. Plus there is value in how Apple does it: by doing fewer things, often doing them later, and doing them best, Apple has a reputation that creates anticipation. Example: I have no idea what the foldable iPhone will be like but, based on track record, I am assuming it will be the best, may redefine the category, and will capture 80% of the profits of all foldables. Customers and investors expect no less. Apple’s stance has its drawbacks but it serves as a cornerstone for a clean, easy to understand brand: it just works. Apple is iconic in all that it does. Google is iconic in search and perhaps now AI and soon to be cloud. But in hardware, not so much. To get where it is, Apple can’t just fling stuff out there and see what sticks. That just confuses people. Apple has to be clever enough to outflank what is already in the market. (Case in point: Neo.) Marques Brownlee has clearly nailed the downside, but the upside overshadows it by far, imho.'
on Premarket: Apple is green - 'Agree 100% and upvoted. I was trying to say more or less the same things. The big players clearly did their thing EOD yesterday spiking AAPL to 276 (probably sold their quick-buck calls and/or shares) and immediately dragged it down to 271 literally in a matter of minutes. Today they couldn’t bring it down to 270 because of the strength with which other players were buying but they tried hard and did manage 280. Quite likely, next week should be good with Apple back in the arena.'
on Apple record Q2 2026: What the analysts are saying - 'Supply chain seems to be a common excuse. Nobody even knows if Apple will have a memory shortage next quarter, but I think they won’t.'
