Maynard Handley (name99.delete@this.name99.org) on July 16, 2015 9:00 am wrote:
> Alberto (git.delete@this.git.it) on July 16, 2015 6:03 am wrote:
> > Anon (no.delete@this.thanks.com) on July 16, 2015 1:12 am wrote:
> > > Alberto (git.delete@this.git.it) on July 14, 2015 3:22 pm wrote:
> > > > Maynard Handley (name99.delete@this.name99.org) on July 11, 2015 12:32 pm wrote:
> > > > > Doug S (foo.delete@this.bar.bar) on July 11, 2015 11:48 am wrote:
> > > > > > Doug S (foo.delete@this.bar.bar) on July 11, 2015 11:45 am wrote:
> > > > > > > Apple sold over 5 million PCs last quarter, and easily over half of those are
> > > > > > > laptops.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > According to this article, if the trend holds true over 80% are
> > > > > > laptops. If anything Apple should drop their desktop line :)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-apple-took-over-the-only-segment-of-the-pc-market-that-still-matters/
> > > > >
> > > > > (a) Apple makes 50% of the profits in PCs. Not as high as their sucking
> > > > > up 89% of the profits in mobile, but comparable to Intel's profits.
> > > > > It would be a strange company indeed that walked away from Intel-sized profits...
> > > > >
> > > > > (b) What do you think Apple uses to write iOS and to design those laptops?
> > > > > There's be plenty of reason for Apple to keep making desktop Macs even if the line were losing money.
> > > > >
> > > > > The issue of whether Apple would be better off moving to their own ARM CPU, under their control
> > > > > (but which would limit their hardware's appeal to those who want/need Windows and/or Linux)
> > > > > is a reasonable one. (As long as all those involved in the discussion have the wit to understand
> > > > > that that would be a DIFFERENT CPU+GPU, optimized for a rather higher power budget, than the
> > > > > mobile CPU. You'd think this is an obvious point, but apparently not.)
> > > > >
> > > > > The claim that Apple will/should drop their Mac line (or
> > > > > even just their desktop line) is utterly unreasonable.
> > > >
> > > > This world is full of unreasonable things......like the recent voices of a "shopping" bid
> > > > of $23B over Micron from Chinese Governors via Tsinghua Unigroup.
> > > > Do you like an Apple Air with little almond eyes ??? or your new business Laptop with a cpu
> > > > Intel China Inside (TM) ???
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > Me thinks the racism is strong in this one.
> > >
> >
> > No. I like better a nation that try to develop its own technology and original solutions, instead
> > of doing shopping all around the world bypassing the R&D stage.
> > Absolutely nothing against asian people but against their crap Governors instead.
>
> You do not know very much about the technological history of the US, do you?
> Maybe look into how Francis Cabot Lowell BECAME a Boston Brahmin.

Umm interesting reading for real, thanks