[Mark Bein]

You’re lucky
https://trademarks.justia.com/736/44/amador-73644927.html

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It’s not a real patent – it’s a design patent.
More like a logo or a shoe with three stripes.
Make it two stripes and you’re good.
It’s very limited and just there to prevent imitation.

[Mark Bein]

Even if Bloomberg made that up, there would e a 99% chance that they are right.
You’d expect one of the biggest companies in the world to look a few years ahead.

[Mark Bein]

[Andrew Kimery] “Apple paid to get a 1yr window of exclusivity on it.”
Do you have proof for that or are you carelessly creating another internet myth?

It’s more likely that intel needed a collaboration partner to introduce a technology
with questionable short term benefits.

Thunderbolt was developed by Intel and brought to market with technical collaboration from Apple
says wikipedia

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The Bourne Ultimatum!

[Mark Bein]

Thank you. Hilarious!

So Apple delivers the best laptop for a photo guy there has ever been-
a 5 (five) Megapixel IPS Screen laptop.

Scott Bourne:
“Here’s the writing on the wall. Aperture’s library now fully integrates with iPhoto’s library.
Does that ring a bell with anyone but me? iPhoto is a purely consumer product.”

Is that all he’s got?
What’s wrong with that?

[Mark Bein]

I don’t see how it would hurt you either.
RAM is cheap these days – limiting factor is how much CPU/chipset can handle, this is a laptop after all.
Max out RAM at a reasonable price, have battery replaced when necessary, change SSD at will.
What’s the big difference?

[Mark Bein]

I’m a bit sick, so just a few thoughts.

My guess: home user repair ability: 1
Apple service repair ability: 10

CPU /chipset are probably maxed out at 16gb anyway
RAM unlikely to fail if good parts are used

SSD can very likely be changed in the near future

Environment: What did you do with replaced RAM / battery?
Where do you think refurbished stuff comes from?
I’ve never seen a company selling so much refurbished stuff and so many people recommend said stuff.

[Mark Bein]

“Apple Really is going to try to kill Google”
is a bad article. How could they kill Google when they “own” less then half of the mobile market?
The majority of handsets will still use Google maps.
It’s a defensive move. Maps and local search are very useful for smartphones,
you wouldn’t want to rely on a competitor.
Maybe Google did not give them all the features (turn by turn navigation)?

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[Oliver Peters] “You access all of the media for all clients, all sessions, etc. Just like Aperture, iMovie, iTunes and iPhoto.”

Aperture, iMovie, iTunes and iPhoto can use multiple independent libraries.