I think this is the first Apple kbase article I’ve seen that’s source was a clone maker. Check out this fine print!
Power Computing provided the information in this article and it was deemed accurate as of 14 November 1997. Apple Computer, Inc. is not responsible for its content. This article is being provided as is and will not be updated in the future.
TL;DR: It’s a pretty normal Q2 for the company:
“We are proud to report a strong March quarter, with revenue growth accelerating from the December quarter and continued robust demand for iPhone 7 Plus,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “We’ve seen great customer response to both models of the new iPhone 7 (PRODUCT)RED Special Edition and we’re thrilled with the strong momentum of our Services business, with our highest revenue ever for a 13-week quarter. Looking ahead, we are excited to welcome attendees from around the world to our annual Worldwide Developers Conference next month in San Jose.”
Some tidbits from the call:
Here are some charts for your enjoyment. Unless you’re an iPad fan, in which case … maybe just move on.
Apple saw double-digit revenue growth in US, Canada, Australia, Germany, Netherlands, Turkey and Mexico.
Remember, this quarter was one week shorter than the previous one. That services number continues to impress.
The slide is slowing, but is still there.
The new MacBook Pro pushed the Mac this quarter; portables grew at twice the rate of the PC portable market. Mac revenue was up over the sheer unit numbers. The reason is simple; the $899 MacBook Air is no more, and the $999 Air is old. The base MacBook runs $1,299. In short, Macs are more expensive then they were last year.
This week on the world’s greatest podcast:
Myke is putting wax seals on everything, and Stephen is backing documentaries about antique computing devices. Once that’s finished, the two talk about Apple’s rumored Siri-in-a-Canister product and Amazon’s recent Alexa news.
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Alex Abad-Santos at Vox, recounting Monday’s episode:
Kimmel told a heart-wrenching story about his newborn son, who was born a little over a week ago with a congenital heart disease that could have killed him. Kimmel’s wife Molly McNearney (who’s the co-head writer of Jimmy Kimmel Live) gave birth to William “Billy” John Kimmel on April 21. Everything seemed fine at first, but a nurse heard a murmur in his heart and noticed that he didn’t look right.
I’ve embedded the video below. You won’t be able to make it through without tearing up.
At the end of it, Kimmel made a passionate argument about the state of healthcare legistlation in America:
We were brought up to believe that we live in the greatest country in the world. Until a few years ago, millions and millions of us had no access to health insurance at all. You know, before 2014, if you were born with congenital heart disease, like my son was, there’s a good chance you’d never be able to get health insurance, because you had a preexisting condition.
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If your baby is going to die and it doesn’t have to, it shouldn’t matter how much money you make. I think that’s something that whether you’re a Republican or a Democrat or something else, we all agree on that, right? No parent should ever have to decide if they can afford to save their child’s life. It just shouldn’t happen. Not here.
Andrew Cunningham has put together a great article looking at the history of Hackintoshing, and the reasons many decide to build their own macOS-running computers:
It’s 2017. The desktop computer market is a little boring. Apple needs to find the courage to let its desktops be a little boring. It would serve the company’s pro users better, and the non-pro users are unlikely to care. They’re mostly buying laptops anyway.
I’ve been thinking a lot about why Apple has said it’s going to take at least the rest of this year to ship a new Mac Pro. I’m worried that Apple can’t help itself, and is going to try too hard to make something clever and beautiful.
Real pros don’t care as much about those things as other users do, and Apple should strive to build something simple and straight-forward. Surely that could shave some time off the project, as a bonus.
This thing will still run macOS Sierra, despite Apple washing its hands of any obligation to repair these machines.
If you do have one of these MacBooks, upgrading the drive and RAM for Sierra is pretty simple.
One of my favorite conferences is back for 2017:
For the third year in a row, Release Notes will gather together the best and brightest in the iOS and Mac development community to share our experiences, our struggles, and our victories in the face of an ever-changing software market. Whether you work for yourself, a small team, or a large company, if you’re the type of person who is interested in learning how a technology business is built and maintained, you’ll want to spend time in Chicago with us this fall.
Federico is speaking, and on Sunday, October 15, we will be doing a live Connected. Tickets are available when you buy a ticket to the conference, so get moving.
May is National Brain Tumor Awareness Month. To mark the occasion, 512 Pixels has donned an all-gray theme for the month.
Continue Reading → “May is National Brain Tumor Awareness Month”
iStumbler is the leading wireless discovery tool for Mac OS X, providing plugins for finding Wi-Fi networks, Bluetooth devices, Bonjour services, Location information, and now 2.4 & 5 GHz Spectrum analysis with your Mac.
Release 102 adds a new Spectrum plug-in, with support for Oscium’s Award Winning WiPry 5x 2.4 & 5 GHz Wi-Fi Spectrum Analyzer for iOS, Android, Windows and (Finally!) macOS.
iStumbler is now just $9.99 for all the computers that you own.
Oscium’s WiPry 5x hardware is available at the Oscium Store for $499.
I know crowd-funded movies often fall apart, I can’t help but link to this one:
This is a film about a little green computer and the people who love it.
Newton was the first mass-produced touchscreen handheld computer made by Apple. It only lasted a few years on the market (1993 to 1998), but that wasn’t because it sucked! A large community of people still love Newton, and this film is an homage to the little device(s) by the people who still remember and even still use one.
It’s a 90-minute documentary about the Newton and the community that is still in love with it today.
magnetic wonder
keep my laptop safe and sound
MagSafe, you’re the best
your small LED
shone brightly in the darkness
showing charge and hope
today, you are gone
replaced by USB-C
hashtag dongle life
In August 2016, Myke Hurley and Jason Snell spent several days with me here in Memphis. We had many conversations about our work and the future of Relay FM.
One late afternoon, we had drinks at the top of a metal pyramid that is now a Bass Pro Shop to talk through an idea for a new show.
While most of our tech podcasts are about a certain company or a specific corner of tech, we’ve wanted to do something broader for a while. We sketched out a panel-driven show about the week’s most important technology stories.
Today, we’re launching that show. It’s called Download, and the first episode is available now.
Jason Snell is the host. Each week, he and two guests will talk through the biggest three tech topics of the week, plus one or two you may have missed. This format gives us another show we where we can work on bringing new and diverse voices to the network.
I’m working behind the scenes as the producer to help keep the wheels of the machine turning. The first episode was a lot of fun to put together, and I think you’re going to enjoy it.
Here’s how to subscribe:
