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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Baron Silas Greenback" data-cid="584733" data-time="1464838608">
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<p>Quite correct. Apple have done a very good job of locking people in. But that is also a challenge for them in securing more market share,because those that are willing to (or dont care) be locked into one corporations products.. have been mined.. and sold to.</p>
<p>It is going be a very interesting few years, and like I said, it will take a 'wow' product to make people be willing to sacrifice their Apple eco-system. Just a new PC is not usually enough.</p>
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<p>And you didnt even need to mention iTunes!</p>
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<p>I barely get time to watch movies these days, so for me it's about music - and spotify has me completely sorted there. I've not even looked at Apple Music, purely because I know I've got too much vested there already. And now that AC/DC is on spotify, I can't think of a single band thats missing on there.</p>
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<p>Although I do keep getting receipts for shit like Planes, Volt!, Penguins, Frozen continuously coming through my mail ...</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Hooroo" data-cid="584734" data-time="1464838955">
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<p>At work you can keep your own phone or have an iPhone6 (or 6s I think) or Samsung equiv of 6s (or 6). Stuff all keep their own phone or go for the Samsung.</p>
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<p><strong>I think the iPhone just suits those that aren't tech twats.</strong></p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Hooroo" data-cid="584734" data-time="1464838955">
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<p>I think the iPhone just suits those that aren't tech twats.</p>
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<p>On the other hand, the touch screen device revolution has convinced managers with fuck-all idea about IT that its easy, cheap, and quick.</p>
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<p>had a friend e-mail me this, so will give it a crack, although I can still see other connections, just not my one!</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.redmondpie.com/fix-no-wi-fi-available-after-windows-10-upgrade-issue-heres-how/'>http://www.redmondpie.com/fix-no-wi-fi-available-after-windows-10-upgrade-issue-heres-how/</a></p>
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<p>this has rectified the issue...although like onje of the comments, who said the command prompts it suggested to follow were not existant, but restarting has resolved it, as it did for me</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="taniwharugby" data-cid="584744" data-time="1464847452"><p>this has rectified the issue...although like onje of the comments, who said the command prompts it suggested to follow were not existant, but restarting has resolved it, as it did for me</p></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Baron Silas Greenback" data-cid="584717" data-time="1464835101">
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<p>Getting back to Apple Corp and its decline. Sorry I should have been clearer. Apple are not in a decline to inferior technology, or profits.</p>
<p>But they have just hit a new phase of bloated corporate BS. They are not on the bleeding edge of anything, their tech is hitting a life cycle stage that is entirely expected. It is really hard to be the front runner. They are just not innovating as much as others any more. They are living off rehashed versions of the same old products, add a certain level of saturation.... and sales get affected. They desperately need something new, maybe they have it coming up. But I doubt it.</p>
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<p>I hope you're wrong, cause I've just recently taken a fairly sizeable (for me!) position in their stock.</p> -
I have a Windows phone. I think it's great and better than the iphone and Samsung I've previously used. But I also don't use that many apps or other fancy shit. But it still astounds me that MS inflicted Windows 8 on PCs. Wtf were they thinking. Phones and tablets, awesome, but PCs. Retarded.<br><br>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="JC" data-cid="584751" data-time="1464849090"><p>
I hope you're wrong, cause I've just recently taken a fairly sizeable (for me!) position in their stock.</p></blockquote>
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I don't think you have anything to worry about. Apple could launch the iPoo and people would still buy millions of them. <br><br>
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<p>I've owned their stock several times before, Rancid, and made a bit. But funnily enough it's not their iAnythings that motivated me this time.</p>
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<p>Their last results call failed to make any mention of the line item that showed they spent $9.7bn on R&D in the year to April. I'm betting that the research wasn't simply on developing the new Apple Pencil, or any computer product for that matter. They also spent $11.2bn on tooling and equipment in the same period, again not to produce the pencil. What is it for? People can guess but nobody knows for sure.</p>
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<p>Wife's laptop updated to Windows 10 the other night, lost detection of HMDI out for audio - no end of faffing about sorted it (drivers, restarted, etc, etc,). Rolled back to Windows 8.1 and hey presto it's all working fine again.</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="JC" data-cid="584751" data-time="1464849090">
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<p>I hope you're wrong, cause I've just recently taken a fairly sizeable (for me!) position in their stock.</p>
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<p>I have gone the other way, so hope I am correct. I abandoned my Apple stock and have bought Microsoft.</p>
<p>Hololens and associated patents are going to kick ass</p>
<p>I am betting (along with many others) that Apple are developing a vehicle. If that is the case, it will be a huge risk and a long term proposition.</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/10/28/apple-rd-spending-hit-81b-in-2015-suggests-continued-work-on-massive-project'>http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/10/28/apple-rd-spending-hit-81b-in-2015-suggests-continued-work-on-massive-project</a></p> -
<p>this is the first and only issue after the upgrade, I was so glad to be rid of the abomination that is Win8/8.1...</p>
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<p>8.1 was fine imo - didn't like native 8 with the tablet/pc interface mash up. But we've got 8.1 at work so that helped with getting familiar with it.</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Tim" data-cid="584795" data-time="1464858839">
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<p>Is that a joke?</p>
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<p>They are practically forcing it on you.</p>
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<p>Prove it then by supplying a link ;)</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://www.microsoft.com/en-NZ/windows/windows-10-upgrade'>https://www.microsoft.com/en-NZ/windows/windows-10-upgrade</a></p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Baron Silas Greenback" data-cid="584773" data-time="1464854846">
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<p>I have gone the other way, so hope I am correct. I abandoned my Apple stock and have bought Microsoft.</p>
<p>Hololens and associated patents are going to kick ass</p>
<p>I am betting (along with many others) that Apple are developing a vehicle. If that is the case, it will be a huge risk and a long term proposition.</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/10/28/apple-rd-spending-hit-81b-in-2015-suggests-continued-work-on-massive-project'>http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/10/28/apple-rd-spending-hit-81b-in-2015-suggests-continued-work-on-massive-project</a></p>
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<p>I think its more likely they'll simply buy the underlying basics with their $200b of cash. A step in for Volkswagon for example wouldn't bother them. Nor on a different tack Netflix, although NF is massively over-valued, unlike VW. I'm betting their R&D spend is not on a vehicle, its on an operating unit you drop into a vehicle. So then they just need the vehicle, come on down VW...</p>
