New Apple Lust Objects for 2010 and onward

i'm on an imac right now

what percentage of their revenue comes from macs? right.

what percentage of iOS applications are developed on macs

a lot. who cares?

sorry mh. i like you. i need to get out of this thread for a while though.

thread got weird

why would you say that?

― markers, Wednesday, April 16, 2014 12:23 PM (57 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

just joshin man

hahaha ok. guys, as i said, sorry.

whoa.

Actually I just want all the Chinese characters to be bigger and everything else can go fuck right off to hell

― 龜, Wednesday, April 16, 2014 9:59 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

OTM

there goes the fuelband

ohh, you mean this
http://www.cnet.com/news/nike-fires-fuelband-engineers-will-stop-making-wearable-hardware/

yeah although it looks like that article's now disputed perhaps a little bit

not the article per se but it's primary assertion

as others have noted, tim cook is on their board

and has apparently been there for a long time

the sunflower imac was announced in 2002, not 2001

http://www.apple.com/environment/

if someone's comp is fucked, it's not terrible advice to send them to the genius bar, right?

i know that that's what it's there for, but i don't use it because i don't need to. hopefully they're competent

go when there's not tons of people if you can. but yes, that is where you fix your computers

imo you *should* be using it if you have a laptop and something fucks up because applecare is rad

i have no idea if he has applecare

does he need it to use the bar?

my shit doesn't break! except for my ipods circa 2005/6ish or whatever

it depends how old the computer is, but outside of applecare they might just charge market rate

i didn't know that they charged anything! i thought it was free!

it's a game of numbers, markers. everyone's shit breaks, sometimes.

well, it's more likely to break when your cat likes to fling your iPad off the couch, but you know what I mean.

are we talking about the same thing? i think there's a possibility he has a software issue

afaik it's free for minor troubleshooting, and then it goes to warranty, and if you're out of warranty etc

well, i just told him to show up at the bar. they'll tell him if things veer into $$$ territory before they veer there, right? like, i'm not sending him to get ripped off i hope

yeah, they will troubleshoot some software issues

oh for sure, they're not going to charge you a cent without authorization

ok cool

i told him to ask anyway. thanks dude.

as i've said, my ipods are the only thing i've brought back to the store, minus a battery. they replaced at least one ipod, although i didn't bring that one in.

(someone else did for me)

I have nothing but good things to say about applecare+, btw

My entire conversation was "hey, I have applecare+, this iPad is way broken, here's your $50" and they were like "thanks I'll brb with a new one"

wow. i told my parents to get it for their iphones. not sure if i got it for my macbook back in the day.

i don't think this imac has it.

the plus version only exists for iPhone/ipad iirc. no accidental damage waivers on the others.

it only lasts three years then it's done, but otherwise it's a good thing and generally worth the money. i know this because a lightning storm fried my HD and I had to get it fixed by a shop, if I had Applecare it would've been a free replacement.

yeah the Genius Bar has always treated me right, and more things than you might expect will fall under a replacement program even if you are out of warranty (assorted non-isolated logic board or display issues, batteries that stop holding a charge too quickly, etc.)

For me AppleCare is mandatory. Full stop. When I've had to use it in whatever city I'm I'm in, the Bar (and the whole store) has been unerringly efficient.

BTW, worth noting that earbuds/earpods are covered under AppleCare.

usb cables too, which sounds stupid until you see how much they'd charge you for a new one

everyone otm about applecare. If you don't have it though, I feel like the genius bar people have a bit more latitude than online/telephone support to replace bits and pieces out of warranty.

FYI iPhone applecare only lasts two years, i.e. warranty year + one more year

apple is so 80s

Markers are you on 10.9.3

no, one previous (.2)

why?

huh! https://appleseed.apple.com/sp/betaprogram

lol no thanks

So does this mean I don't have to pay the 99 bucks for ADC OSX?

I think they give you minor version betas, not major version betas

It'd be worth it if you were really waiting for a fix and it was being tested