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Apple Is One of the Heaviest Coal Users in the Industry (VIDEO)
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Posted on 04/17/2012 1:52:26 PM PDT by matt04

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To: Gator113

My understanding has been that Apple products are usually rated very high on the battery life/form factor/size contiuuum.

Real World: My wife has been very pleased with the battery longevity/power on her collection of iGear (iPhone 4s, latest iPad before the RetinaDisplay model was released, etc).


21 posted on 04/17/2012 3:12:32 PM PDT by EyeGuy (2012: When the Levee Breaks)
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To: Gator113

I thought I’d offer a comment regarding your question. It’s very likely that the 5 will have some new tech. First after Jobs and the 4s was just a bump over the 4. If you’re not desperate to replace, then I say wait.


22 posted on 04/17/2012 3:13:36 PM PDT by catbertz
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To: matt04
Data centers need reliable electricity as much as they need cheap energy. That means producing it at the time it is required, not waiting around for mother nature to generously bestow some onto you.

Passively collecting energy hunter-gatherer style in the amount nature is gracious enough to bestow on you is not going to cut it for any kind of industrial scale application. There is a huge step backwards (both in effect and in the mindset needed to put up with the change) in going from controlling the environment and getting what you want out of it to depending on a mystical external force to supply your needs at its whim.

23 posted on 04/17/2012 3:29:56 PM PDT by fluorescence
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To: matt04

I see that the little bed-wetting troll has his crappy site shut down.

I expect that from gutless obuma Nazi trolls at gizmodo. These pukes can’t even handle a simple barroom fight.


24 posted on 04/17/2012 4:40:16 PM PDT by sergeantdave
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To: Drill Thrawl
Don’t forget the 81 BILLION dollars they have in overseas banks. Such evil, evil profits.

Which they WANT to bring home, so they can invest that money in the US of A... and can't because of confiscatory taxation policies on already taxed money!

25 posted on 04/17/2012 5:44:09 PM PDT by Swordmaker
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Swordmaker, I would appreciate your guidance/opinion on an unrelated matter.

I want an iPhone, but I don’t know if I should get a 4 or if I should wait for the 5 that I read might come out this summer.

The iPhone 4S—released October of 2011—is the current leader and I suspect the iPhone 5 is due in October of 2012. I doubt that Apple will update the line before then. There may be some minor tweaking of specs, perhaps faster processor, in June... but nothing major.

26 posted on 04/17/2012 5:48:38 PM PDT by Swordmaker
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Which they WANT to bring home, so they can invest that money in the US of A... and can't because of confiscatory taxation policies on already taxed money!

None of the tech companies want to bring their money back to the US as long as they automatically lose 35% at the border.

I read somewhere that if the top 10 tech companies were to all bring their overseas money home to the US, they would collectively lose $100 billion at the border to the federal government. You'd have to be an idiot to toss that much money away on taxes - better to let it sit overseas.
27 posted on 04/17/2012 7:39:32 PM PDT by af_vet_rr
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To: matt04

Ignore it. Greenpeace has been taking cheap shots at Apple to get free publicity for years.


28 posted on 04/17/2012 8:49:52 PM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: catbertz
I thought I’d offer a comment regarding your question. It’s very likely that the 5 will have some new tech. First after Jobs and the 4s was just a bump over the 4. If you’re not desperate to replace, then I say wait.

I'd actually say just the opposite. The 4S may have the same form factor as the 4, but the internals are much different - to the point that the 4 is closer to the 3GS than it is to the 4S. The 5 will have a new form factor, but will likely have similar internals to the 4S.

29 posted on 04/18/2012 5:29:25 AM PDT by kevkrom (Those in a rush to trample the Constitution seem to forget that it is the source of their authority.)
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Based on history, next unveil is usually a jump forward.

Current rumors, which are taken as such, suggest that the five may have a much stronger chip, possible be the first to upgrade to LTE, wear a new form factor similar to the Air. Less likely, but still rumored...a larger screen.

All signs point beyond a simple iteration.


30 posted on 04/18/2012 7:16:07 AM PDT by catbertz
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To: kevkrom

The way Apple goes with the iPhone, then “S” variant, you can be pretty sure the next case will get a redesign. Apple has also started a trend where when the iPad gets a chip, the iPhone gets it next generation. Also, it turns out the Apple TV has a single-core A5, but done in a 32nm process, and that some newer iPad 2s have an A5 on 32nm. LTE is on the new iPad, but it’s still power-hungry and fed with the iPad’s huge battery.

Given all this, expect a redesigned iPhone 5 with at least an A5X on a 32nm process, and maybe with LTE if they acquire a less power-hungry chipset. For the case, rumor is that Apple’s exclusive license of LiquidMetal technology a couple years back, and the hiring of some metallurgy engineers, may finally show in a product.


31 posted on 04/18/2012 8:19:42 PM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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