Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: More Apple quality problems? Date: 1 Jan 2015 23:31:36 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 65 Message-ID: References: <1lxhjur.mfkn0lxldmv6N%nmassello@yahoo.com> <54a470c8$0$54714$c3e8da3$fdf4f6af@news.astraweb.com> <54a47c9e$0$27591$c3e8da3$dbd57e7@news.astraweb.com> <54a483d8$0$27494$c3e8da3$dbd57e7@news.astraweb.com> <54a4e56e$0$1547$c3e8da3$e408f015@news.astraweb.com> <54a5d1b7$0$42791$c3e8da3$9deca2c3@news.astraweb.com> X-Trace: individual.net CChk95JoDudJztCUeU8BXgCSt1YJnotYbQ2u5uoTMVMEB7sAI1 Cancel-Lock: sha1:lNtz68G5+i38X2ZpzksZ4HVGukg= X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:68085 On 2015-01-01, JF Mezei wrote: > On 15-01-01 11:05, Jolly Roger wrote: > >> As far as I know the Mac Pro has never been a high volume product for >> Apple. Did you have a point? > > The tone in which Tom Cook explained it, it made it seem like the volume > was REALLY low, but Apple needed to kee the product because the users > were important to Apple. So far you haven't shown that anything is any different than it has been historically for the Mac Pro. You're trolling. >>> Long delivery times don't mean much on their own because Apple may have >>> set production capacity to be very low. >> >> You've said that for years about various products as I recall, and you >> were wrong then too. > > This is different You've no doubt said that each time you made this silly remark about Apple purposely setting production capacity low. "But this time is different!" More doom and gloom from the JF troll. > than a product launch with disposable chinese workers > that you can ramp up to high numbers during first few months and then > reduce, and do this again the next year. If you have evidence that Apple has done what you suggest, then you should provide it. If not, you should stop saying this lie as if it's a fact, trollboi. > The Mac Pro facility is likely designed to be low volume and Apple sees > no need to increase its capacity to meet temporary demand spikes > (especially since in USA, reducing headcount when demand goes back to > normal is harder than in China). You have absolutely no idea about the design or capacity of the factory. > So if you have one large commercial order for MacPros, it will likely > result in delivery delays for normal customers while Apple fulfills the > orders. You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. You're just blowing hot air around. > There is nothing sinister about it. It is a small niche market that is > not growing, so Apple sees no reason to grow the capacity of the > assembly facility. You don't know the size of the market. You don't know the capacity of the factory. You don't know Apple's plans. You're full of shit. > The deisgn of the Pro with lack of expansion has however reduced the > niche even further. More bullshit from the bullshitter. You have no idea whether the Mac Pro market has grown or shrank. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR