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To: Cogito who wrote (92821)	2/27/2010 9:52:29 AM
From: rnsmth	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

<the eSATA port on the Sony, though. We'll see if the next revision of the MBPs have that.> Yes we will, but the key difference will not be overcome unless Apple were to license OS X for the Sony. The key difference for many of us is not the hardware, it is the software. As soon as someone mentions a hardware configuration that runs Windows, many of us would not consider buying it. The number of people who feel that way is increasing. I just got an email from someone who has argued against the Mac on a price basis for years - argued vociferously - anyway, his email said that he was looking at Macs. I replied and told him if he was thinking of a laptop to wait a bit. He wants a desktop.. Tim Cook called the choice that corporations are increasingly giving to the workers a "megatrend." That may have been a bit hyperbolic, but it is a trend. On Appleinsider there is an article about AP developing an iPad app and starting a unit to help its subscriber newspapers - well here is a quote from the Appleinsider article According to a report in the Financial Times, AP's iPad plans were unveiled along with the creation of a new business unit called AP Gateway, which will be devoted to helping the wire service's member newspapers keep abreast of new technologies ranging from e-readers to mobile phones. The AP hopes to help its member papers roll out electronic editions of their publications without each paper having to develop its own digital strategy in Web access and mobile apps, something that many papers lack the resources and expertise to do on their own. You get what you pay for The move to create paid subscription access to wire service news follows a business model pioneered by specialized newspapers such as the Financial Times and Wall Street Journal, which both provide premium access to news to their paying subscribers both on the web and via native iPhone apps. Reuters and the New York Times are also both planning to roll out paid access to their Web properties over the next year. Speaking at the Colorado Press Association’s annual meeting, AP's chief executive Tom Curley said that, "For publishers, [2010] likely is the defining moment. We must seize this opportunity to reinvigorate our business models as well as our journalism." Curley said the AP was convinced by three years of anthropological research that its publishers must differentiate their content, and not add to "information overload." It is going to be an exciting year for Apple. My positions, shares and LEAPs are in place. Nothing to do now but sit back and enjoy, I predict, based on the funnymentals and what I read are improving technicals - though my decisions for this year are based on fundamentals. Here is something additional from the AI story about the AP