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Post by aaplsauce on Nov 4, 2021 22:14:52 GMT -8
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Post by chinacat on Nov 5, 2021 4:59:58 GMT -8
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Post by 4aapl on Nov 5, 2021 9:54:14 GMT -8
The monthly jobs report is in, with unemployment down to 4.6%. finance.yahoo.com/news/october-2021-jobs-report-labor-department-hiring-covid-shortages-180531280.htmlTidbits: roughly 4 million fewer people at jobs, but 3 million fewer in the workforce. a little over 500k new jobs in the month In the pre-2008 timeframe, unemployment only got below 4.6% for a couple months. 4.6% might still look high compared to the 2017-2020 lows, and it might be partly artificial if some of those 3 million out of the workforce decide to come back in, but 4.6% is doing pretty good when looking at the chart of the last nearly 17 years. This sort of sums up the problem for Apple, that it's supply chain and shipping, not pricing or demand:
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Post by chinacat on Nov 5, 2021 10:25:39 GMT -8
From PED's Amit Daryanani’s top five takeaways from Apple’s fiscal 2021 annual report: "My take: Those off-balance sheet purchase commitments, as Daryanani puts it… …reflect AAPL’s desire and need to co-invest with its strategic supply-chain partners in order to ensure availability of capacity. In other words, when the supply chain breaks down, Apple still gets first crack at critical components." Thanks, Tim.
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Post by 4aapl on Nov 5, 2021 12:41:40 GMT -8
Anyone have any tips on getting an iPhone 13 Pro quickly?
A friend is looking. She's put it off too long, trying to be too thrifty. When I checked yesterday, most unlocked versions on the Apple store listed Nov 29th-Dec 5th, except that the 1T versions were available for pickup today at our local Apple store, in the Blue and Gold colors.
I don't know what provider she is with, and if she'd be against getting it through them. I would guess that there might be some available, somewhere, for a certain provider. But the main question is if there is a place that sells unlocked iPhone 13 Pros that tend to have stock while Apple doesn't.
On that line, I see over at PED that Gregg is saying an iMac M1 is 30 days out on Apple.com, and that doesn't work for his sister. Maybe that is a special config, but if not there are ones available. It looks like Costco has them 4-10 days out, depending on the color, though it could also depend on your region.
EDIT: I contacted him and let him know.
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Post by macster on Nov 5, 2021 15:37:49 GMT -8
a little over 500k new jobs in the month [/quote] Correction. I know you didn’t write that but the media headlines. Good news though but most of those jobs are reopening jobs not NEW jobs per say. Those that were lost, abandoned, laid off, workers being paid not to work etc from the systemic pandemic issues. But credit where credit is due. So be it.
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