And he thinks investors with thick skin should see better traction for Windows 8 after a rough quarter or two transition period.
Durant, who's known more for his three NBA scoring titles than for stepping in the way of oncoming opponents, got in Harden's way on a transition drive in the third quarter in a standout defensive effort for the Thunder against the league's second highest-scoring offense.
On some level, that was odd because the quarter inherently represented a transition where production was ramping up and it would be hard to really get a sense of what the business looked like on a steady-state basis.
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This area where a quarter of South Carolinians lived has made the transition to a post-textile economy really well.
The Prestige family of portable hard drives will also feature 256-bit hardware encryption built-in (PC only) with the transition to USB 3.0 models in the first quarter of 2011.
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These relocation expenses are associated with accelerated depreciation of property and equipment, incremental rent during a transition period (the move will occur in the second quarter), and payments related to terminating leases for certain floors in existing buildings.
Here's what else we know: In addition to last month's fresh batch of iMacs, new iPods would explain why Apple guided its current-quarter earnings lower during its latest earnings call citing an upcoming "product transition" (see "Apple Tips Its Hand").
The company blamed the weak quarter on delays at some customers in getting deals approved, and a product transition in the hardware business.
The new models, and lower prices, partly explain why Apple guided its current-quarter earnings lower during its latest earnings call, citing an upcoming "product transition" (see "Apple Tips Its Hand").
And second, the transition we are living through right now, which is still incomplete, since we are only about a quarter of the way in.
So far, the costs of that transition seem to outweigh the profits to shareholders: costs rose by an eye-watering 77% in the first quarter.
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