Posted on 01/27/2011 3:34:13 AM PST by Swordmaker
Apple proved how stupid they are years ago. They will never survive in this competitive market. So, before it becomes completely worthless, just to prove what a generous guy I am, I will take your Apple stock off your hands for $50 a share.
I’ve had better luck with Toshiba, and much worse luck with HP. There’s one data point for your stats.
Isn’t it amazing how folks with a grudge can turn even the best news into something bad? Lets see - Apple is setting revenue and profit records. Sales of Apple products (INCLUDING computers) is climbing, even while other makers are still having to clear inventory with deep price cuts...
How many PC makers WISH they had the financial success (and sales success) Apple is seeing? I would venture most.
We are going on four years with seven IMacs and four MacBooks in this office running 24/7 with one logicboard failure. I'm running three Macs at my house, a 27" 3 year old Intel iMac, an 8 year old G5 Mac Tower, and a four year old MacBook Pro, all running 24/7 with zero failures. That's a total of 59 operational years with one failure. I've clients with three Dell computers that have had all three fail within three years.
The Inq is still deranged, I see.
Yes, you can glean that this writer is an idiot who prefers to denigrate and misrepresent Apple, its Financial reports, its products, users, and everything about the company and this is just the latest in a long line of such FUD articles in the Inquirer where he has repeatedly done the same thing. ;^)>
So far so good on my 2 yr old ...I love Mac it has always been my only choice..but there is an issue with the logic boards.. I wonder if the production is all in one plant.. my I mac had 3 failures.. my daughter in law had 2 in her mac book /air mac
I have heard that Chinese Dells are junk .. so your friends experience does not surprise me but my experience with macs has
...industry pundits have been talking about the MP3 player market becoming saturated and eventually declining for many years...That's cool, because the iPod isn't an MP3 player. :') Thanks Swordmaker.
I think part of the game changer with the MBA is that it has 802.11n Wi-Fi, which I don’t think the first-gen MBA’s had. More people have n-capable wireless routers now, or can get them easily. Hence it doesn’t need to be wired, as it gets really good speed on Wi-Fi.
You misunderstand the market, and misunderstand the product. I think you misunderstand Microsoft, too. I'd encourage you to go to an Apple store and try to understand what everyone else sees.
The iPad is not a content-creation device; it is a content acquisition device. Most people are consumers, not creators, of content. Do you get the difference?
It's sole purpose it to put content into the hands of the user. In that sense it's revolutionary, and any comparison to your PC is a strawman.
Further, with the advent of the app store, Apple has neatly sliced the bottom out from under Microsoft's bloated 1970s-music-industry business model. Remember in the old days how you used to have to buy 12 songs on an album to get the one you wanted? Well, Microsoft uses that same business model to force you to buy their software. You want Word? Hey, here's Excel, Powerpoint, and 9 other things you don't care about! Talk about value!
In the App model, you buy the pieces you want, and nothing else. You want word processing but not spreadsheet? Great! You want the title song from 'American Pie' but not 'Vincent'? Great!
Steve Jobs will cry all the way to the bank-- $10 billion in apps sold as of last week. What's Microsoft invented lately? The Zune?
And I see posts here about PC's and gaming ability. But I can't remember the last time I sat at a PC that had 3D positional sensing, GPS and the portability of the iPad. Not to mention all the other apps available, all for a fraction of the size of a laptop. The convenience alone is worth the price. I have a MacBook Pro for content creation, but the more I use my iPad the more I realize that the game has changed.
Very well said! Bears repeating! I've been programming since the 60s, but retired now. I use my iPad daily, and it's a joy. And I use it to acquire content of all types. Pure bliss. I own over two dozen computers that can create content, but are not as much fun as my iPad. I look forward to the next marvel that Apple will create.
Get real. My laptop is a content acquisition device too. For years the fanbois here have been knocking $300-400 Windows7 computers that are more than adequate content acquisition devices. And acting as though you need a much more expensive Apple laptop or desktop to do this internet thing.
I suppose an iPad may dazzle the rubes when an MD pulls his out to show an X-Ray he “acquired” over his office wireless network. I’m a laughing at such BS
iPad is more portable and convenient but essentially it is an underpowered computer> People accept that for the portability factor but netbooks are just as portable. They are fad item for the gadgeteers to moon over
Whatever.
That would be pretty cool. No more "Come over here to our cramped X-ray workstation to see the results..." He just comes into the comfortable exam room with the results. I should tell my doctor about your idea. We're finally back to the old times when he'd come in with the developed film and put it up on the light board.
My idea is not original... I read about it. This guy’s patients are paying the freight for his brainwashing
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http://www.apple.com/ipad/business/profiles/dr-ferencz/
Putting iPad into patients’ hands also helps emphasize Dr. Ferencz’s commitment to the latest and best dental practices. “It conveys a subliminal message that this office is up-to-date technologically,” he says. “So they know that we’re up-to-date in our dentistry as well.”
iPad is also a powerful, persuasive way to share images during doctor-patient conversations about treatment options. “On our first day with iPad, I used it three times to show patients X-rays and photographs of clinical conditions,” Dr. Ferencz explains. “And in each case the patient booked the procedure immediately.”
****** My dentist has an ipad. He must know what he is doing!
I feel very sorry for those patients who will be better served. Maybe we should go to a socialist medical system where the government can say we don't need such luxuries for the convenience of the patient.
It’s not that they have more power, it’s that they’re more usable.
How’s that 1.5 lb, 0.5” thick, 11+ hour run time, instant on, anytime/anywhere performance working out for you?
...oh, right, you don’t have that with your 3 year old laptop with Win7/2GB/T2130/80GB...
...but mine is working out great, thanks for asking.
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