The reason why others (and myself) like Apple is because of it’s very strong ecosystem and inter-ties between products, having them work together so well. It’s not like you have different products, but that you have “one system” working “one way” and several products delivering that experience. That’s the “Power of Apple” as far as I can see, plus the fact of devliering quality products and products with the best user interface around. They all work together to make Apple the great success that it is.
I don’t BEGRUDGE Apple its success like I see a certain group of FReepers do on this Free Republic forum (the APPLE-HATER CULT and TROLL GROUP).
Those guys actually HATE that Apple gets better, gets more customers everyday, is a super success as a company ... and ... they also HATE APPLE’S ECOSYSTEM. You hear them say that they do NOT want to be “in Apple’s ecosystem” ... that is DEATH to them, and thus they try to force their viewpoint on others by jumping into threads that they actually HATE BEYOND BELIEF, and insist that all those people “talking it up” about Apple are either fools or idiots or stupid or misled or they believe false adverstising or they believe things that are not true according to them. They do this over and over again, on threads that have nothing to do with them and their choice of products.
It’s quite amazing and I do believe it’s a DISEASE with them! They truly need psychiatric help!
You keep reading me wrong.
I too do not begrudge Apple’s success. I just don’t think it’s worth its market cap. I also fail to understand why so many people become fanatical about Apple, as if it’s a religion or a baseball or football team. I find it very unseemly to be rooting for them, just because they created an item which people seem to adore.
My view is that, Apple might be worth a lot of money right now, and perhaps they’re a company worth, perhaps, $200-400 billion, and not as much as it’s worth on paper now. I base by view and calculations on the simple fact that, Apple is basically a one-horse show, with iPHones. Once iPhone drop from the clouds, Apple will become just another high-tech company, like HP and Dell and Samsung and LG.