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Gartner: Apple should quit hardware business
ZDNet UK ^ | October 18, 2006, 16:55 BST | Andrew Donoghue

Posted on 10/18/2006 6:49:22 PM PDT by Swordmaker

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Right, sure... Let's see... Apple just reported 1.61 Million Macs and 8.45 million iPods sold in one quarter... with an average margin of 29.7%. resulting in a half a billion dollar PROFIT.

This guy thinks they would be better off selling $129 copies of OS X discounted to $50 to Dell... how many would they have to sell to Dell at $50 each to equal the profit they just posted???

Only 10,000,000... each quarter. Right, sure.

This guy can't analyze his way out of a wet paper bag!

1 posted on 10/18/2006 6:49:22 PM PDT by Swordmaker
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To: 1234; 6SJ7; Action-America; af_vet_rr; afnamvet; Alexander Rubin; anonymous_user; ...
This is a sublter form of FUD but FUD none-the-less... PING!

Just another form of "Apple's going to go out of business any day now!"... which is the reason a Windows user told me just this afternoon why he wouldn't switch to Macs.

If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.

2 posted on 10/18/2006 6:51:47 PM PDT by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
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That's likely because Dell, Intel and Microsoft pay Gartner $1 million each per year in fees and Apple pays $500K.



3 posted on 10/18/2006 6:53:41 PM PDT by misterrob (Bill Clinton, The Wizard of "Is")
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And just Apple doing ignoring Gartner's advice?


4 posted on 10/18/2006 6:57:05 PM PDT by Tribune7
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Eh! Gartner has a long history of stupidity when it comes to Apple. He is reliable. He always says that Apple is doomed just before or after they take off.

Others have that talent, as well. I recall about 12 years ago, when Apple stock was mired down in the $12 - $15 dollar range. The San Jose Murkie News, who like to fancy themselves as the newspaper of record for Silicon Valley, ran a series of stories about how Apple was doomed.

Within two weeks, the stock took off, and went from $12 to $60 in three days.

5 posted on 10/18/2006 7:03:25 PM PDT by jimtorr
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To: Swordmaker

Moron! IMO hardware is one solid reason Macs have been easy to use. If I want a piece if cr*p I'll by a PC!


6 posted on 10/18/2006 7:06:11 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (Never Forget)
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To: Swordmaker

Some goof writes this exact same column at least five times a year. I think clone manufacturers desperately want a sellable alternative to Windows and push this concept, hoping Apple will bite, and giving them leverage against MS.


7 posted on 10/18/2006 7:07:08 PM PDT by Richard Kimball (The most important thing is sincerity. Once you can fake that, everything else is easy.)
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To: Swordmaker

even better make the software run on PC.


8 posted on 10/18/2006 7:10:29 PM PDT by Echo Talon
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This guy sounds like a total idiot. He clearly does not understand how valuable Jonathan Ive has been to Apple.


9 posted on 10/18/2006 7:14:53 PM PDT by Norman Arbuthnot
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Gartner is republishing his old work?


10 posted on 10/18/2006 7:54:22 PM PDT by coconutt2000 (NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
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So instead of this when I open my case:

I get this jumble of wires and cards?

Oh HELL no!

11 posted on 10/18/2006 8:52:47 PM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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Heh... but it sounds like something just crazy enough for Jobs to be thinking about it. However, I think his next abrupt and surprising move will be in four or five years, when he changes chip suppliers again.


12 posted on 10/18/2006 10:09:55 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Dhimmicrati delenda est! https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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Lot's of laughts: Gartner reports Apple Market Share up to 6.1% from 4.6%
13 posted on 10/18/2006 11:59:17 PM PDT by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
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:')


14 posted on 10/19/2006 12:02:57 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Dhimmicrati delenda est! https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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Gartner are just a bunch of whores....they'll do a position paper touting anything (or ripping anything) if the money is right. Apple's market share is now up over 6 percent, and dollar to doughnuts, when Vista arrives with all of it's myriad issues, Apple will likely hit 10 percent.


15 posted on 10/19/2006 6:29:58 AM PDT by DesScorp
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If that were the case, I will go back to an abacus and a typewriter.


16 posted on 10/19/2006 8:03:38 AM PDT by coon2000
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To: Swordmaker

Did you see the NASDAQ action on AAPL today?


17 posted on 10/19/2006 8:05:21 AM PDT by CheneyChick
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However, I think his next abrupt and surprising move will be in four or five years, when he changes chip suppliers again.

I think Jobs made the smart move this time. Apple could never buy chips in enough volume to justify the R&D on chips that mostly went to Apple. They got bit twice on that. Now they're with a supplier who will improve their chips whether or not Apple even exists. Plus Apple can just move to AMD with relatively little effort.

18 posted on 10/19/2006 9:37:28 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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have fun changing the processor in the Mac Pro. :)


19 posted on 10/19/2006 10:05:08 AM PDT by Echo Talon
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If that were the case, I will go back to an abacus and a typewriter.

OSX ALREADY runs on PC but JOBS makes illegal to do so...
because he sucks.

20 posted on 10/19/2006 10:06:43 AM PDT by Echo Talon
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