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.
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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!
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.
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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.
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.
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!
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.
even better make the software run on PC.
This guy sounds like a total idiot. He clearly does not understand how valuable Jonathan Ive has been to Apple.
Gartner is republishing his old work?
I get this jumble of wires and cards?
Oh HELL no!
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.
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.
Jobs would have to lay off a lot of workers to do this. I do not know how many American workers would be involved or if the
foreign workers are a concern for him.
I had the opportunity to begin and interviewing process with them and turned it down. And they're not the only gang in that business.
They demand money from technology companies, to promote them. And sometimes, if they don't pay up, negative things are written up about them.
I'm not really an expert on computers, but I'm under the impression that Apple hardware is more reliable than Dell's. I'm planning to replace my old Dell with an Apple, but would certainly consider getting another Dell if I thought that the Apple was just a Dell anyway.
'Course there are other reasons than the hardware.