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To: dennisw; Spktyr
Apple is a fad and luxury brands are collapsing left and right. I read about two near bankrupt European luxury brands just the other day. So far Apple is defying the laws of gravity but that doesn’t last forever

A fad... 33 years a fad... 25 years a Macintosh Fad... 8 years an iPod fad... 8 years an OSX fad... two years an iPhone fad...

This is where your predictions fail, Dennis. Apple is NOT a fad nor is it a luxury brand. Apple provides value and functionality, and most of all, usability for the money they charge for their products.

43 posted on 08/17/2009 11:10:28 PM PDT by Swordmaker (Posted using my iPhone!)
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To: Swordmaker; Spktyr
A fad... 33 years a fad... 25 years a Macintosh Fad... 8 years an iPod fad... 8 years an OSX fad... two years an iPhone fad...

This is where your predictions fail, Dennis. Apple is NOT a fad nor is it a luxury brand. Apple provides value and functionality, and most of all, usability for the money they charge for their products.

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To the above computer I would add Vista home premium ($29) and a 250gb hard drive ($15). So make that $430 not including tax or shipping. So I get a good solid computer and big honking LCD monitor. I get a free Windows7 upgrade too which really lets that computer run faster

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Apple is vastly over priced compared to this
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It will come as a shock to you but that Dell Vostro is more than enough computer for 85% of buyers. They don't need Apple though you may need Apple. Get it? They are not you and you are not them

45 posted on 08/19/2009 4:07:35 AM PDT by dennisw (Free Republic is an island in a sea of zombies)
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To: Swordmaker

Most (not all!) Apple laptop buyers are just surfing the internet and doing light “Office” work like word processing and Quick Books. They can do that with a 50% cheaper Windows7 laptop

Apple has two big money makers. iPhone and laptops especially its high end laptops. But the average Joe who needs a solid 15.4 in laptop for $400 or less? There are plenty out there made by solid companies such as Toshiba, Dell, HP, Acer etc. I see those deals every week. My advice to such buyers is to only buy one with Vista Home Premium so they can get the free Windows7 upgrade

And if the consumer has $400-$600 to spend he can do even better. And any laptop with Vista Home Premium gets a free upgrade to Windows7

Windows7 runs great on 2Gb memory. This is exactly what my laptop has and a weak dual core processor


48 posted on 08/19/2009 4:21:56 AM PDT by dennisw (Free Republic is an island in a sea of zombies)
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