[Swordmaker]

Apple, once untouchable in terms of marketing, has gotten a little roughed up lately.

It has???

[HangnJudge]

The new iMac is Purdy

[Swordmaker]

Brandweek writer thinks that Apple's brand is being "roughed up" PING!

Apple Brand Ping!

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

[cardinal4]

More whistling past the graveyard. All I do is ask the PCers, “How many operating systems?”..

[HangnJudge]

And the iPhone seems to be selling quite well

[RayChuang88]

I played with the Motorola Droid cellphone at a Verizon Wireless store just today and I have to say this: it is the closest competitor to the iPhone I've seen so far, with excellent built-in apps and something a lot of people want: a real physical keyboard. As such, Droid represents a serious competitor to both the iPhone and the RIM Blackberry cellphones.

[TheStickman]

Nothing to see in this article, IMO. OS X still out rocks Win7. It’s not even close.

[Dahoser]

First there was the Microsoft “I’m a PC” TV spot from Crispin, Porter + Bogusky featuring a send-up of the dorky “PC” caricature in Apple’s “Get A Mac” campaign.

Okay, show of hands: Who knows these “I’m a PC” commercials vs. who knows the dorky PC guy commercials? (And I'm not a Mac weenie.)

[martin_fierro]

It sold more Macs and iPhones in the fiscal fourth quarter, ended Sept. 26, than ever before

Broke down and got a 64GB 3rd Gen iPod Touch last month. So far it hasn't disappointed.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Apple, once untouchable in terms of marketing, has gotten a little roughed up lately.

It has???

At least in terms of the iDon't ads, certainly.

'Course until they get their own product into the marketplace it seems sort of "paper tigerish," but certainly there is now an attack on Apple from a features perspective which hadn't been an issue before.

OTOH, Apple is not noted as a stationary target:

Apple, at the moment, may have little to worry about. It sold more Macs and iPhones in the fiscal fourth quarter, ended Sept. 26, than ever before and fans are buzzing about a rumored tablet PC, which could be another game changer.

Tho (as someone who had to switch to printing in order to make lecture notes in college which I could subsequently actually read) I cringe at the idea that anyone could prefer writing on a tablet to typing . . .

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

My stock broker says that increases in AAPL revenue are expected from overseas, including China.