[dayglored]

> Apples are for the masses and the jackasses... This is why Apple will lose the clone wars... Because its stuff is too high priced... You in effect pay a hardware tax to the Jesse Jobs gang... You cannot stop diffusion of technology... History proves this... Capitalism is controlled anarchy and Apple cannot control the anarchy it unleashed with its business model of skimming the cream off the top. This outdated model is doomed for an epic FAIL. The winners? The clone makers and it will start in foreign nations where Apple can't enforce jack. It will then spread from the periphery to the center where it will start with people "smuggling" in foreign made laptop (MacBook) clones then eventually people importing the same from abroad on an individual basis There will be so many clone makers worldwide that there will be deadly clone wars called "Lord of the Clones" similar to "Lord of the Flies"

Wow, what an incoherent rant. Didn't I tell you a few minutes ago to get a dealer with better drugs? Let's see...

> Capitalism is controlled anarchy and Apple cannot control the anarchy it unleashed with its business model of skimming the cream off the top. This outdated model is doomed for an epic FAIL.

Uh huh, and that's why there are no high end automobile manufacturers, just low-end clone makers, churning our Yugos for the masses. Right. You're out of your flipping mind.

> There will be so many clone makers worldwide that there will be deadly clone wars...

How long do you propose I will have to wait until this happens? Months? Years? Decades????

Care to make a $100 bet? Set the date for this to happen, and we'll wait for it. Put some money where your mouth is, Dennis -- on condition that the winner donates it to FR. I'm fairly sure JimRob would accept it and validate the donor back to us.

[dennisw]

Can’t make that bet because the “Clone War” can happen any time in the next ten years. For all I know you may have to barter gold or silver to buy a computer in a few years. Or we may have a new Amero currency

[dennisw]

Uh huh, and that's why there are no high end automobile manufacturers, just low-end clone makers, churning our Yugos for the masses. Right. You're out of your flipping mind.


How are your high end darlings BMW, Jaguar and Mercedes doing these days? I rest my case
Apple is doing well only because it got the kids hooked via the ipod craze
You know darn well that most Apple buyers are buying more computer than they will ever need
The Jesse Jobs gang has them under a spell

Black Friday is two days from now.
There are tons of laptop deals from $300-$500 on up
Plenty of netbook deals too
NewEgg will have a six cell Acer netbook for $230 I believe (tell your friends since Apple has no netbooks)
All the above are perfectly adequate for 85% of computer users and at a half or a third of the price for an Apple laptop. 
Minimum price is usually $999 for Apple laptops

On Black Friday the cheapest Apple laptop will be $999 with a pathetic 13.3" screen
Windows laptops will have 15" screens on Black Friday and for $299 on up
You've been punkt! By the Jesse Jobs gang!