[Dan Nunn]

"[X] Will Be i[Fill in the blank] Killer..." Heard that before:

• Zune was supposed to kill iPod.
• Blackberry Storm was supposed to kill iPhone.
• Galaxy Tab was supposed to kill iPad.
• Google TV was supposed to be the Apple TV killer. (verdict's still out, wait until next week)
• Ultrabooks were supposed to be the Macbook Air killer.
• All-In-One PCs were supposed to be the iMac killer.

I think I've made my point. Apple is still #1 in all of those categories. And yet you have idiot execs downplaying any rumors about Apple.

I guess those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat the mistakes of Michael Dell, Steve Ballmer, Jon Rubenstein, and Jim Ballsillie.

[SmokingJoe]

“Google TV was supposed to be the Apple TV killer. (verdict's still out, wait until next week)”
........
I think I've made my point. Apple is still #1 in all of those categories”

Ahem..Microsoft's XBOX 360 easily smokes the perpetually slacking Apple TV in any department you care to compare them, including sales, performance, ability to play AAA games, TV programs/movies available etc, and domination of living rooms..
And in case you forgot, Android smarphones vastly outsell the iPhone worldwide.

[Durus]

•Ultrabooks were supposed to be the Macbook Air killer. •All-In-One PCs were supposed to be the iMac killer. What categories would those be? Does Apple lead in either the laptop or desktop market?

Maybe I've been following tech for too long but I remember Bill Gates loaning Apple money because they were going broke, I remember the first apple tablet that was a miserable failure, I remember the best music playing software in the business slowing getting usurped by inferior products. I remember superior hardware being eclipsed by inferior hardware. The most important thing to remember through all this is that just because a company is in the lead at the moment, and just because they have the best technology, does not mean they will have either next month.

[Jumper]

The “Economy” will “be the only thing” that can kill Apple.... Maybe a two punch 10 count is in order but Apple will always be a $300 plus stock (down from 1/2 grand)....