Posts by backtomac

Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta Furthermore, it's a silly idea even without the antitrust issues. It could be argued that Apple should strive to be cost competitive (or even a bit lower) than the Galaxy tab or other 'comparable'...

Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX 1) The Kindle Fire loses money on every sale. Have you seen Amazon's profits? Have you seen their revenue? Have you seen their P/E? The only area that Apple needs to be concerned with in regards to...

Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX Q: Johnny has 10 Apples to sell. He sells them at $3 each with a profit of $2 per Apple. How much profit does Johnny make? A: $20 Q: Johnny has 10 Apples to sell. He sells them at $2 each with...

Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta Note that iSupply only includes the materials costs. To that, you have to add: - Labor - Manufacturing overhead - Quality costs - Rework costs - Warranty costs - Sales and marketing costs -...

Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX ...The Kindle Fire selling units is not an issue for Apple if it means that to compete they would lose profit. That's a fool's errand. .... How do you know they would loose money on a $299...

Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX 18% profit margin? Not only is that halfing the profit margin it's almost getting 1/4 of the profit. While you want that as a customer you need to look at this from Apple's PoV as a seller....

Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta Generally, companies become 'growth and income' stocks after they are no longer able to grow fast enough to be called a 'growth' stock. That is, it's NOT good news. Apple aren't being valued as a...

Quote: Originally Posted by Conrail I wonder what would happen if they bought AMD?.... They'd just be pissing away money on a dying company. AMD don't fabricate chips any more. Global Foundry does this for them. AMD designs...

Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta And the part YOU keep missing is that there are several ways to reward shareholders. Are you going to argue that Apple has not rewarded shareholders for the past decade because it doesn't give out...

Quote: Originally Posted by sunilraman In general yes, but that's not how Apple is structured. There is no legal and ethical obligation to reward shareholders.... I don't know the legal obligations but I would argue that there is...