Posts by Gary54

Quote: Originally Posted by studentx  "Why does he have to defend it? It's an Apple product. They know how to price them properly." Because some people don't understand math... A 7.9" iPad with a 4:3 aspect ratio has...

His point is that they rather go after those 300 M yearly PC buyers than cannibalize Apple's own sales. 300 M units is the target audience. According to the earlier AI post, Apples current sales are: 26.9 M phones, 14 M iPads and 4.9...

Prediction: A total flop just like the Windows phone.

Count how many times in a year when you actually use the ODD. Unless you are in the habit of burning video to disk, it's more become one of those "when you need it, you really need it" deals. The promise of the optical disk is that its...

Now that the mini isn't crippled like it was and now a decently competitive desktop computer, they really need an aggressive marketing campaign to grab those sub-1000 PC buyers who are going to balk at Windoze 8.

Quote: Originally Posted by Gatorguy  Stock markets aren't showing much faith in any of the tech players, particularly those selling hardware, no matter if their profits are doubled...

Windows 8 is the biggest market opportunity they have had since Vista. Lots of people, including OEM manufacturers, are going to be looking at and for alternatives. They already are.   Apple will come out a winner, Linux will...

Quote: Originally Posted by DanielSW      I suggest you broaden your scope of view instead of slinging insults. You did not read the whole statement. "And I think a great number of those people...

Quote: Originally Posted by Corrections    Ever hear of the "iPad"? It's beating every PC box maker out there. Most people were buying PCs to host a web browser and email client. The iPad does that for...

"And the far, far bigger opportunity here are the 80-90 million PCs that are being sold per quarter. There's still over 300 million PCs being bought per year.     They have never been successful denting that market....