True, but that would only work if Macs weren't selling. But if sales are surging I would have expected the % usage share to surge too. Unless loads of people are buying Macs and not using them
True, but that would only work if Macs weren't selling. But if sales are surging I would have expected the % usage share to surge too. Unless loads of people are buying Macs and not using them
The numbers that were linked to include all OSs, mobile and traditional, in one big pot. Apple sells more iOs than Mac OS, so that alone would, I think (didn't spend a lot of time looking at their numbers), keep their Mac OS numbers down in that presentation. And, I didn't see individual numbers for Chrome there.
So now can we get a dividend? Just a little one? Please?
-- an Apple stockholder
No. I don't want dividends. Dividends are for utilities and staid old fossils like MSFT. Apple is a technology leader that needs to continue growing. I like the $40B in the bank. I love its price appreciation.
MSFT responded to demands for dividends, and pays, what, 3¢ a share (correction: 13¢.... big deal). Its share price has been flat ever since (of course, being a has-been of a company is a factor too).
No. I don't want dividends. Dividends are for utilities and staid old fossils like MSFT. Apple is a technology leader that needs to continue growing. I like the $40B in the bank. I love its price appreciation.
MSFT responded to demands for dividends, and pays, what, 3¢ a share. Its share price has been flat ever since (of course, being a has-been of a company is a factor too).
Yet Leo Laporte and Co. keeps saying, "Apple doesn't care about Macs.", "Apple will replace OS X with iOS". To say this is to not know Apple and they should get someone else to host the show, for krists sakes.
Andy Inhanko keeps correcting them but they don't frikkin learn.
No. I don't want dividends. Dividends are for utilities and staid old fossils like MSFT. Apple is a technology leader that needs to continue growing. I like the $40B in the bank. I love its price appreciation.
MSFT responded to demands for dividends, and pays, what, 3¢ a share (correction: 13¢.... big deal). Its share price has been flat ever since (of course, being a has-been of a company is a factor too).
No dividends.
Such utter nonsense. Dividends are for companies throwing off more cash than they could realistically reinvest in expanding their business, a situation which perfectly describes Apple. The comparison to Microsoft is useless.
"Apple now has $45.8 billion dollars in cash. That's a lot of cash -- up $4.1 billion from last quarter."
They've been building cash reserves at a rate of over $1b a month for several years now. Some seem to think it would be virtually criminal for Apple to give even some small fraction of that growing cash hoard back to the stockholders. Beats me why.
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http://marketshare.hitslink.com/os-m...e.aspx?qprid=9
has barely moved over the past 12 months. Why is use of Macs not surging like Google Chrome?
Good, but not great. FWIW, Andy Zacky's predictions were high across the board. The markets may see this as a miss, not a hit.
overall the market seems to be happy, up 3%.
Pretty much in line with "Good but not great".
At least it didn't fell off a cliff like goog.
Why is it despite Mac sales figures going up in leaps each quarter, Mac market share on
http://marketshare.hitslink.com/os-m...e.aspx?qprid=9
has barely moved over the past 12 months. Why is use of Macs not surging like Google Chrome?
Unlike Google Chrome, Macs are not free...
New iPod Touch
New Apple TV
What else?
- New (smaller, lighter, thinner) MacBook Air?
- Will the new MacPro wait until Jan'11
- An incremental update to iMac?
- Smaller, lower cost iPad variant?
I would like to see AppleTV with FaceTime. Don't ask me how they can do it though.
Unlike Google Chrome, Macs are not free...
True, but that would only work if Macs weren't selling. But if sales are surging I would have expected the % usage share to surge too. Unless loads of people are buying Macs and not using them
True, but that would only work if Macs weren't selling. But if sales are surging I would have expected the % usage share to surge too. Unless loads of people are buying Macs and not using them
The numbers that were linked to include all OSs, mobile and traditional, in one big pot. Apple sells more iOs than Mac OS, so that alone would, I think (didn't spend a lot of time looking at their numbers), keep their Mac OS numbers down in that presentation. And, I didn't see individual numbers for Chrome there.
-- an Apple stockholder
New iPod Touch
New Apple TV
What else?
- New (smaller, lighter, thinner) MacBook Air?
- Will the new MacPro wait until Jan'11
- An incremental update to iMac?
- Smaller, lower cost iPad variant?
So now can we get a dividend? Just a little one? Please?
-- an Apple stockholder
No. I don't want dividends. Dividends are for utilities and staid old fossils like MSFT. Apple is a technology leader that needs to continue growing. I like the $40B in the bank. I love its price appreciation.
MSFT responded to demands for dividends, and pays, what, 3¢ a share (correction: 13¢.... big deal). Its share price has been flat ever since (of course, being a has-been of a company is a factor too).
No dividends.
Amazing numbers.
I would like to see AppleTV with FaceTime. Don't ask me how they can do it though.
As Gruber wrote FaceTime can free us all from the chains of providers of fixed telephony service, at least.
No. I don't want dividends. Dividends are for utilities and staid old fossils like MSFT. Apple is a technology leader that needs to continue growing. I like the $40B in the bank. I love its price appreciation.
MSFT responded to demands for dividends, and pays, what, 3¢ a share. Its share price has been flat ever since (of course, being a has-been of a company is a factor too).
No dividends.
Agree wholeheartedly.
Andy Inhanko keeps correcting them but they don't frikkin learn.
No. I don't want dividends. Dividends are for utilities and staid old fossils like MSFT. Apple is a technology leader that needs to continue growing. I like the $40B in the bank. I love its price appreciation.
MSFT responded to demands for dividends, and pays, what, 3¢ a share (correction: 13¢.... big deal). Its share price has been flat ever since (of course, being a has-been of a company is a factor too).
No dividends.
Such utter nonsense. Dividends are for companies throwing off more cash than they could realistically reinvest in expanding their business, a situation which perfectly describes Apple. The comparison to Microsoft is useless.
"Apple now has $45.8 billion dollars in cash. That's a lot of cash -- up $4.1 billion from last quarter."
They've been building cash reserves at a rate of over $1b a month for several years now. Some seem to think it would be virtually criminal for Apple to give even some small fraction of that growing cash hoard back to the stockholders. Beats me why.
Such utter nonsense.
You vote your shares, Dr. I'll vote mine.
I'll win.
"Apple now has $45.8 billion dollars in cash. That's a lot of cash -- up $4.1 billion from last quarter."
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Isn't it kind of ironic to see AAPL in a position where they can buy Nokia for cash?
You vote your shares, Dr. I'll vote mine.
I'll win.
No, actually, you lose. We never get to vote our shares for or against a dividend, but I suppose you didn't know that.
Either way, I never do seem to get a response to substance of the matter, which tells me a lot about who gets it and who doesn't.