paul turner

Apple piggy backed  on the x86 chipset which enabled them with some clever design to keep up with the pc. Clearly they want to not be dependent on x86 and free themselves from it. To think they can make any serious inroads in to pc dominance is ludicrous. In fact they know this. This change will enable apple to set its own roadmap in the hardware future but it wont  enable them to sell many more macs. Thinking it can, is fantasy. The software x86 app installed base is too sticky. 

Apple tries to force its suppliers to reduce prices, which is fine, but what is not fine is it charges so much for it stuff to us. Hypocrisy. Can dish it out, but can't be on recieving end of its own tactics. Good for QCOM

samian5747 said:

Wow! That is affordable? The prices are just incredible. I don't think most people can justify this kind of expense for a laptop. I certainly can't.  They've completely price themselves out of the range of 99% of the population. The MacBooks are a joke and the Pros are computers for the 1%. Just like the iPad pros, they have gotten way too expensive. iPads used to be affordable for everyone. There used to be at least a couple of Macs I could afford. I guess I'm gonna have to learn to live with Windows 10. I use it at work. It isn't so bad I guess. Apple has completely done away with their entry and mid level computers and gone super ultra high premium. For the first time in 35 years I will have to be a Windows user. Too bad. I'm a little sad to say goodbye to the community. It's been nice being one of you.

One of the faithful now apparently too poor for Apple to bother with.  

Total cost of ownership will be higher than MBP if you go buy a windows computer. You will probably end up buying two Windows computers to last as long as a MBP

tyler82 said:

I prefer to buy from American companies. 

Korea can keep their Samsungs and their Kias. 

How much of any phone including the iPhone  consists of USA made parts? Compounding, this  most of the profit is parked outside the USA.

schlack said:

their mac and iPad products are a bit stale...no surprise they dropped...and of course they couldn't match the iPhone 6 debut. 7% drop in after market trading is unwarranted...but they will need to kill it with the new macbook pro release, killer iPhone 7 features, and some iPad price drops.

Not that this will make any diff in share price . I own a iPhone6+ and am eligible for an upgrade in Sept, so I will probably buy a 7. I just noticed the camera is taking out of focus pictures, probably because of the many times I have dropped it and yes I do have case. I have always thought Apple would have difficulty growing the biz once the smartphone market became saturated. Thats why I sold the remaining shares I own at the top recently.

I don't really  think Apple is a growth stock any more, Its more of an income stock and as such I'm going to trade it based on that assumption (i.e.: not going long, swing it or trade options depending on cycle). From what I'm reading I don't think the IP7 is going to be a block bluster device like the 6 was. After all , what are they doing is only  adding a slightly better camera, waterproofing and making it thinner. BFD! At this point ho wmuch better can anyone make a smart phone? Not much imho, its becoming a commodity really. Without increasing iPhones sales Apple is very limited in its ability to generate increasing rev and profits.

"Aesthetics critics" nice polite way of saying "morons" and other assorted "Assholes"

God this is so boring  zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz