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Quote: Originally Posted by oneoftheothers 1. Are you going to Macworld 09 2. What do you WANT Apple to introduce. 3. What do you actually THINK Apple will introduce. 4. Any other comments I am going. I want Apple to introduce some sort of …
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Quote: Originally Posted by mjtomlin People don't buy iPods because of the iTunes Music Store... they purchase content from the iTunes Music Store because they bought an iPod. It's not the other way around, never was, never will be. Music for …
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I didn't have time to read every post so I don't know if this has been posted, but I think this you tube spoof will kill the Microsoft "I'm a PC ads". http://www.9to5mac.com/mac-is-a-pc Some one remembered this Apple ad from 2006.
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As far as increasing market share, I don't think anyone has mentioned the difference in gross margins between hardware/computer and software manufacturers(ie: Microsoft). Microsoft's gross margins are in the 35% range consistently, which is the u…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Rot'nApple Apple should just incorporate it in their ads by having Hodgman run on the set and out of breath and the Mac guy asks where PC has been and PC can say "moonlighting for MS as a PC. (a brief pause) Literally!…
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Quote: Originally Posted by iDave I didn't hear that part of it and wasn't aware Apple gives guidance beyond the coming quarter. I haven't re-listened to the call, but the following is a quote from the AppleInsider article. Quote: A freque…
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Quote: Originally Posted by iDave I'm still curious about Apple's CFO's comment about predicted lower margins for Apple's fourth quarter ending in September: that it would be due to a "product transition." For this "transition" to impact margins …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Frank777 First of all, you're talking to the biggest critic of the iMac's total sealed box approach. The fact that you can't change the iMac's hard drive shames the entire platform. It's like producing a car and bei…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Frank777 There is hardly any demand for a consumer desktop with slots. Jobs is completely right here. Extra drive and optical bays for sure, but slots are unnecessary in the USB/Firewire age. This is except for a f…
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Quote: Originally Posted by PB Oh, please, not this again. It will not end until one of two things happen. Apple introduces an xMac.(not happening) The consumer demand for desktop computers with slots, an extra drive bay(s) and an extra …
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ksec Yes the AIO has this disadvantage. No Apple will not introduce an xMac. I don't agree with your assessment of Apple's QA. Apple seems to be praised for their QA and relatively good products(re: see Consumer Reports). However, even Ap…
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Thank you Prince McLean for this article. Well balanced and informative.
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Maybe I'm dense or don't understand, but this comment,"In fact, it's absolutely necessary, when I get my daily BREW error and I need to pull the battery to revive the phone. The subsequent 5 minutes of churning hourglass gives me time to reflect on …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Junkyard Dawg Just got off the phone with my friend from Silicon Valley, and he dropped a freakin' nuke in my lap regarding Apple's coming transition. I don't have permission to share much of anything, but I can say t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by vinea ... Only because you continue to deliberately misunderstand. How can I make it more clear? If you double sales while cutting price in half, all you've done is increase the amount of work needed to make the sam…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. H ... You seem to forget that I already said that as time passes, the need for the xMac diminishes. If Apple haven't brought one out within 3 years, there'll be no point any more and we can all stop talking about …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Programmer Yes because Apple won't have Intel's volume. And depending on what they are actually doing, they might get lower yields or fewer chips-per-wafer. It could also be that they are targeting an aggressive proc…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. H ... I think you're trying to have your cake and eat it too. You're saying: "xMac not good enough to attract new customers but still a much better option than all other Apple desktops". That doesn't make sense. …
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They are attractive, too bad they don't run Mac OS, or do they? Anyone up to creating a hackintosh.
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I'm clueless in the area of chips and chip pricing, but would a chip designed by the P.A. Semi people actually decrease gross margins from 34% to 31% over the next 18 months?