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• I think of this as a sandwich metaphor, where analysts and competitors are the baloney getting firmly squeezed between to pieces of bread (Apple products and the consumer). By the way that brown stuff oozing out of their mouths is not mustard fo…

  in Apple's iPhone 4S event seen lacking 'panache,' allowing Android to gain Comment by galapagos October 2011
• If Apple made true hi-fidelity recordings available through the iTunes Store I might be tempted to buy more through it. At the moment I prefer to buy CDs (which can often be picked up for less money than the download) and import using Apple Lossless…

  in Apple looking to offer higher quality 24-bit music on iTunes - report Comment by galapagos February 2011
• Why this obsession with margin percentages? Of course they are important as a relative indicator of financial health, but they should not be taken out of context. Companies do not thrive or fall on percentages. Absolute numbers is where we should b…

  in Apple again warns margins will decline due to new products Comment by galapagos October 2010
• But What's up with education? Someone at Apple needs a kick up the butt![/QUOTE] I could not agree with you more, This market segment has been Apple's stronghold for decades and its crucial both in revenue and mindshare. It should be growing at…

  in Apple's government Mac sales surge 200%, enterprise grows 50% Comment by galapagos August 2010
• Quote: Originally Posted by Trajectory I think Palm's biggest problem is the name: Pre. What the hell does it mean? It's just stupid. Pre-what? What will the next phone be called, Post? Pri? It simply means Pre-8yakQlater

  in iPhone 3G S faster than Palm Pre; 500K sales "conservative" Comment by galapagos June 2009
• Quote: Originally Posted by GregoriusM Zune you will! The fact there are people who think the new Zune is pretty, definitely proves the point that beauty is in the eye of the beholder; but i think those folks have a serious macular disease pr…

  in Early glimpse at Zune HD: "better" than iPod touch Comment by galapagos May 2009
• Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism The guy stating that Mac is really cool doesn't make sense to me to sell more HPs. I have no idea why that was included. The rest of the ads seems to work in the way they are meant to, except that I think the…

  in Apple responds to Microsoft ads: "a PC is no bargain" Comment by galapagos April 2009
• I do hear a difference in sound quality between a CD and a lossless file. I have converted my CD collection to the AIFF format which has no compression from the original CD file. An average song in the AIFF format weighs about 50 megs, the lossless …

  in Price hike hits Apple's iTunes Store Comment by galapagos April 2009