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nunzy said:

Anybody who doubted this should now apologize.

Have you ever heard of a dog who pooped on someone's lawn apologizing to the unfortunate homeowner? Dogs always poop and run.

anton zuykov said:

gmgravytrain said:

It's wonderful to hear Apple bought back so many shares when the gutless sheep dumped their Apple stock. I held fast because I'd heard all that panic crap in past Apple financial quarters and it meant absolutely nothing as far as Apple being particularly doomed. I really hate the fact that lying analysts can so easily deceive shareholders and potential investors.

Why would you hate it? Love it! It is them dumping their share(s) is what causes the drop in price, so you could buy more.

People shouldn't be able to get away with pushing fake news of any type. Imagine if everyone was just walking around and lying about everything with impunity. I believe the truth should be told. Just because I benefit, I still don't believe hiding or twisting the truth should be an accepted practice. It makes life too confusing. When I was growing up, we were told not to lie. There are too many immoral people in positions where they don't belong.

Mr. Buffet does his own research when buying stock. I doubt he listens to any of those jackass analysts. Analysts definitely have a beef against Apple. They all think that Amazon should be the top company on Wall Street because they all worship Jeff Bezos and his dreams of building an unbeatable monopoly.

Honestly, how many times has Tim Cook warned analysts not to use supply chain information to predict iPhone sales? Yet those analysts do the same thing each and every financial quarter a couple of weeks before Apple earnings. They're either stubborn or stupid or maybe both. They're always finding something negative they can write in their reports about poor iPhone sales to scare shareholders to toss their stock into the toilet.

"Don't buy Apple. Buy FANG stocks, instead." It's always that same garbage. Those analysts all believe If a company doesn't have double-digit revenue growth then it's not worth buying. It's that greed mentality that's ruining the stock market and costing naive investors millions of dollars in losses. Full panic mode for Apple... disgusting.  At least hold Apple for the dividends.  It's much better than bank interest.

It's rather unfortunate iPads can't compete against Chromebooks in schools. Apple still has a way to go to figuring things out. If Chromebooks are winning based on the higher cost of the iPad then it's an impossible task in the U.S. where schools are limited in their budgets. Of course, there are markets where Apple products simply don't belong in. In order to maintain quality in a product, a company can't cut costs on components unless they're willing to take a financial loss. Apple isn't willing to take any losses. I don't know how Apple managed to have such high market share in schools in the 1980's. They must have taken financial losses or schools were willing to spend more for Apple computers.

mike54 said:

That why there wasn't any left to update the only reasonably priced mac they have.

It's unlikely Apple doesn't have enough money to go around. Maybe not enough skilled personnel for a project, but surely enough money. I think Apple simply isn't motivated to update desktops and notebooks like most computer companies are. Jony Ive wastes time on fancy exteriors instead of improving the internals. Considering all the motherboard manufacturers there are, I'm sure it doesn't take rocket science to build a fast and powerful desktop computer that uses industry standard components and connectors. Apple has to be wasting time on something else, like trying to stuff everything into some impractically small case. I'm not sure why Apple thinks that's what consumers want but maybe they're doing it to differentiate themselves from other computer manufacturers.

 If Apple wants to build low-powered, energy-efficient desktops for the consumer masses, that's fine, but at least offer powerful BTO models for professionals. I really don't see the point in building desktop computers with mobile GPUs. I'd think Apple is just putting itself at a disadvantage against Windows desktops running GTX 1080 GPUs as nearly standard equipment. And that thing about Apple restricting fan speed on an iMac Pro... Utterly unbelievable when most companies offer software for precise fan control for every situation. I'd want to ramp up my computer fans if it's a matter of cooling down my computer's internal components. I'd rather plug my ears with cotton, if that's the case.