Comments on: Apple Is Approaching a Defining Moment

By: hapco

hapco — Wed, 20 May 2009 04:53:46 +0000

The comparison with Mercedes is an apt one. While Mercedes produces some exceptional models, their cash cows are the low-end C series cars. These are overpriced budget models which compare poorly with other cars in the same class. Those who can’t afford the real thing buy them at a premium just for the logo. MacBooks are the same. Little more than glorified netbooks (in fact some $400 netbooks have higher specs), they appeal to simple minded logo chasers. It’s hilarious to hear Jobs say that he wouldn’t know how to make a $500 netbook. He’s already done it!

By: Apple Is Approaching a Defining Moment - Gigaom.com | Apple Secrets

Apple Is Approaching a Defining Moment - Gigaom.com | Apple Secrets — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 07:00:27 +0000

[...] Come Wednesday, it will be Apple’s turn to discuss its results for the first three months of 2009. But among the crowd of Apple watchers, the discussion has been simmering for months, with the tone shifting from pessimism about recession-whacked … Source: Apple Is Approaching a Defining Moment – Gigaom.com [...]

By: montex

montex — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:41:38 +0000

Now that Apple has posted the highest profits in a non-holiday quarter, will Gigaom post a followup article? Will Gigaom answer it’s own question about Apple’s Defining Moment and make note that Apple triumphantly beat expectations?

I rather doubt it. The snarky tone of this article tells me they were hoping to crow about a downturn in the past quarter. Now that the opposite has happened, Gigaom doesn’t get to gloat and that means their own trumped up Defining Moment will be met with… silence.

By: online free games

online free games — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:13:16 +0000

Mac can’t lower their prices unless they’re prepared to lose their identity which is – Functional, slick and PRICEY. They are going through a hard time but they should grit their teeth and and brave through it.
A significant percentage of apple supporters are brand chasers who buy mac stuffs precisely because its pricey and its brand image. Who cares if it has flaws like the first generation iphone? Its still THE best phone when it was launched to many fanatics out there who don’t even SURF the net using their phones.
Its all about brand image mac, so hang in there and look for some other ways to earn your financial pillar and pray the bad times move over as fast as it can.

By: JimDreamworx

JimDreamworx — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:02:35 +0000

There is always a party at an Apple store. They are always busy.

Microsoft said it, but Apple did it: Welcome To The Social!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:11:53 +0000

I walked by an Apple Store Saturday – the place was packed and sounded like there was a party going on. I didn’t go in to avoid temptation. Wednesday should be interesting.

By: JanB

JanB — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:27:30 +0000

What many analyst and Apple haters does not get is. It is not about features and specs. Its about how easy it is to use a machine with a give set of features and specs. Take something like the iPhone. Yes you can find smartphones with more features than the iPhone, but are they easy to use. Apparently not according to usability test done by various sources. My iPhone is easy to use. I can check my mail easy on it though I am looking forward to version 3 of the OS for landscape email viewing. Internet browsing is great considering the size of the screen and I can download small apps the improve the usability of the phone. But the camera is only 2M and you cannot multitask. Regarding the camera I don´t care. Regarding the lack of multitasking. Apple has disabled that function in the Os to save power. I for one prefer a phone with power on the battery when I need to make a call compared with a phone drained from power because one or more running programs has drained it for power. Considering how fast you can switch from one program to another on my iPhone Multi running programs really is not something I lack. If Apple keep develop products that just works they will keep succeeding. They might not sell as much as they would have with out a crisis, but they will earn money and they will be ready on the other side of the crisis. Just like they where after the 2001 crisis

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:51:27 +0000

That is quite true. As much as I loved the Newton, or more accurately the possibilities of the Newton, it was a failure. A business failure… Apple is doing just fine, and the iPhone is nothing if not a revolutionary business success.

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:39:24 +0000

A 3mp is silly for iChat, but it looks like video chat is getting incorporated. There was not a good reason in the past, and I frankly am not interested in the feature, but who knows!

I think a tablet, or a slightly larger pro version would be great. With the new ARM processors, duplicating cores will essentially provide scalable processing. A 10 inch is starting to look like a great idea! The iPhone OS is going to become computer-like, and I am anticipating this for my next business…

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:17:47 +0000

Cheap does not mean bad as open source would show. But my favouite comment is get a mac get a life.
How does that mean anything lol? Think about it for a second. How is getting a mac vs pc vs linux box any different? They all do similar things (except mac’s and linux have less video game support, maybe that’s what you meant by get a life??).
I think that the quality excuse is a bit silly, the only products I feel are worth a BIT of a premium is the macbooks, as they are made from a large block of aluminium.
I have aspirations for the best too, that’s why I prefer the freedom of a PC where I can configure it to suit my needs, and if I had the money, faster than a mac ;).
Have fun :)

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Develop an iPhone Application | Sekiur My Thoughts — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:14:00 +0000

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By: Cubert

Cubert — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 14:54:39 +0000

Gadget Sleuth,
Go on Dell’s website and spec out a desktop PC compared to the Mac Pro. You will find the Mac Pro a couple hundred cheaper – and that is before the extra software you will need to buy with the Dell. Try the same with an iMac. The results will be that they cost about the same. When you consider the quality and lifespan of a Mac, you effectively end up paying two times that amount for a PC (the average Mac lasts twice as long as the average PC).

By: kevin

kevin — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:53:35 +0000

Fully agree – Steve said he’d be involved in strategic decisions during his leave and there is no evidence that he has not. Totally unsupported assertion.

By: lrd

lrd — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 11:40:32 +0000

It’s all about the bottom line. Keep making great products; keep innovating; open more stores and don’t worry about market share- keep the profit margins as high as possible.

By: Martin Kelly

Martin Kelly — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 10:14:16 +0000

I don’t see BMW or Mercedes lowering their prices to the same level as base entry models from other companies. Apple is a quality brand and many are like me are happy to pay the extra for the quality, usability and fun that Apple products bring, not act as unpaid developers and support staff for Microshaft.

Let those who want a cheap experience have one, let the rest of us do our own thing. Have aspirations for the best.

Get a Mac, get a life

By: ash

ash — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 05:39:25 +0000

That a new 3G iphone will be released with new hardware is a given … there’s no claim to fame in prophesying that. Every year, you’ll see faster new computers and hardware. To get excited about that is to miss the point. What Apple has shown in the preview of iPhone 3.0 is far more important to its strategy and revenue growth.

Things such as micro-payments, bluetooth hardware control, peer-to-peer communication, peripheral control – these open up an entirely new line of applications that people are just starting to dream about. I have no doubt in my mind that it’s this new software that will revolutionise the industry, as the first iPhone revolutionised what we expect from a smartphone.

A while back there was an article proclaiming that the iPhone was a new platform; this is the *key* thing to understand here. Finally we have a true personal computer, one that you carry everywhere, that essentially has always-on internet, and geolocation abilities. It already beats my Macbook Pro in these ways. In my own opinion, the iPhone is the future of the Macintosh. Already, there are more mobile OS X devices (iPhone and iPod Touch) sold in a shorter 2 year period of time, than anytime in the history of the Mac.

If you want to talk about consumer attraction to Apple products, by all means just concentrate on the hardware and the wow factor. But if you are serious about looking into Apple’s financial health, than look past the shiny surface and examine the strategy – think about the future – and look at their competition. Apple is more than just pretty hardware and a fly-by-night company that builds products for one quarter in advance. They likely have plans for the next 2-3 years already.