Comments on: Apple spending big next year on retail and cloud http://gigaom.com/2011/10/31/apple-spending-big-next-year-on-retail-and-cloud/ Sun, 19 May 2013 12:42:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: John http://gigaom.com/2011/10/31/apple-spending-big-next-year-on-retail-and-cloud/#comment-670344 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:13:33 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=430130#comment-670344 Why assume the growth in capex outside retail is iCloud? It cloud be tooling for a major new product category – thr rumored TV perhaps.

]]> By: Michael Herrinton http://gigaom.com/2011/10/31/apple-spending-big-next-year-on-retail-and-cloud/#comment-670318 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:39:08 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=430130#comment-670318 Erica, 3.4 x 2 = 6.8. 8 is larger than 6.8, and so 8 is MORE than two times 3.4
-Mike Herrinton

]]> By: fjpoblam http://gigaom.com/2011/10/31/apple-spending-big-next-year-on-retail-and-cloud/#comment-670290 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:39:18 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=430130#comment-670290 Based on our (admittedly brief, but nonetheless disappointing) experience: if Apple has big plans for the cloud, then Apple should make significant effort toward cleaning up its infantile iCloud software architecture

]]> By: PXLated http://gigaom.com/2011/10/31/apple-spending-big-next-year-on-retail-and-cloud/#comment-670283 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:24:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=430130#comment-670283 Was that always there? If it was, can’t believe I missed it :-(

]]> By: Isaac Borowiec http://gigaom.com/2011/10/31/apple-spending-big-next-year-on-retail-and-cloud/#comment-670273 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:54:39 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=430130#comment-670273 They will probably be ubiquitous to the every household in 10 years

]]> By: Marcos El Malo http://gigaom.com/2011/10/31/apple-spending-big-next-year-on-retail-and-cloud/#comment-670166 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:31:55 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=430130#comment-670166 “about” “amost twice”

]]> By: Jeff http://gigaom.com/2011/10/31/apple-spending-big-next-year-on-retail-and-cloud/#comment-670104 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:32:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=430130#comment-670104 This.

]]> By: Erica Ogg http://gigaom.com/2011/10/31/apple-spending-big-next-year-on-retail-and-cloud/#comment-670095 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:21:33 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=430130#comment-670095 Thanks, I also linked to it in my story.

]]> By: Jim http://gigaom.com/2011/10/31/apple-spending-big-next-year-on-retail-and-cloud/#comment-670093 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:17:20 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=430130#comment-670093 Anyone else see a minor flaw in the math?

“The company says it will spend about $8 billion in capital expenditures in 2012, which is almost twice as much as the $3.4 billion it spent during fiscal year 2011, which ended Sept. 30.”

]]> By: PXLated http://gigaom.com/2011/10/31/apple-spending-big-next-year-on-retail-and-cloud/#comment-670091 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:14:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=430130#comment-670091 Here’s a good analysis of that spending by Horace Dediu (Asymco) — The tipping hand of production: How Apple foreshadows iOS volumes – http://bit.ly/ueGirq

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