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Three Reasons I Chose Microsoft over Apple for Home Media

So you think the X-Box is a beautiful in home decoration by virtue of deduction.

"...every XBox 360 has a DVD player in it....By using XBox 360s as extender units (I've got two installed now -- one in the bedroom and one in the living room and a third for the kitchen on the way)."

Then you say about Apple: "...for a home media strategy, people would not want 2 boxes in every room, with one of the boxes being a big ugly black DVD player."

Yet 3 X-Boxes? Give us a break you flipping idiot.

Now, you aside, I would venture to guess that most people don't have, nor want, a DVD player in every room, TV perhaps, but not DVD.

Gadget Stock Watch: Black-and-Blue Handset Stocks, More

The general media spin surrounding the Macworld keynote as being lackluster is laughable, i.e.“ the lack of a killer product similar to the iPhone launch.”

How soon the media forgets. Prior to the 2007 Macworld event the iPhone was already an expected announcement. Its concept, before, during, and after 2007 Macworld was surrounded by bashing the phone. Not enough battery life, screen that scratches, touch will never be accepted, on and on. Steve Ballmer stated flat out it would be a flop.

The stock was on fire because of Apple's growth in its overall product line throughout 2007, this growth will continue, and while pundits may think this new thin lap top is a non event, neither was the iPhone in 2007.

Asus Eee: Threat to Apple, Microsoft, HP, Dell and the Hard Drive Vendors?

By the way, can anyone take seriously Asus Eee being on the Most Wished For Notebooks list? Yes, that would be a, HELL no. There's obvious a retail kind of spamming going on here. I mean, come on, as cheap as it is why wish for it, just go buy it with the spare change in your piggy bank.lol

Asus Eee: Threat to Apple, Microsoft, HP, Dell and the Hard Drive Vendors?

Actually currently Apple has the number 10 spot. Interestingly though, it's weird, Apple had 3 of the top 10 laptops for most of December as pointed out (and earlier), so they were obviously the best gift. So I guess sales tax does matter to many. Then again my guess is the quantity of any laptop sale on Amazon after xmas drops off dramatically, so currently the top ten list is not as meaningful.

Wouldn't be surprised though (now that the top 10 Amazon list seems to be getting much more focus than ever before) if there's certain players out there that will try to manipulate this list. So I doubt it will be much of an indicator in years to come. As example, it would be cheaper for a company to buy its own product back through Amazon than advertise in more conventional means when considering the difference in paying for Amazons profit for said product versus conventional advertising. The Amazon best seller list has become free advertising as Amazon becomes increasingly used as a tracking model for sales.

Watch for Apple earnings, that will tell the real story.

Waiting for Dell's iPod Moment

You're in denial, it's very pertinent.

"...he uses a Mac and will undoubtedly point out that Mac users are mostly satisfied and tend to not know anything about Apple's customer service because they never need it. True, but not pertinent here."

And the rest of your commentary that design aka branding will turn Dell around is also wishful thinking. That's like trying to put a Ferrari around a lawn mower engine...not the perfect analogy, but you get my drift.

Dell's legacy has been about getting better margins from efficiency, but they're still mostly beholden to MS for the experience. You can't trump the legacy of efficiency with brand building alone, the experience goes hand-in-hand as part of the brand equation. Dell has to now become an innovator if they ever wish to see growth again. I don't see them ever being an innovator much less market leader as a software developer.