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    • ON: Sat Sep 27th 06:35 AM
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      Jonathan Ive: More Valuable to Apple than Steve Jobs?
      - dont dismiss jobs. he's done much and has a vision.

      - thanks for bringing Ives to the discussion. i think he's been much overlooked outside the design and apple fan base.

      - being a CEO is a wider - and sometimes more banal - job than chief designer. there are usually few assurances that a design person can run a company.

      - i think there's much more to apple than these two guys but because of the secretive culture you dont find much info. contrast that with google that looks like a college coed on speed in the way they open up to the press, public, etc and with all their products whored out in data mode. apple : not a peep until the final version is ready.
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    • ON: Fri Sep 19th 08:00 AM
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      Now Is the Right Time to Buy Apple Option LEAPS
      interesting. i've profited from LEAPs and options on AAPL before but unfortunately failed to sell quite a few and lost out a few times.
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    • ON: Fri Sep 12th 08:04 AM
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      The Wal-Mart Diet
      seems very spurious
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    • ON: Sat Aug 30th 08:49 AM
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      Why Apple Stock Is Poised To Go Flat - At Best
      i love apple the company and aapl the stock because i love apple's products. in fact i sometimes rue the fact that they still dont control many other consumer products but that's probably for the better because they know where their strengths lie.

      and that last point brings me into another sometimes unnoticed fact in that apple know what NOT TO DO. they know when to ignore the many times raucous calls of their fans to build every conceivable product and have waited until good and ready. this is likely due to their failures with some widely touted product introductions in the first steve jobs kingdom and the stasis before his second coming.

      i also understand the importance of the market cap argument but feel that part of it can be countered if (sometimes a big if) they can continue to have amazing margins. who is the best example of this? Microsoft of course. they were at the top of the market cap tables on a global basis for years (decades?) and still are simply because they could maintain high monopolistic margins. the difference here lies in that apple does not seem to have as clear a monopoly going forward.

      finally, and as one of the posters commented above, their products truly change the tech lives of many people that make use of their products for their simplicity, robustness and beauty.

      steve jobs deserves to bask in the glow of what he has enabled and created. i wish him well with his health and hope he can take a break since i would guess much of it is due to his stress at apple.

      and a final word: insults instantly diminish the value of an argument since it means the writer does not think rationally and is prone to outbursts. its the difference between a clear and convincing statement and rubbish. please think before you speak.
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    • ON: Fri Jul 11th 08:28 AM
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      Will iPhone 3G Cause RIM Customers to Churn to Apple?
      the blackberry is great for people that want to stick to text-based email that looks plain at best and awful most of the time. some people to do want it that way and they will stick with BB but i for one want to see websites thee way they were intended to be seen occasionally. for travelers and people who use airports a lot this is a boon.
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    • ON: Sat Apr 26th 08:51 AM
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      For Microsoft, Apple Is the Elephant in the OS Room
      haha! beautiful masterstroke raman and thank you for sharing that...
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    • ON: Sat Apr 26th 08:31 AM
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      Apple's Branding Strategy Delivers Superior Results
      trying to be completely unbiased (and its hard with apple), i have to agree with some of the contributors here that say it is a two-pronged approach of branding/placement AND technical excellence/innovation.
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    • ON: Sat Feb 16th 10:16 AM
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      The Economist In One Bite
      more of this please.
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    • ON: Sat Feb 16th 10:15 AM
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      The Economist In One Bite
      keep this economist digest up!
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    • ON: Sun Feb 10th 16:44 PM
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      The New Safari Is Amazingly Quick - Watch Out, FireFox
      wow. thanks for this. too bad they dont do extensions like firefox although understandably so.
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    • ON: Mon Nov 19th 07:22 AM
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      Keep An Eye On the Dollar
      its easier to predict the trends persistence than the the inflection point in the forex arena i think. i would not bet on a change in the US dollar nor would i bet against it. be diversified.
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    • ON: Fri Oct 26th 08:43 AM
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      Apple's Payoff on Leopard 'Family Pack' Upgrade
      interesting exposition
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    • ON: Fri Oct 26th 08:43 AM
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      Apple's Payoff on Leopard 'Family Pack' Upgrade
      interesting exposition
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