SmartyGuy

Apple vs. Microsoft: Who Will Bring the Ideal Mobile Productivity Device?

How many decades will writers continue to buy in to the Microsoft vaporware sales machine?

The Mac vs. PC Debate Was Never Clearer

@Gamechanger

There's an old joke:
Q. What's the difference between a porcupine and a Porsche?
A. The porcupine has the pricks on the outside.


On Jul 23 04:11 PM Gamechanger wrote:

> The only point I would add is that you don't see Porsche owners running
> around like elitist bores brow beating Camry owners for owning a
> less expensive car.

Big in Japan: Apple Retail Experience

Very enjoyable read, thank you. And thank goodness for Apple Stores.

Ominous Drop in Sales Bodes Ill for More than Just Apple - Barron's

Simply noise.

Apple: 35,000 'Wicked Smart' People Will Keep Things Humming

You wish you knew what you were talking about. Is Pixar "keeping up its act" without Jobs? He wasn't as hands on? He didn't supply his vision there? How do YOU know? You don't know. That's my point, notwithstanding your "personal opinion." You're perpetrating the same noise that's gone on far too long. "Staying out of his way..." indeed.

On Jan 22 11:46 AM Buffeted wrote:
> Also, I personally disagree that Apple can keep up the act without
> SJ. We wont know for some time though. Cook is a good operations
> manager, but there's no one else at the company with the all around
> genious of SJ, and he's hired a lot of great talent to contribute,
> while staying out of his way when it comes to vision. Still a good
> company, but a different company.

Can Anything Displace the iPhone in Consumer's Eyes?

It's the user experience with the device that matters, not whether it's a touchscreen.

Why Apple Stock Is Poised To Go Flat - At Best

Regarding a succession plan for Jobs, Tom Jackson wrote:

"If you don't think that smart executives in Apple are planning for the long term - after Steve you aren't clear about the level of management. What bothers you and many is that Apple won't tell you in advance."

This is the truth and this is what unnerves the naysayers. And while the perception of him not being able to lead the company in case of some health issue would affect the stock price, in the April issue of Fortune, Steve Jobs did say this:

"When you hire really good people, you have to give them a piece of the business and let them run with it... The reason you're hiring them is because you're going to give them the reins. I want [them] as making good or better decisions than I would. So the way to do that is to have them know everything, not just in their part of the business but in every part of the business. So what we do every Monday is we review the whole business... All the stuff in development, we review. And we do it every single week."

Does that sound like a company that can't mount a succession plan? I don't think so. Time to change perceptions.

Apple Gets Top Marks in Customer Satisfaction

Yesterday I brought my wife's 5 year old iMac G5 to the Apple store to get fixed. It was suffering from a known problem with that particular model where it would actually do a full shut down when it went to sleep. I originally had AppleCare but it ran out over a year ago. Verdict? They're fixing it at no charge. I didn't ask for that, I didn't even expect it. Replacing a $700 logic board for free (it was NOT power supply problem as I had thought). Go Apple. Nobody does it better :-)

Apple: Fraying at the Edges?

I would escalate your MacBook Air problem somehow. It sounds frustrating to be sure. I've been a Mac owner since 1985, have had countless Macs, never lost any data, never replaced a logic board, etc. Have had minor failures with power supplies and mice. My two iPhones hold up pretty well battery-wise. Try turning Bluetooth off to save battery life.

Apple Links Higher Sales with Higher Prices

Carl, miss your regular comments, thanks. "Make products that customers want." This is key and Jobs says this all the time, if any competitors would care to listen. That's why they made 100 prototypes of Macbook Air before coming to market, etc etc. Name any other company that agonizes over their product development like Apple.