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Apple to Offer Cheaper Macs in Face of Netbook Competition

not for anything mate; I read that thing from the 'insider; it didn't look like discounts were afoot to me, but rather clearing out old inventory

Will Consumers Line Up for the Next iPhone?

I am a fan of Apple and have owned their products even during the dark years. Too many people have pointed to their high cost as the most important limiting factor for buying or not buying Apple.

Truth be told, they're cheaper because they last longer (I'm still using my 4-year-old powerbook) and have a substantially higher resale value; quality is too important for me to downgrade to a Yugo, when for less than double the price I can get an Aston Martin

Regarding the iPhone; yeah, I'm hooked, but it's not the hardware that does it (somebody said, it's the software, stupid), because I can get a phone that has a 25 Megapixel camera (surely they're making one by now), or purchase a dedicated iPod that carries ALL of my music not "just" 3000 songs, or get a pda, a clock or watch or any of the other doodads that we need for daily living, because dedicated devices are more capable in their area of "expertise", BUT why, when I can slip something (ONE THING ONLY) in my pocket that does 25 things 98% as well as those dedicated devices?

I will take a wait and see attitude to the 3rd generation of iPhone, but suspect it will have enough new bells and whistles that I'll be willing to fork out another $10/month to get it

Steve Jobs: Honesty Is the Best Policy

Fred old bean

PLEASE clean up your language. Parrots can be taught some pretty spicy language; their brains are the size of garden peas. One can almost invariably substitute the F and S words for ones with more oomph but less cringe

Apple iPhone Users to Reach 30 Million by 2010 - Goldman

Back two months ago when all the chicken littles were running around wringing their hands about apple's dip to 117/share, the predicted (some analyst in late '07) $325/share by the end of 2008 seemed like a pipe dream; now it's back on track of course and those same doom & gloomers (present company excluded) are now chirping as if they knew all along.....

Here's an exercise that some might find amusing to see where apple's market cap might well go within 5 years:

Add up the caps of all (ALL) the businesses which swim in the same waters as apple: MSFT, DELL, GRMN, PALM, RIMM, and competing segments of mixed players like Sony and HP, then multiple that number by 0.7 (which is the percentage of MP3 player market that apple currently owns)

Scary isn't it?

Apple has an upside potential 3-5X that of microsoft.

Why?

They're easier to use, they don't crash as much and in the long run are cheaper as they don't need to be replaced as often--I expect to squeeze another year out of my '05 powerbook; the screen's starting to go, but I've only shut it off perhaps 200 hours in those three years (vacations); it's frozen maybe five times, but in fairness to the machine, a couple of times I had multiple huge Quark files open AND seven programs going at the same time

Apple will be at $400 within 18 months

Apple's Branding Strategy Delivers Superior Results

I have nothing to add to what the others have said; one interesting question is, given the superiority of its products, does Apple even have to advertise, when the word of mouth enthusiasm of those who use its products is already viral?

Will the iPhone Eat Blackberry's Business Lunch?

I have little to add to y'alls' (we talks like that in the south) erudite musings.

This has nothing to do with Canada vs YankeeLand (truth be told, I'm happier than a clam when someone asks if I'm Canadian; you Canadians have the plus side of an American accent [women in the UK love it, trust me], can disclaim the last 50 years of US foreign policy AND don't have to turn red from embarrassment when someone tells you the latest "Bush-ism."

This is instead about two companies with vastly different visions and products to back it up. As one of my esteemed co-bloggers noted, RIMM is a one-trick pony; a recent stat I saw indicated that 79% of customers were very satisfied with iPhone vs 54% with the BB...AND the iPhone was Apple's very first effort in the mobile device market. that 25% difference in customer satisfaction should disturb anyone owning RIMM. PALM is likely to belly up in 12 months; how long will RIMM survive without a second product line? One might argue that Apple could lose one of its three (Macs, phones, iPods) products lines tomorrow and still be a viable business. Could RIMM?