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- AmyVernon, on 10/24/2008, -3/+28Apple buying Adobe would be interesting, but I think the writer is correct that it's too "mature" a company for Apple to think about purchasing..
- inactive, on 10/25/2008, -3/+26They'll just be regular cars but they'll be real pretty, like Ikea furniture, and you'll only be able to buy gas from the apple store because the other gases won't be compatible.
And it'll cost 50k. - djrbx, on 10/25/2008, -3/+25"General Motors ($3B), in case Jobs wants to reinvent the car."
Flying cars anyone? - e68895f, on 10/25/2008, -1/+21Apple, taking a bite?
Oh, i see what you did there... - tcharest, on 10/25/2008, -2/+20Purchase Iceland?!?!
I guess we all knew that corporations would eventually start owning countries. On the other hand don't they already??? - jakatak, on 10/25/2008, -3/+17I would like to see Apple start snatching up tivo and netflix. You bring those two together with apple TV then game is over.
- JasonCox, on 10/25/2008, -2/+12Adobe:
We don't need Apple taking over development for the Windows versions of Adobe apps if Safari, Quicktime and iTunes are any example of their development capabilities. Plus then whenever the app crashes tech support would respond by playing a 'Switcher' commercial.
Synaptics:
It'd be kinda funny since, you know, Synaptics tech is used in alot of PC's laptops. - diggcommentguy, on 10/25/2008, -0/+9I have a hard time believing General Motors is only worth 3 billion.
- ginestony, on 10/25/2008, -3/+9That photo is just ASKING to be photoshopped into something dirty... I'm just sayin'
- Doofy, on 10/25/2008, -0/+6Apple should buy GM (3.37B) and show the world how to design cars.
- inactive, on 10/25/2008, -1/+7Dude, you are killing me. Boot Camp. Have your heard of it?
- whiteyMcBrown, on 10/25/2008, -1/+6@ Achalemoipas: You should probably do a little research on Bootcamp. You'd be running your games completely natively. You're probably thinking of Parallels or VMWare (which rely on virtualization). While on bootcamp, you'd only be relying on Apple's hardware. If it makes you feel better, you could think of it as a PC with a Mac partition.
- GiJoeBob, on 10/25/2008, -3/+8Nope, digg is owned by Obama.
- form3hide, on 10/25/2008, -3/+8Apple TV is junk for the computer savvy, imo. The 360's UI, for my mom, is absolutely horrible -- she got very frustrated with it. However, with the Apple TV, she had a handle on it almost right away.
I honestly don't see much of a difference between the two, but it appears the Apple TV is perfect for the simple minded. - clockdist, on 10/25/2008, -0/+4Good idea, but Netflix goes against Apple's "the DVD is dead" mantra.
- MtheoryX, on 10/25/2008, -0/+4iDrive
- drh8, on 10/25/2008, -0/+4@clak
Its kinda hard to buy a private company. Valve doesn't have stock. Either way, it would not be easy to convert steam (and all the games) to mac. And by hard I mean probably impossible. You could change steam, but none of the games would transfer. It would fail. That said, getting a popular game company to make games for them might not be a bad idea. It doesn't really seam like they have ever cared about the hardcore gaming market though... buying popcap games or something like that might not be a bad idea though. - gojason, on 10/25/2008, -3/+6Or perhaps instead of talking over, the Adobe folks would simply teach Apple folks how to truly make a cross platform app.
- KSUdesigner, on 10/25/2008, -0/+3Not entirely. Netflix has been making a lot of roads into digital distribution lately. One of the biggest is yet to come, when people will be able to use the service through their xbox. They do need to get a greater selection in their digital offerings, but I think that will happen once major demand is there. Once digital distribution becomes more widely used by consumers, Netflix will see their requests for DVDs drop significantly. Apple + Netflix may be the perfect combination to conquer digital distribution of film and television.
- MrJagil, on 10/25/2008, -0/+3It doesn't freaking have to be news to be on digg. And yes, it is a no brainer that Apple could buy other companies, but the author discusses WHICH companies Apple are likely to buy, which makes it an interesting read.I, for one, have never heard of Synaptics for example...
Can't believe i took the time to reply.. - EnderMB, on 10/25/2008, -2/+5It would be very unwise for Apple to buy Adobe, because it would stir interest from Microsoft, and if MS were to get hold of Adobe and all its products then Apple would suffer if MS were to put limitations on its Graphics Suite. Also, for Apple to buy into a company that provides so much of its own preferred software wouldn't be the best idea, as Apple wouldn't want to alienate competitors.
The best acquisition that Apple could make is with Electronic Arts (EA).
It is often said that joining with Nintendo is the best way to get into the gaming and home cinema market, but I believe that EA would have much more to offer a company like Apple. The acquisition would be welcomed by all gamers and would provide vast improvements or both companies. For starters, Apple would be able to leap into the world of gaming, bringing out Mac releases of all EA games and being able to tap into the home cinema market, perhaps even by bringing out their own console. Secondly, EA would benefit from Apple's innovation, quality control and developer firepower.
Come on, who wouldn't want to see Apple run EA and force some good games out of them? - inactive, on 10/25/2008, -1/+4whiteyMcBrown is right.
Boot Camp is not a virtualizer, it's a partitioner. The only part of Boot Camp that emulates anything, is the BIOS emulator, because Mac use EFI unlike most PCs. So Boot Camp kick starts Windows using an BIOS emulator and then Windows runs natively. READ THIS AGAIN: "NATIVELY." - Jimmerz, on 10/25/2008, -0/+2Interesting. I've always thought people who didn't like Apple complained about all the flash, a perceived style over substance at a premium price. While Windows computers had the 'dull' thing, the beige box image, even though I can't remember the last time I saw an actual beige computer case.
- topbob, on 10/25/2008, -2/+4Uh, dugg for the really cute girl, and those collar bones
- LocalDocal, on 10/25/2008, -2/+4"Adobe
Apple markets its computers as ideal for creative users, and a vast number use Macs to run Adobe software. But Adobe's market capitalization currently stands at $13.3 billion, half of Apple's piggy bank. Besides, Apple historically acquires smaller companies that they can still influence to fit their own vision, and Adobe's far too mature for that."
I like how the author lists Adobe as a possibility then says right afterwards that it isn't a possibility. Was it just me or was the author desperate to find a company that people actually cared about? Or should I just call it a zany personality trait that he decided to make a 'wacky possibilities' list, which includes Seagate and, of all things, General Motors? - ozborn, on 10/25/2008, -1/+3You do the math (source Yahoo Finance)
Shares Outstanding5: 566.16M
Share Price: $5.95
It's about 3 billion. - JoshuaGross, on 10/25/2008, -0/+2That'd be cool, but it'd cost over $100 billion. 4x what Apple has in the bank.
- inactive, on 10/25/2008, -1/+3Please, Valve.. don't listen to this man. I will do horrible things to you with a crowbar if you ever let this happen.
- lead2thehead, on 10/25/2008, -1/+3Didn't read the article, but the girl is cute.
- JoshuaGross, on 10/25/2008, -0/+1As noted above and in the article, Adobe is big and established. Apple couldn't indoctrinate them (for better or worse) for a while.
- NSResponder, on 10/25/2008, -1/+2Someday, when I am the dictator of all media, any writer using that pun will be severely beaten about the head and shoulders.
-jcr - MrJagil, on 10/25/2008, -0/+1That would actually be kinda cool. A company owning an island... kinda like McDonalds...
- G-RaZoR, on 10/25/2008, -0/+1What about a stock photo company like Getty Images, or something?
Considering many of those creative users buy from them, it makes sense. Plus Getty Images' biggest competitor is Corbis, which is owned by Bill Gates. - macwac, on 10/25/2008, -1/+2I like the suggestion in the comment section of acquiring Iceland :) they are only asking for a 2 billion USD bailout..
- peterinjapan, on 10/25/2008, -1/+2Dude, play in Boot Camp. That's what I do. I have a very rich gaming life after I'm done with the important work done on the Mac side. I also develop PC software titles (ahem, anime dating-sim games), and basically don't need to own real PCs anymore, except for testing. That's VALUE man.
- iwod, on 10/25/2008, -0/+1Autodesk, Apple will need to create or buy something that they can tune and recreate to complete with them. They are simply too arrogant and now with Softimage on broad.
They could buy Modo Luxology,
- thealsir, on 10/25/2008, -0/+1The only problem with that is taking on craploads of debt and a huge money-losing operation. There's a reason why GM's stock is so low.
- drifter, on 10/25/2008, -0/+1I understand that, but every single company he mentioned he also stated a reason why Apple wouldn't bother. The only one i can even see being a possiblity but it wont happen, is Synaptics. So this article was in a sense pointles, he didnt offer any viable companies.
Also, you state you've never heard of Synaptics, ok, i have never heard of the company that made the camera on my laptop, or the keyboard keys, or this and that. Does it really matter? - fugazied, on 10/26/2008, -0/+1They are called 'economic free trade zones' or something. Like in southern china, korea and other places. Where wages are like something from the industrial revolution, workers rights barely exist and corporate taxes are 0%.
- inactive, on 10/26/2008, -0/+1Lol, I love how your definition of native is a second partitition with windows.
You run games on a mac - because you transform your mac into a PC. - clockdist, on 11/03/2008, -0/+1@KSU: True. If Apple somehow had access to Netflix' digital library--i.e. if you could use AppleTV as a Roku box--the game *would* be over!
- kibbledbits, on 10/28/2008, -0/+1It's an interesting proposition. Should they buy plagued companies who were overpriced to begin with (GM or EA) or how about buying a slightly more obscure company that has a lot of talent to add into Apple perhaps some that hold some important patents in the industry.
- mkjackson, on 10/25/2008, -0/+1Does anyone wonder what they mean by "struggling companies"? Honestly, it sounds like good intentions but do we honestly think that Apple is doing "humanitarian" type favors to struggling businesses by putting "risky" (still not defined) businesses into its own business model/infrastructure? I think this direction can bring great risk to Apple's security on one hand as well as the ability for other companies to compete in the market as well. Also, if I was a super-corporation (and they are) and I decided to start eating up the competition, would I want to pose myself as such? Also, if they really wanted to help a struggling company, I'm sure they have the purse to spare some cash and bail some folks out and generate relationships with those companies as opposed to simply absorbing them.
Think of it this way, "Hey, I'm a small group of developers and we're gonna start making software to compete with company A! Their stuff is OK, but we think we can make it better and they're poor financial troubles allows us to compete! Oh, wait, nevermind... APPLE backs them now. Nevermind..."
If we let big business run rampant through the market, there will be no room for the little guy and while a small company doesn't generate as much revenue, etc by comparison, at the individual level a person is more likely to care about who they're working for when they feel less like a cog in a super money making machine. Walmart is a strong example of how that mentality cripples communities. - Scott2, on 10/26/2008, -1/+2They should buy Dell, break up the company, and distribute the money back to the shareholders.
- klowngoblin, on 10/26/2008, -0/+1sure you can use bootcamp to run windows, but what games are you going to play with a POS nvidia 9400 SHARED RAM? (macbook)
also who in their stupid mind would buy $2700 worth of mac pro just to get a 4 generation old 8800GT?
for $2000 my computer has the following
Antec 900 case with fan controller/temp readouts
4x 110 Scythe 120mm fans
eVGA 750i FTW Mobo
4GB of patriot PC2-8500 overclocked to their limit
e8400 @ 4.2GHz (tuniq tower cooled)
GTX280's in SLI overclocked to their limit
dual 150GB Raptors in Raid 0
what mac will beat that? for less than $2000 - fleurus, on 10/25/2008, -1/+1Yeah, Apple can afford to buy not just struggling tech companies, but companies from other related industries too to create something really unique
- inactive, on 10/25/2008, -4/+4Apple should start buying game companies like Microsoft did. Or, invest in making game companies make Mac versions of games (that run natively).
If it weren't for Pc games, I'd probably own a mac. They'd get much bigger chunk of the market that way. I know a lot of people, even very casual gamers, who will build themselves a PC instead of buying mac simply because they want the option of playing any title they want. It's the mac's only weakness I think, well that and the pricing but that's starting to get better. - leontes, on 10/25/2008, -6/+6Apple should buy a company that allows them to transform the iphone into even more of a swiss army knife of gadgets. A way of making GPS navigation, ewallet, always connected media player... Things that increase it's usefulness. Buying some sort of company that can allow all of it's computers to have an always on internet connection that comes with the devices would also be neat. Apple should look at a way of increasing functionality through must-have feature sets.
- sondunoneblood, on 10/25/2008, -1/+1if apple took over adobe I wouldnt be surprised if they stopped windows support all together, just like they did with Logic and Final Cut
- corpski, on 10/25/2008, -0/+0Conformist? Rebel? Individuality?? Where do you get your stereotypes? I'd wager that about half, if not more Mac users are still Windows users who couldn't care any less about their "individuality", but are willing to pay a little extra for a machine that can afford them the best that both OSes can offer. Same thing goes for the Mac + Linux users, and not taking away anything from the hardcore triple booters either.
After over 18 years of assembling PCs spanning OSes starting from PC DOS to every iteration of Windows, I've practically converted my entire family and immediate relatives to Apple. Generally, I find that Macs work better out of the box and save me a WHOLE lot of time having to troubleshoot problems / do a simple hd defrag / clean up a borked registry / fix spyware / remove some random trojan / reformat and reinstall the OS every 2 years (my relatives are HORRIBLE at maintaining their PCs, let alone taking steps to keep them safe). Ubuntu could suffice, but it I doubt my elderly relatives are prepared for it.
I'd say Apple is for the lazy people like me who hate doing maintenance on their computers. -
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