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- HookmasterCH47, on 07/22/2008, -2/+79Looking back, it's still incredible to think that this company was in the dumps 10 years ago. Love them or hate them, their comeback is quite impressive.
- mizike, on 07/22/2008, -19/+56once you go mac you never go back...
- PhillyMJS, on 07/22/2008, -8/+41Apple sold 11 million iPods in this quarter, I wouldn't pooh-pooh that just because it didn't change much from the previous quarter. Microsoft would feed infants and puppies into a wood chipper to do that kind of volume with the Zune.
- MurphyMac, on 07/21/2008, -9/+34Incredible gains. For those who are patient aapl can make you a fortune. I can't see the Mac sales slowing down any time soon. Take the sell-off as a chance to get onboard if you're still outside.
- hansolo, on 07/22/2008, -4/+21It is a computer or a mobile phone.
Nothing more, nothing less.
No need to type a 1,000 word manifesto that makes no sense and has no impact on the world as we know it. - davidwasman, on 07/22/2008, -8/+25Queue all the Apple haters and negative rhetoric about "OMG another iPhone story" and how Macs are more expensive, and blah blah friggin blah.
*sigh*
It would be nice to have a rational discussion on Digg again about Apple without it turning into 'fanboi' bashing and crap about how Macs have fewer games. - TremorX, on 07/22/2008, -1/+16The abridged version: "What does a boob feel like?"
- UcIc, on 07/22/2008, -2/+16TLDR
- digitaldivinci, on 07/22/2008, -4/+17God, I told my brother he was stupid for getting out when Apple was at 185, so he bought back in around 190. He must want to kick my ass right now.
- Me1000, on 07/22/2008, -1/+14Shareholders?
- phrenzy, on 07/22/2008, -3/+16Get laid.
- Galaxylander, on 07/22/2008, -1/+14See, the thing is of course iPods are flat! Apple has saturated the market, there aren't many people to make the market grow... I'd say a steady 80% marketshare is pretty damn good.
- BillOReilly08, on 07/22/2008, -2/+14Wow your professor is a dick.
- MurphyMac, on 07/22/2008, -1/+13It seems like they get it - but not how we do. They get how to abuse it so insiders profit and retail investors are left scratching their heads. At least I've been in a for a while, so I've seen this pattern over and over and know to shake it off, or buy more if I can free up cash.
- Swarms, on 07/22/2008, -6/+18Meanwhile, Microsoft earns in profit what Apple earns in revenue. ($60 billion revenue on the year = $1,900/second)
- davidwasman, on 07/22/2008, -2/+14You must not be aware, then, of Digg's exclusive deal with Microsoft for ad revenue.
There's no giant conspiracy to make apple tops on Digg. It's just that all you latecomers to digg weren't here when it was a place where Apple users weren't bashed for merely liking their product. Back then, Apple stories were commonplace because the site was directed at new media, new tech, and like minded people.
The few Apple stories that make it to the front page anymore are because of the few of us left that Digg them...before your ilk can bury them. - codyman, on 07/22/2008, -2/+14Am I the only one that thinks that apple does not care how well windows sells / continues to sell? I see them more of "how are we doing" verses a "how are they doing" kind of company... a strategy which seems to be working in the macro perspective in that each quarter they keep improving over the past quarter
- kelly, on 07/22/2008, -0/+11"Apple certainly seems to be going strong if you buy in to the news, but they just lowered their Q4 estimates."
You must be new to Apple watching. They do this EVERY quarter. - davidwasman, on 07/22/2008, -3/+14I don't understand your (OR ANYONE'S) hatred for someone who uses a different computer than you do. Your assertion that they are all 'rich ignorant dumb f*cks' is totally off base.
I myself, am an Apple owner, but I have no hatred for you as a PC owner (Linux, I assume, since you stated you were happy to see Apple 'eat into MS') nor am I a conceited, turtle neck wearing, sneaker buying, smarmy asshat like everyone thinks Apple owners are. I am also far from rich-- being lucky to have $16 in my pocket right now after bills.
We just happen to own different hardware and somehow that, plus some ridiculously silly commercials, means we're 'rich ignorant dumb f*cks'?
Put your hatred aside. Please. There are much bigger issues in the world to worry about. - Swarms, on 07/22/2008, -4/+15When asked about Steve Job's health the CFO said that "Steve's health is a private matter." This is scary from an investor's standpoint. Obviously, it would ease the mind of investors to just say "He's fine, he was a little sick but he's all better." However, this would be illegal to say during a earnings call if he wasn't in fact fine. If he was sick, the only way to sidestep the question would be to not answer it, which he did. Remember, Steve had Pancreatic Cancer which is very, very hard to beat. Best of luck to him.
- KJSatz, on 07/22/2008, -2/+12I think the Macbook is pretty midrange.
- davidwasman, on 07/22/2008, -1/+11I'm scared, too...hold me?
- mdavis, on 07/22/2008, -5/+15I don't understand-I thought this discussion would be full of Apple Haters telling us that these statistics are faked, or don't even matter...what gives?
- reposado, on 07/22/2008, -0/+10I think your tinfoil hat is on a bit too tight. Its cutting off circulation to your brain.
- leontes, on 07/21/2008, -7/+17It's down over 10% in after hours trading. It's a great buying opportunity. Wall street seems like they don't get this stock at all.
- markross, on 07/22/2008, -0/+9http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/timemachine.h ...
- phrenzy, on 07/22/2008, -3/+12Yep - I had their stock in 97-98 just before the iMac came out - which was the beginning of the turnaround. Everybody had pronounced apple not just "irrelevant" but simply "dead". I honestly never thought I'd see the day where people hate apple for being "too successful" which many diggers seem to do.
- douggmc, on 07/22/2008, -2/+11Anybody else read this article and come away with only one thing flashing in their mind.... that Apple is "busy finishing several more wonderful new products to launch in the coming months." ?
What are these wonderful new products of which The Great Steve talks of? Blast this damn reality distortion field! - nreynolds, on 07/22/2008, -0/+9I read it. it had nothing to do with anything. move along.
- gfxlonghorn, on 07/22/2008, -1/+10I think he meant price wise.. 2 grand is not midrange.
- grungegbunny, on 07/22/2008, -3/+11I have to admit I never used a mac except for a class in which the professor required you to due to a certain font he wanted on the papers. Years later now for the first time I'm considering buying one.
- Bishop256, on 07/22/2008, -9/+17i think apple would do the same for microsofts OS sales
- zionKing, on 07/22/2008, -0/+8Summary: I'll use recently acquired vocab (I'm studying for the SAT probably) and try to obscure the fact that I can't express my thoughts on this topic coherently. Must... sound... smart... to... feign... credibility
- hexydes, on 07/22/2008, -4/+12Buried for inaccuracy. I split my time about equally between Windows Vista, Mac OS X, and Ubuntu Linux, all on three different computers. People that are smug about Apple are as stupid as Linux zealots and Windows douchebags.
Get over yourself; it's just a platform. They all have strengths and weaknesses, but at the end of the day, they are 99% the same as far as what they can do. - Swarms, on 07/22/2008, -1/+9They "get" it. The problem is they gave numbers they expect for the 4th Quarter that were about $500 million short of what Wall Street predicted. They also sidestepped questions about Steve Job's health calling it a "private matter" rather than just saying he's fine (Which would be illegal to say if he wasn't in fact "fine").
- etx313, on 07/22/2008, -2/+10OMG another iPhone story! WTF! Macs are too expensive!
-Posted from my iPhone. - peestandingup, on 07/22/2008, -2/+10Hate to tell you, but MS's measly $250 million was a drop in the bucket for companies like this.
- bradleyland, on 07/22/2008, -3/+11Facts? Apple brought in half the revenue, but still managed to NET more money than Dell.
Dell
Revenue $15,646
NET $766
Apple
Revenue $7,460
NET $1,070
How do you like them Apples?
Apple operates much like Porsche. You don't have to sell a whole lot of cars when you make a good margin on the ones that you do sell. Dell's strategy could be summed up as: "sell cheap". Apple strategy could be summed up as: "ignore cheap". By the numbers, Apple seems to have taken the better approach.
Apple Q3
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2008/07/21results. ...
Dell Q3
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/cor ... - thekms, on 07/22/2008, -1/+9Dude, it's a turtleneck...
- HoratioHellpop, on 07/22/2008, -0/+7//Apple claims to be supportive of my plan to improve the living conditions of the most vulnerable in our society -- the sick, the old, the disabled, the unemployed, and our youth -- all of whose lives are made miserable by Apple.//
That sentence begets the most immense "WTF?" in internet history. 'grats. - micklerlop, on 07/22/2008, -3/+10Q4 iPhone unstoppable
- Palaceguard, on 07/22/2008, -0/+7What are you smoking?
- bradleyland, on 07/22/2008, -1/+8Wall Street buys on future performance, not past performance, and Apple reduced their Q4 estimates today. If you think buying stock is as easy as going out and hopping on the wagon with the latest "hot" performer, you're in for a rude awakening.
- wonderchemist, on 07/22/2008, -0/+7Depends on what you are buying AAPL stock for. People hoping for explosive grown of 2004-2007, aren't going to get it (unless the market goes completely nuts). AAPL's market cap is just too high for that. If you triple AAPL's closing price, AAPL would be the largest US company by market cap. I don't think that's going to happen any time soon.
However, due to its volatility AAPL is a good day/short term trade candidate. - waterdrop, on 07/22/2008, -0/+7Apple needs a desktop, I am not sure why you are being dugg down. What they need to do is release a Mac Pro-like desktop but with a desktop class motherboard (P45 chipset socket 775) and CPU (Core 2 Duo/Quad) instead of server/workstation (Socket 771 Xeons with FB-DIMMs) components. This would offer great performance at a more reasonable price. Also throw in a HD4870 and you got yourself a midrange Mac gaming desktop.
- MurphyMac, on 07/22/2008, -1/+8Dugg for honesty.
- damonic, on 07/22/2008, -2/+9I had the chance to buy when it was at $6. I didn't. I kick myself every day.
- rimantas, on 07/22/2008, -1/+7hm, did Microsoft also design iPod, ITMS, Macbooks, iPhone?
Or is Apple still living from those 250mil? - dysonlu, on 07/22/2008, -3/+9LOL. Wall Street don't get this stock (or any stock)??? By the simple fact that you are saying that shows you are the one who doesn't get it. Some investors simply dump the stock because of lowered current quarter expected numbers. Simple as that.
- jhaydon, on 07/22/2008, -1/+6I didn't digg you down hexydes, simply because I don't think you should bury someone if you disagree with them, but I have to say that I don't believe that the three OSes you mention are "99% the same". An OS essentially interfaces with hardware, and in the same way that, for instance, an iPhone and an LG Viewty have similar hardware, but they offer very different experiences, Windows and Mac offer a similar feature set, but their methods and design are different.
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