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- Codee, on 10/14/2007, -16/+169Michael Dell: $15.5 billion
Steve Jobs: $4.9 billion
Me 25.5 billion*
*Times I wished I was either one of the guys right now. - OutThisLife, on 10/14/2007, -62/+189Digg me down.
- TheWorm, on 10/14/2007, -8/+102I don't forsee this comment thread going anywhere.
- MutatedNantuko, on 10/10/2007, -8/+69Oh great, the bot made me look like a douche.
- CptnObvious, on 10/13/2007, -17/+62Is anyone really surprised? Half the population owns an iPod (many own several). This is not showing that they are beating Dell in terms of computer sales that the comparison would make you believe.
- manjy90, on 10/10/2007, -3/+45Look at the second comment on that page:
"It’s like Leonardo De Vinci being compared to Mao Zedong. Money is a dead end road. Having a progressive impact on the development of man kind? That is what put Armstrong on the moon. I recommend vision and innovation apposed to a little red book."
Did he really just compare Steve Jobs to Da Vinci? Or worse, Michael Dell to Mao? People need to lighten up. - ThinkBox, on 10/10/2007, -3/+45I clicked on each one of these comments to see if they were, indeed, the same.
I think I got owned.... - mntbikeracer1, on 10/10/2007, -25/+58Dell has remained remarkably steady, where as HP, Gateway and others have had some real ups and downs. Steve Jobs and Apple on the other hand have had success after success, whether you like Apple software or hardware or not you have to hand it to them as a company. They are true innovators in a stagnant market.
- Vector713, on 10/13/2007, -17/+48this is kinda obvious... Apple's innovations over the past few years have really stood out. The only think i've really noticed coming out of dell is a new case design every few years... :
- colto, on 10/10/2007, -1/+25I'm glad I'm not the only one, I feel used.
- TheHappyRobot, on 10/14/2007, -7/+26Welcome to my block list.
If I can work out how I do that now... - amadeusdemarzi, on 10/12/2007, -4/+23hehe, easy up there brother, untwist them panties :)
- MutatedNantuko, on 10/10/2007, -5/+22UNLEASH THE FURY
- DavX, on 10/12/2007, -5/+21That's like asking who the first name of the lead singer of the "Dave Matthews Band" is.
- Visk, on 10/10/2007, -3/+17You could probably foresee this comment becoming indented
- tnoy, on 10/10/2007, -6/+20and Apple's innovations, like making the iMac out of brushed aluminum instead of white plastic?
- kenx007, on 10/13/2007, -11/+25I don't get why is there so much bias towards Apple vs Everything else. I own an ipod, and macbook but it's tiring when all you see is Apple lovers bashing everything else. I mean I love my macbook and all but paying twice as much as a PC isn't quite the hype it's worth. Don't give me that feature breakdown bs where it's worth it either.
- ZiggityZhang, on 10/10/2007, -4/+16Because it's only an improvement when you can SEE it.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -7/+19I don't understand all the hate for Apple products. They market expensive products. If you can't afford it, then don't buy it. It's as simple as that. Do you also hate expensive cars and expensive houses?
- zeeky, on 10/14/2007, -1/+12woah, where's my block button? errrr...
THIS COMMENT SYSTEM SUCKS!!!!! - Aitese, on 10/10/2007, -3/+13Do you even know what you are saying?
- Billions, on 10/10/2007, -3/+13If you remember when he said that, you would only take the article for what it's pointing out - Michael Dell was incredibly wrong. I think you might be looking for the article to be wrong by alluding to computer sales; there's nothing in there that compares that. Only that shareholders have benefitted over the last 10 years, unlike what Dell thought they would.
The article is really just pointing out how out of touch Dell was when he thought he knew what was best for another company. - 4g1vn, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10Dell is worth more, because he's pocketing the profits.
- OrangeCrush, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9I'd say the key to Apple's success is polish. They take existing tech and package it together in a slick and seamless way. Sure they didn't invent multi-touch, the PDA, MP3 players, etc. they mixed and matched and polished, polished, and polished some more. *That's* Apple's key strength, in my opinion.
- nakile, on 10/10/2007, -9/+17Have you ever used a Mac? A newer one anyway? I ***** hated those G3 iMacs running Mac OS 8 or 9. Then I used a iMac G4 with Mac OS X..
- GawtMilk, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9Right, his SALARY is $1 a year. He gets paid in stock, which in almost any company is worth more.
- ronar, on 10/10/2007, -3/+10These numbers have nothing to do with paycheks. They are the value of the shares those two men own in their companies. So although Apple has a higher market capitalization then Dell, Michael Dell owns a much larger percentage of his company than Steve Jobs does of Apple.
- Murdats, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7my mouse doesnt require you to use a stupid nipple, it has free spin and 9+ customisable buttons, 13 if you count all the scrolling directions, and I can have the key bindings change per application, and my mouse is comfortable.
- neuropsychguy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7It's probably because so many Mac users had to take crap for so many years from "PC" people.
- postalblowfish7, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7the one run by gil amelio.
- sleeknerve, on 10/10/2007, -3/+9and this makes linux what, bisexual?
- airiox, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Man I remember back in Jr. High we had to do one of those fake stock market contests. Being an Apple fanboy back then (no longer one) I bought some fake apple stock. I wish I would have actually bought the stock instead of pretend to. It was selling at $4.5 a share. Say I laid down $100, that would be worth over 3 grand right now, or a mere 1 grand, only 35 grand in my pocket is all.
- judofyr, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Mission failed...
- picsectionpleez, on 10/13/2007, -2/+8Dell is famous for terrible customer service.
- crashingechelon, on 10/10/2007, -3/+8That was just what I thought the graph would look like. After my experiences with Dell, its safe to say that my Dell desktop is being replaced with an iMac in the near future. When I bought my Dell 4-5 years ago it was one of the most depressing purchases ever. The day it came I spent 3 hours with tech support on the phone because the DVD-rom and CD-rw drives weren't working. After that incident there was several more phone calls to them with issues the computer was having and after two months I had to have the hard drive replaced on it.
Issues I've had with my G4 PowerBook...none. So around January I'll be looking for an iMac. - esheep932, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5If i was armed with a net worth of $15.5 billion, i can't imagine feeling bad about anything i said.
- fr34k5h0w, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Last I checked there was a time where Dell made the Dell DJ. Dell also sells printers made by Lexmark and rebranded. And you can't forget the PDAs. So they both held niche markets at one time. Apple just innovated better.
- coolbru, on 10/10/2007, -3/+8This is a bit of a myth. Microsoft's investment was a paltry $150m, at a time when Apple was indeed floundering from a marketing and income point of view, but also had $4bn in the bank, so although they may have been a takeover target, they were a very long way from going under. Microsoft's share purchase was far more symbolic than economic (plus they were non-voting shares which gave them no control), and the coincident commitment to 5 more years of Mac Office was also a big help. MS made a massive profit on those shares (far more profitable than investing in itself - those shares would now be worth $2.7bn if they had not sold them), plus MS makes $1bn a year from Mac software sales. It was kind of a no-brainer - MS would have been very dumb not to protect its investment in a market completely unaffected by their anti-trust litigation.
- newbill123, on 10/10/2007, -3/+8Each of these companies does their own thing really well. But when Dell focuses on coming out with trendy, hip "solutions" instead of just making cheap, grey market boxes, they are about as successful as when Apple stood on their laurels (during the Spindler/Ameilio years) and tried to follow the "bulk marketer" model of computer distribution. Neither is very good at the other's business model.
I know there's a personal feud between Jobs and Dell that this comment is fueling. But in the context of an Apple Computer that hadn't innovated squat in years and was failing when trying to imitate the business model Dell mastered... well, let's just say I can see Michael Dell's point. For my own money though, I'd still prefer paying a bit more for one of Apple's more innovative modern models. - edwartica, on 10/14/2007, -1/+6Wow, digging you down seems to of had the opposite effect. Maybe there's some kind of quantum negative digg string theory at work here!
- TubaTechno, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Attracts chicks? haha. Usually people think you're a weirdo if you go to a social gathering place just to be glued to your computer...no matter what brand you have.
- Hypermarkalan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4What is this, eBay? That's the most worthless comment ever.
//Not yours FrOOsh. +1 for you. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+9PREACH SON
- themuffinman, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5His is shinier.
- Trax91, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4C-C-Combo Breaker!
- raitchison, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Yeah or Hootie and the Blowfish :D
- strabes, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4What does that have to do with their stock prices?
- michigander, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Wow, this made me laugh out loud in front of my friends which made me look geeky when I had to explain it.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Jobs salary is just a tax escape.. sadly..
- fusionFactor, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Nope, it worked just fine when I dugg you down.
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