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> MacGirl wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > Intels aren't selling as well as I think Apple had hoped.

Well, that certainly explains why Apple can't keep up with the demand
for the MacBooks.

Don't believe everything you hear the stock analysts pontificating on.
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In article ,
Michelle Steiner wrote:

> In article ,
> "Theodore A. Kaldis" wrote:
>
> > Personally, I see the Mac OS ultimately being made available to the
> > general PC market as an alternative to Windoze -- but that's not
> > going to happen before a wide array of Intel-native apps are
> > available. I just can't see Apple ignoring a HUGE potential customer
> > base.
>
> Keep in mind that every non-Apple machine that OS X will be installed on
> is a lost potential sale of a Macintosh computer.

And increased support cost for Apple.

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Michelle Steiner wrote:

> In article ,
> "Theodore A. Kaldis" wrote:
>
>> Personally, I see the Mac OS ultimately being made available to the
>> general PC market as an alternative to Windoze -- but that's not
>> going to happen before a wide array of Intel-native apps are
>> available. I just can't see Apple ignoring a HUGE potential customer
>> base.
>
> Keep in mind that every non-Apple machine that OS X will be installed on
> is a lost potential sale of a Macintosh computer.
>

iPod, ITMS, and software sales will soon totally overshadow the overpriced
Mac market. The entire pro line of Macs will never re emerge while Apple
focuses on gimmicky midrange machines. The greedy stockholders are
salivating over the potential of the iPod, ITMS, and iAccessories market.
It takes little or no R&D to develop and the middleclass teens to twenty
somethings continue to eat it up greedily. Why dump all that money into OS
R&D when your main customer base could care less about Macs? They want
toys, toys, and more toys. The Mac is dead.
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Theodore A. Kaldis wrote:
> MacGirl wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>> Intels aren't selling as well as I think Apple had hoped.
>
> There's no future in PPC (except perhaps for machine control -- and
> X-Box).

IOW, MS co-opted PPC from Apple much in the same way they co-opted the
GUI?

> When Apple announced that they were dropping the PPC in
> favour of the Intel chip, IBM's attitude was, "don't let the door slap
> yer hehind on the way out".

Between MS, Sony, and Nitendo, IBM will sell so many chips that whatever
Apple would have bought is a drop in the bucket.

> Personally, I see the Mac OS ultimately being made available to the
> general PC market as an alternative to Windoze -- but that's not going
> to happen before a wide array of Intel-native apps are available. I
> just can't see Apple ignoring a HUGE potential customer base.

Why not? They've ignored it decades so far...
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Steve Hix wrote:
>> MacGirl wrote:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> Intels aren't selling as well as I think Apple had hoped.
>
> Well, that certainly explains why Apple can't keep up with the demand
> for the MacBooks.

Underproduction is hell, eh? Too bad they can't forecast their market
better...

> Don't believe everything you hear the stock analysts pontificating on.[*]


[*] Unless they're saying something good about Apple.
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Then they have to start selling their computers like Dell. Advertise a
$299 computer with free LCD monitor and printer. Then when people come
and order, present them with a bunch of upgrade options so by the time
they check out they pay $1800. :-)

Michelle Steiner wrote:
> In article ,
> "Theodore A. Kaldis" wrote:
>
>> Personally, I see the Mac OS ultimately being made available to the
>> general PC market as an alternative to Windoze -- but that's not
>> going to happen before a wide array of Intel-native apps are
>> available. I just can't see Apple ignoring a HUGE potential customer
>> base.
>
> Keep in mind that every non-Apple machine that OS X will be installed on
> is a lost potential sale of a Macintosh computer.
>
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Warren Oates wrote:
> In article ,
> "danjuarez11@comcast.net" wrote:
>
>
>>Then they have to start selling their computers like Dell. Advertise a
>>$299 computer with free LCD monitor and printer. Then when people come
>>and order, present them with a bunch of upgrade options so by the time
>>they check out they pay $1800. :-)
>
>
> Apple already do a pretty good job. Oh, you'll need to have a QT Player
> that actually works, that's $20; and yeah, you want it to work with
> MPEG2, okay, that's another $30; now, let's see, rustproofing ...

:-)

A farmer buys a new Mercedes E Class and is annoyed at the cost of the
optional extras.

A short while later, a director of Daimler Benz buys a cow for his farm
from the same farmer.

The farmer submitted the following invoice:



1 cow (standard model) basic price 2,400
Two tone colour (black and white) 150
Leather cover 50
Milk container for summer and winter use 50
4 taps @ 12.50 50
2 fenders, horned @ 17.50 35
1 Fly swat (semi automatic) 30
Manure accessory 60
All weather hooves 100
Dual circuit braking system
(front and rear legs) 400
Multi-tone sound device 135
Closing halogen eyes 150
Feed 1,250

Total 4,910
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"Paul Sture" wrote in message

> Warren Oates wrote:
>> In article ,
>> "danjuarez11@comcast.net" wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Then they have to start selling their computers like Dell. Advertise a
>>>$299 computer with free LCD monitor and printer. Then when people come
>>>and order, present them with a bunch of upgrade options so by the time
>>>they check out they pay $1800. :-)
>>
>>
>> Apple already do a pretty good job. Oh, you'll need to have a QT Player
>> that actually works, that's $20; and yeah, you want it to work with
>> MPEG2, okay, that's another $30; now, let's see, rustproofing ...
>
> :-)
>
> A farmer buys a new Mercedes E Class and is annoyed at the cost of the
> optional extras.
>
> A short while later, a director of Daimler Benz buys a cow for his farm
> from the same farmer.
>
> The farmer submitted the following invoice:
>
>
>
> 1 cow (standard model) basic price 2,400
> Two tone colour (black and white) 150
> Leather cover 50
> Milk container for summer and winter use 50
> 4 taps @ 12.50 50
> 2 fenders, horned @ 17.50 35
> 1 Fly swat (semi automatic) 30
> Manure accessory 60
> All weather hooves 100
> Dual circuit braking system
> (front and rear legs) 400
> Multi-tone sound device 135
> Closing halogen eyes 150
> Feed 1,250
>
> Total 4,910


Hahahaha!
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"Paul Sture" wrote in message

> Warren Oates wrote:
>> In article ,
>> "danjuarez11@comcast.net" wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Then they have to start selling their computers like Dell. Advertise a
>>>$299 computer with free LCD monitor and printer. Then when people come
>>>and order, present them with a bunch of upgrade options so by the time
>>>they check out they pay $1800. :-)
>>
>>
>> Apple already do a pretty good job. Oh, you'll need to have a QT Player
>> that actually works, that's $20; and yeah, you want it to work with
>> MPEG2, okay, that's another $30; now, let's see, rustproofing ...
>
> :-)
>
> A farmer buys a new Mercedes E Class and is annoyed at the cost of the
> optional extras.
>
> A short while later, a director of Daimler Benz buys a cow for his farm
> from the same farmer.
>
> The farmer submitted the following invoice:
>
>
>
> 1 cow (standard model) basic price 2,400
> Two tone colour (black and white) 150
> Leather cover 50
> Milk container for summer and winter use 50
> 4 taps @ 12.50 50
> 2 fenders, horned @ 17.50 35
> 1 Fly swat (semi automatic) 30
> Manure accessory 60
> All weather hooves 100
> Dual circuit braking system
> (front and rear legs) 400
> Multi-tone sound device 135
> Closing halogen eyes 150
> Feed 1,250
>
> Total 4,910

Man good stuff! How come none of you normal Mac users are in CSMA.
All the mac users in here are 100% completely insane!
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Michelle Steiner wrote:

> Theodore A. Kaldis wrote:

>> Personally, I see the Mac OS ultimately being made available to the
>> general PC market as an alternative to Windoze -- but that's not
>> going to happen before a wide array of Intel-native apps are
>> available. I just can't see Apple ignoring a HUGE potential
>> customer base.

> Keep in mind that every non-Apple machine that OS X will be installed
> on is a lost potential sale of a Macintosh computer.

BFD. OS X is being installed on non-Apple machines today. How much is
Apple seeing from that? Moreover, what has the bigger markup, the
machine itself, or the CD- (or DVD-) ROM with the software? (And if
it's a direct download, how much overhead is there in that?)
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"42" wrote:

> "Nomen Nescio" wrote:

>> Ya want the URL for the BT, it's yors for th'askin.

> Why would anyone need to ask you? Is google down?

Their stock is.
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Edwin wrote:

> Theodore A. Kaldis wrote:

>> I just can't see Apple ignoring a HUGE potential customer base.

> Why not? They've ignored it decades so far ...

Because they had no alternative. Now they do. Presumably unlike you,
Jobs is a businessman. And it doesn't make good business sense to
ignore it.
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