It seems to me that there is some confusion between Apple as a tech leader
and Apple as a company.
Apple as a great company. They have fantastic marketing and a rabid
fan base willing to buy just about anything with a bite out of it. Nearly
everyone is convinced that any Apple product is easy to use or at least the
easiest to use. Fantastic earnings, a locked in subscriber base, huge
recurring revenue streams. Even their PE at 13.38 is more reasonable than a
great many riskier and less proven companies.
Apple as a tech leader. Hmmmm.... Hasn't come out with a really new
idea in a decade, technically is usually slower and more expensive. The
watch, years behind other products, the iPad, same thing. iPhone....didn't
take off until after a huge price drop but was arguably their last
innovation. Actually reminds me of Motorola except with a better phone than
the Razor. Motorola never had the same hippie cool vibe though, just
quality, which it turns out few consider during the purchasing cycle.
But please refer to the above company discussion, in in my world ( the one
where I don't give a poot about all that tech crap because it has nothing
to do with making money ) it is irrelevant. If Apple continues to convince
people they MUST have whatever they are selling they will continue to do
great things in the financial sector regardless of whether or not the
techno geeks believe they deserve it.
On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 10:35 PM, Simon Westlake <
[email protected]> wrote:
> They have a good model, now that they've made it work. Control the whole
> product and you can offer great support. Pretty tough for Microsoft when
> anyone can throw a PC together. The Windows 10 situation is interesting to
> me, shows they are really re-orientating their business model.
>
>
> On 8/5/2015 7:49 PM, Chuck Hogg wrote:
>
> That's true. That's why they have Genius Bar. Not really trying to argue
> here, but their support over Windows/PC is flat out awesome. Take it for a
> ride one day and go to one of their stores...they make it easy, they
> personally take the time to teach their clients things, and they even hold
> micro classes for people to teach them how to use it. Granted not every
> city has one, it's still available to many people.
>
> Regards,
> Chuck
>
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 8:04 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> My view from the phone support perspective is people should buy whatever
>> device they like, as long as they know how to use it, or are willing to
>> learn.
>>
>> But if you are ignorant and like it that way, please disregard the
>> outdated wisdom that any idiot can operate a Mac because they are so simple
>> and intuitive. If you don’t even know where the power switch is, how to
>> launch an application or find a file, or how to connect to a WiFi network,
>> please buy whatever the other 95% of the world buys, because that’s what
>> I’m going to be able to walk you through from memory, crib sheets, or the
>> Windows machine sitting on my desk.
>>
>> Don’t buy a foreign sports car and then expect the dealer or gas station
>> attendant to teach you how to shift. If you are lucky to know what hole
>> the gas goes in, you should have bought the Camry.
>>
>>
>> *From:* Chuck Hogg <[email protected]>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 05, 2015 6:45 PM
>> *To:* [email protected]
>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Here's proof that Apple fanboys actually
>> adoreAndroid
>>
>> It's hard to argue with a company that makes $180B+ last year, and has a
>> market cap of $700B+, and has some of the largest earnings of all time. I
>> don't think there's a company of that size in that space. Google and
>> Microsoft's estimated value together are not as big as Apple's. Someone is
>> doing something right...all of them do something...but it definitely shows
>> someone is doing something right. Just because I use an iPhone doesn't
>> mean I can't prefer Windows on the desktop.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Chuck
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 7:38 PM, Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> On 8/5/2015 3:42 PM, Travis Johnson wrote:
>>>
>>>> Say what you want... Apple is still the largest company in the world...
>>>> still... this discussion has been going on for 5+ years now... and Apple is
>>>> making more money than they can spend... and Samsung is losing more money
>>>> every quarter. :)
>>>>
>>> Largest based on stock price. That's a moving target. Apple will rot
>>> someday.
>>>
>>> All the phone manufacturers love Android because it's free. Ask any of
>>>> them if they would actually pay for it and see what response you get. LOL
>>>>
>>> Apple gives theirs away too, but you have to buy an Apple phone to use
>>> it. No thanks. I don't like the tiny box you have to live inside in order
>>> to use it.
>>>
>>> Just like everyone is jumping on Windows 10... because it's a free
>>>> upgrade.
>>>>
>>> And Apple gives theirs away too for the most part.
>>>
>>> meh
>>>
>>>
>>> bp
>>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>>
>>>
>>
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