[opendtv] Re: Apple to ditch IBM, switch to Intel chips

  • From: "John Willkie" <JohnWillkie@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 17:24:36 -0700

Interesting to point to make, Mitch.  I think it would have better resonance
about 10 days ago, before the reports -- denied by apple, but all truth
ultimately is -- that iPod sales had plateaued.  The same week that they
announced a settlement of consumer complaints (the battery will last for 8
hours and the batteries will last the lifetime of the hardware) that they
didn't live up to their marketing hype.  I suspect that a very few numbers
of those $50 certificates will be used.

Again.  Twas ever thus, for apple.  But, they still have people to carry
their water for them.

Then, there's the fact that they make money on the players, but lose money
on the downloads.  Rough seas at apple these days.

The hardware change is LONG -- decades long -- overdue.

John Willkie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mitchell Cardwell" <mitchell.cardwell@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 3:41 PM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: Apple to ditch IBM, switch to Intel chips


> Apple now has 76% market share in the MP3 player market and 83% market
> share in online music sales.
>
> Apple is making a wise move in the hardware market, essentially getting
> out of the R&D side of things. They'll package them in the sleek
> packaging Apple's consumers demand and wisely transition into the
> appliance and media side of the digital future. Now is the time to do
> it while they can ride the profits of iPods and iTMS.
>
> Mitch
>
>
> On Jun 8, 2005, at 12:24 PM, John Golitsis wrote:
>
> > I managed a retail store that was primarily a Mac dealer for 12 years
> > and after hearing Apple beat the PowerPC drum (or rather, anti-Intel
> > drum) so long and so hard, this announcement just seems like the most
> > hypocritical claptrap I've heard in my lifetime.
> >
> > It's going mean boon or bust for Apple in the personal computer
> > business.  I'm leaning toward bust.
> >
>
>
>
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