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Apple's amazing earnings, and a "product transition"
In 30 hours, the company sold 270,000 iPhones. But wait till you see the numbers on the Mac!
[2007-07-26]

  • Clarification...

    "The reason Apple seems to be on everyone's lips is because they are actually doing NEW and BETTER things -- whereas everyone else just seems to be pumping out big old steaming piles of "more of the same."

    Hmm...new and exciting things like AppleTV? Whoops, that seems to be a shameless ripoff of MythTV and Windows Media Center that is shackled to the iTunes store.

    Face it: Apple rarely if ever does new things (OK, I'll admit that the iPhone is pretty damn innovative), they just have a team of extremely talented designers who dress up existing technology and, in most cases, make it extremely user-friendly. Case in point:

    Leopard - a UNIX kernel with a shiny Apple UI

    Mac - a PC with a shiny Apple look & feel (& price)

    iPod - an MP3 player with a shiny Apple look & feel

    To be fair, there is very little innovation any more, just various flavors of existing technology across the entire consumer electronics market, so I'm not just singling out Apple--just the fanboys. :)

    -- crunchette
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    Thursday, July 26, 2007 10:29 AM
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