How Far Can the Mighty Apple Fall?

TIME ^ | 04/18/2013 | By Sam Gustin

[American Constitutionalist]

I only buy what I can afford for the features I want... I am not loyal to any brand for the most part unless it was like Craftsman before Craftsman went some Chinese made tools.
Yes folks, Some of Craftsman tools now are made in China.
Come to find out that Cobalt tools are just as good as Craftsman now.

[American Constitutionalist]

Apple's stuff is not just overly priced, but ? most of it is proprietary.
Android is kicking the stuffings out of Apple in that regard.
People don't understand, that ? Linix is in a lot of things, cell phones, TVs, BlueRay Players.
That's where Linux is kicking the stuffings out of both Microsoft's Windows and Apple's Macintosh.

Once they get Linux to the point where it's ready for primetime no one will want Windows or a Mac again.

Linux is open source and in some cases ? it's free.

[American Constitutionalist]

When I said that some people are saying it's not fair that Apple is being beaten by the competition are those liberals who worship Apple and the cult behind it.
Liberals in general do not like competition unless it benefits only them.

[Mastador1]

Actually if you compare Craftsman and Husky side by side they look almost identical, so Kobalt is your only other reasonably priced alternative if you want to avoid Craftsman.

[MasterGunner01]

At first I thought it was about NYC, but it’s just about Apple Computers. LOL

[Swordmaker]

Android is kicking the stuffings out of Apple in that regard.
People don't understand, that ? Linix is in a lot of things, cell phones, TVs, BlueRay Players.
That's where Linux is kicking the stuffings out of both Microsoft's Windows and Apple's Macintosh.

What? Android is kicking what stuffing out of Apple? That just doesn't agree with the facts. Apple OWNS 72% of ALL mobile phone profits. . . not Android. The Street is reporting today that iPhone sales at Verizon are UP 25% year-over-year compared to same quarter last year on sales of FOUR MILLION iPhones in the quarter, and that is just one carrier in the US. In fact, 55% of all phones sold by Verizon last quarter were Apple iPhones! That's really getting the stuffing kicked. . . but it's not Apple getting kicked.

Now for Linux. . . Windows PCs have DROPPED market share BY awhopping 14% but Apple Macs, during the same quarter, INCREASED market share by 7%! It was reported last week that Apple rakes in 45% of ALL profits of all PC sales. That's another drubbing that just isn't happening. Strange that the stock market just ignore this, isn't it? Linux? It has never reached better than about 1.6% of the market. . . But it's proponents keep saying "Once they get Linux to the point where it's ready for primetime no one will want Windows or a Mac again" over and over, again and again, for the last ten years or so. They say that doing the same thing, over and over, expecting a different outcome, is a good definition of insanity. . . Linux is a good Geek's OS, but it will never be mainstream. No one is going to push it unless there is a profit to be made.

Yes, Linux is in a lot of things. . . but does Apple WANT or need to be in those things? Nope.