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Did their big Investment in Hillary Backfire? Of course their products fell short.
1 posted on 01/06/2017 6:15:29 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Sorry if I offend anyone, but if Apple didn’t have a cult following they would be hurting.


2 posted on 01/06/2017 6:17:41 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Ohhhhh, homophobia!


3 posted on 01/06/2017 6:25:06 AM PST by I want the USA back (Lying Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Damn, time to start cutting coupons, Mr. Cook.


4 posted on 01/06/2017 6:29:36 AM PST by Wolfie
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

They refuse to cut the Jobs era lose.

They know the moment they do, it will be like the Chicago Bulls when Jordan left, and they may be in the wilderness for a long time. But it has to be done or else Apple 2025 will look absurdly like Apple 2008, just 4mm thinner and without the headphone jack.


6 posted on 01/06/2017 6:33:07 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Of course if he had about a .195 batting average, he could make that much as a back-up infielder for a mid-level major league baseball team.


8 posted on 01/06/2017 6:33:30 AM PST by oldplayer
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11 posted on 01/06/2017 6:42:36 AM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue..)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Well, Cook has evidently believed that supporting politically correct causes and corrupt politicians trumps (heh) actually building stuff that people want.

Any, that’s ANY, company that diverts dollars that should go into technology to causes supported by the left half of the Bell curve (read, progressives) should be fired, tarred, feathered, and left for the birds.

Oh, I am an Apple fan, but thanks to Cook (the master of mediocrity), when my stuff needs to be replaced, I’m not expecting Apple to have something I want.


12 posted on 01/06/2017 6:44:10 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

IMO they need to change the locks.
I’ve gotten very disappointed in the products Apple has turned out recently.
In particular the MacBook.
First they dumped the DVD player. So if you wanted to run a instruction CD you need a separate external device. Kinda defeats the purpose of a laptop.
Now the new MacBooks have one input socket. Everything has to connect thru that one port. Gotta have several adapters and external devices.
They removed the SD card slot.!
What is the thinking behind that idiotic move??
All to make the laptop thin and beautiful.
And they removed the Magsafe electrical connection! One of Macs selling points.

IMO they are no longer practical. And I love the several year old MacBook I have. Bought it used so it would have all the features to new ones don’t.
Love OSX, love Macs troublefree operation.

Tim Cook needs to be fired IMO.


13 posted on 01/06/2017 6:53:04 AM PST by Vinnie
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Seems like everybody that went against Trump ended up having a bad year.


17 posted on 01/06/2017 7:14:23 AM PST by SamAdams76
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

How can this man survive on $8.75 million/yr.?


18 posted on 01/06/2017 7:19:55 AM PST by Rebelbase (ABC/NBC/CBS/MSNBC/PBS/CNN/FOX are THE LEGACY MEDIA)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

COOK IS THE APPLE EQUIVALENT OF MICROSOFT’S STEVE BOLMER...

BOTH UNIMAGINITIVE DOLTS .... JANITORS .... NOT LEADERS

cook should be fired so he can go fubar a competitior....

how many companies did carly fiorino kamakazi ....

yet ,,, these people are multi millionaires....
something is very wron with executive compensaiton..... way out of whack


23 posted on 01/06/2017 7:45:36 AM PST by zzwhale
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To: dennisw; ImJustAnotherOkie; Swordmaker
OMG!! Paging DennisW!! DennisW please pick up the white courtesy phone!! Time to sell all your Apple stock, pronto!!

:-)

24 posted on 01/06/2017 7:46:01 AM PST by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

I posted in the iPhone thread, but for Apple to innovate, Jony Ive must go. He is a designer but now has too much influence over the whole product landscape.

For those who’ve met him (I assume someone like Swordmaker has met him), you will agree he is a sharp guy, but there is a huge disconnect between the customer and how they use technology or it’s usefulness. Think about the Apple watch. I was shown working prototypes and dissed them for a number of good reasons but he chuckled and told me “wait and see.” HA!

He has done a lot of good things when pared on an equal basis with engineering, but he’s had too much influence for quite awhile. Time to retire, Jony.


54 posted on 01/09/2017 8:47:15 AM PST by ConsCA
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