Another boring money post

[Scott Campbell]

Apple has the "it" factor that no one else has.

I know I've said this on here maybe 50 times, but if you keep talking to him, he's going to keep talking back to you. It's what he enjoys. He could care less if he's right or wrong. You're arguing with yourself really.

Dont feed the troll and the troll will eventually get bored and leave.

As for iTunes, I fucking hate the fact that it defaults itself to auto-synch when you plug in your device. When you chose to update manually, it wipes all the files on your device. So I set it to manual at home, put music on. I get to work and want to add more music I have to set it yet again to manual where it wipes all my files yet again. When I reload my home or work computer, I start the cycle all over again. Fuck iTunes. Read the fucking device and see what my prefs are. Don't fucking tell me what my prefs are then make me change them and fuck with me when I do. </itunesrant>

The iTunes issue is one of convenience. The iPod hardware issue is that it lacks a bit in sound reproduction capability.

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iTunes still pisses me off but I have to say the music store has gotten much better the last year. Lots of obscure stuff I was not finding before.

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The "Assistant" rumors for iOs 5 sound like a game changer. The level of voice control sounds soooooo much greater than anything the competition has. It sounds really incredible. We'll have to see how they pull it off.

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The future looks bright.

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ao?s=AAPL+Analyst+Opinion

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It's the little things that make Apple special. Their marketing is incredible. Even down to the invites for their press conference. Emphasis on design throughout.

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[MJZiggy]

Precisely what is the right axis supposed to represent?

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Precisely what is the right axis supposed to represent?

Growth. Bottom axis is years. It was from an interesting cnn article about how Ballmer is pretty much killing MS. I personally think MSes future is bright if they stick with Metro and UX instead of the complex Windows we know today.

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/09/27/steve-ballmer-has-done-to-microsoft-what-george-w-bush-did-to-the-united-states/

One thing I don't get about MS is where all of their R&D money goes. They invest as heavily as anyone in R&D but it doesn't seem they have much that is consumer facing to show for it.

[MJZiggy]

Growth. Bottom axis is years. It was from an interesting cnn article about how Ballmer is pretty much killing MS. I personally think MSes future is bright if they stick with Metro and UX instead of the complex Windows we know today.

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/09/27/steve-ballmer-has-done-to-microsoft-what-george-w-bush-did-to-the-united-states/

One thing I don't get about MS is where all of their R&D money goes. They invest as heavily as anyone in R&D but it doesn't seem they have much that is consumer facing to show for it.

Isn't MS dominant in the market?

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Isn't MS dominant in the market?

In traditional computer operating system, yes. In most other consumer-oriented ventures, they're much less so.

[MJZiggy]

In traditional computer operating system, yes. In most other consumer-oriented ventures, they're much less so.

Where is their growth to come from?

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Where is their growth to come from?

That graph shows slight negative growth. Apple is strictly a consumer experience company so all of their growth is there.

[MJZiggy]

That graph shows slight negative growth. Apple is strictly a consumer experience company so all of their growth is there.

That's not what I asked.

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That's not what I asked.

What?

[MJZiggy]

What?

Where does MS growth come from?