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It's Official: Apple Jumps the Shark
It's Official: Apple Jumps the Shark
After Microsoft released its wonderful “I’m a PC” advertisements, I wondered what was next for Apple. After all, it’s ingenuous and libelous “I’m a Mac, I’m a PC” ads were instantly rendered moot by Microsoft’s more human and humble ads. How could Apple respond and not look like a bunch of ...
Apple Stops Mac Mini Shipments to Retailers, Says to Expect No More [Rumor]
Apple Stops Mac Mini Shipments to Retailers, Says to Expect No More [Rumor]
gizmodo.com — The Mac mini may be pronounced dead as soon as today's Apple earnings conference call, as two major retailers in Europe have confirmed to me that they can't order any more of the little computers. While this could signal an updated model coming in, ... (more) Apple Stops Mac Mini Shipments to Retailers, Says to ...
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bullcross.blogspot.com — Based on the tremendous joint efforts by members at Mac Observer's AFB and Investor Village's AAPL Sanity Board member howlongtoretire (aka HLTR) to track IMEI iPhone numbers , we have determined that Apple has drastically surpassed analyst' Q4 ... (more) Bullish Cross
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Who is cheap and expensive at the same time?? Apple!
Redmond Pie — ... Paul Thurrott has put the ridiculousness of Apple in great words: Irony/hypocrisy alert: For the past two years, Apple has been spending money on advertising designed to make Windows Vista look bad, while not spending money fixing the many problems in their own products. I’m looking at you Leopard, MobileMe, and iPhone 3G. And don’t get me started on the style over substance of the new Macbooks. Irony/hypocrisy alert 2: The ad comes less than a week after Apple introduced its incredibly expensive new laptops into the worst economic conditions in ...

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