$36 billion in 90 days and the big quarter is already 30 days in with delivery delays everywhere. Could Apple have shipped $100 billion in this quarter if the supply side could make it? Just Magical and Revolutionary!

It’s paradoxical: If it were made shittier, fewer people would want it.

The point is Apple has a string of new products and the supply chain is behind and or backordered on every single one of them… That’s not good business sense, anyway you look at it..

many many times i am trying to look at something and do something else and even cut and paste becomes a pain i have to close one app launch the other copy then close it launch the first and do it all over again.

still love my ipad though but that 1 feature would be nice

Of course Apple would prefer to be able to satisfy demand from day one. But ramping up for new product releases is a balancing act – how long do you delay before announcing and shipping? I think that Apple would lose more sales overall by waiting longer to build up a larger inventory than to release earlier, sell out, and have people waiting for their turn while the positive news rolls in.

Marketing and sales work together. It’s important to have “enough” inventory but how much is enough is tricky. And the true goal is to meet 95% of demand. The remaining 5 percent will still get sold and everyone knows how popular your product is.

I doubt that Apple could produce enough unless they utilized every production line, in every available production facility in every country in the world.

FoxCon has said this is the most difficult, demanding product they have ever produced. Not many production lines are capable of thinking about assembling something of such high quality and tight tolerances, much less producing it. All most are good for is spewing ill formed plastic junk.

My 5 is due to srrive tomorrow, after waiting almost a month. Small waiting period, small price to pay.

Oh, and PerfectMacTrollGuy, don’t even bother coming back with “oh God in heaven why can’t I wait longer and pay even more” If you don’t understand and appreciate quality, and want the company that gives it to you to remain in business, please stick with your wannabe plastic garbage knockoff.

The goal *always* is, and *always* has been, to make as many as you can sell and to sell as many as you can make.

If you can’t make enough, some fraction of those customers go elsewhere. If you can’t sell enough you end up with inventory you have to firesale. Neither is optimal.

iPhone, iPad mini, 4th gen iPad, retina display MBP’s, new iMacs. They need to be able to ship enough of their products to meet demand. If not, the stock tanks even more than it has. and *some* customers will looks elsewhere.

I’m getting a new iPad that will be twice as fast at no extra charge because Apple cares about its customers. THAT is why Apple is so successful. Not just great products, but people who care. Try returning something to Amazon. On second thought, don’t.

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Yes, they should. They are after all the largest company in the world and should b able to meet demand for at least one of their new products.