“Not so long ago, to claim Apple as a choice computer solution was to open the doors wide open to mockery and derision. Macs, the thinking went, may be nice to look at but they do not a serious computer make. That was then and this is now: today, the brand has successfully developed into a serious, if still small, contender in the world of enterprise computing. Even more importantly, the Apple brand has regained much of its early appeal, when its founders claimed the Mac to be ‘the computer for the rest of us,'” Rania Adwan reports for Strategiy.com.
“In the beginning, flaws in the company’s first strategy quickly became apparent. ‘Apple became arrogant and didn
Clearly this guy is a moron with little or no idea what he is talking about. Go get him you e-mail muggers!
What a bozo! Shrek isn’t even a Pixar film.
And didn’t Jobs purchase Pixar from George Lucas?
Hahahahahahahahaha
It’s not worth it to email the writer of that article. I think the public is aware of the Apple story by now.
AHHHH Pixar didnt do shrek..Dreamworks did…!!!!
Why does MDN bother to give this article the publicity it clearly seeks – when the author is so clearly an ignoramus.
Editor – please apply some control. Not every article with the words, Jobs, Apple or Mac in them deserve circulation to the Mac community.
Uh, Macs did used to be mocked (and still are). Apple did take advantage of customers with renamed models that quickly became obsolete. Apple did choose not to pursue business sales. And now, with the ipod and various identifiable entertainment ventures, as well as the fastest pc’s available, it is poised for a dramatic improvement in computer market share. It won’t get it, as it does not care as evidenced by the new imac, which as usual meets Steve’s needs nicely, and the rest of us only if we think like Steve.
MDN usually provokes a higher class of name callers than this. At least moron and ignoramus were spelled correctly this time.
Well, Joe’s back. Same ol’ slop, Joe. Please don’t claim to speak for “us” when you deride the new iMac. It happens to be a very nice computer. You want to compare it to the run o’ the mill Dell or HP or Sony – go ahead, give it your best shot. What don’t you like about it Joe? Is it the fact that it is beautiful? Is it the fact that it has a G5? Maybe that it runs Mac OS X? How about that you don’t need special popup blockers or virus scanners or spyware blockers? Hmm, what else don’t you like about it?
Joe, please don’t pretend to be anything other than a PC bitch, because that’s what you are.
Up yours, McConnell.
I’d take a Mac over a Dull any day of the week. I come across the choice every day and I always take the Mac.
joe wants a headless imac. why not just say that joe instead of firing everyone up?
Unlike Micrs**t, Apple IS in the entertainment industry. My iMac is very entertaining. My brother-in-law’s Sony is not. It’s just a computer, with no soul and no imagination.
MS makes revs of about 40B a year.. Apple..12B.. i honestly thought it was like a factor of 10… it aint.
Oh.. and Dell recently was a 30B company..trying to become a 60B company..
Did I say Micros**t?
I try to every time, and when I see someone else using it I’ll be really really happy as it was my idea.
Is this what history will tell us about our beloved Macs?
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It’s sad when an author throws together a pile unchecked assertions like these (Pixar being a division of Apple, and Shrek being a Pixar film, for example), but even worse when there’s apparently no editorial staff checking such very obvious and easily verifiable statements. But then, I’ve never heard of “Strategiy.com”. Sounds Turkish or something.
The guy McConnell tries to make an election issue. Talking about the Arab region puts Apple as a anti- patriotic company. He is a bad bad rightwing reporter.
Spoken like a true brainwashed servant of the Redmond devil himself.
She probablly wants the chance to hump Bill Gates leg too.
They are scared, Apple stock has been rocketing, we have a better OS, it’s more secure, the iPod is a hit. Apple is opening stores all over and selling Mac’s like crazy.
Apple is getting taken seriously by AT&T and other corporations, CherryOS is going to give PC users a taste of Mac OS X and they may like what they see and just say “fuck it” I’m buying a Mac.
http://g5support.com/group/viewtopic.php?t=1628
The factual error about Pixar,etc. aside, if Apple had chosen to also pursue the business market, it would would be larger, and therefore have the resources and clout to be better “for the rest of us.”
kenh.. haven’t used Windows in a while have you?
“kenh.. haven’t used Windows in a while have you?”
Used OSX, Unix and Windows within the last 24 hours, Windows and Unix not by choice.
What is your point?
Interesting that when talking about Apples market share, analysts always include the business market, when as pointed out Apple never competed in that segment of the market, and is only now starting to do so with its Xserve, etc.
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Thought this might be of interest to some. Figured it’d be more visible in the most recent semi-related thread.
Windows vs. Linux security
http://www.theregister.co.uk/security/security_report_windows_vs_linux/
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Joe… funny post man. Thanks.
OFF-TOPIC::
Thought this might be of interest to some. Figured it’d be more visible in the most recent semi-related thread.
Windows vs. Linux security
http://www.theregister.co.uk/security/security_report_windows_vs_linux/
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Joe… funny post man. Thanks.