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(='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
(")_(") "Starting the fire from within."
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Originally posted by Asher
Last I heard Apple had 33% of the market for MP3 players...
Link this, please.
733.000 iPods sold oct. to dec. 2003
2 milion iPods sold total in the last 2 years (untill dec. 2003)
Market share (incl. small 50 $ flash players that only hold like 3 songs) (not incl. chritmas sales):
31 % in units,
55 % in revenue,
1 % in revenue and units in the world (of all types of mp3players)
That IS impressive, you can't argue against facts Asher.Try my Lord of the Rings MAP out: Lands of Middle Earth v2 NEWS: Now It's a flat map, optimized for Conquests
The new iPod nano: nano
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Originally posted by Mr. Nice Guy
Oh, I get it now. Silly me.
Anywayz, it's the other way around. Behaving like a monopoly may make a company rich in the short-run, but in the long run it leads to downfall, so no, this is not a good "money-making" way to do bizness.
Ahh... I guess they'll be giving back some of that growth then.
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Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui:
Of course you are. Asher has already proven it. By patent numbers alone you fail in your argument. What, you have iTunes and that is it? That's your innovation argument?
First to bring the Graphical User interface to personal computers.
First to bring the mouse to personal computers.
.... laptop touchpad
First to bring a 32 bit processor AND first to bring a 64 bit processor to personal computers.
iMac (screen and comp in one box plus colors) also very innovative.
The design: There are SO MANY copies of Apple's design among pc computers. (none of them does it a good as Apple though).
First to make a 17 inch portable.
First to completely REMOVE the diskette drive.
Among the first to include dvd burners in their computers (the superdrive).
The iApps are very innovative. The computer as a digital hub. Miscrosoft is trying to copy it.
iPod and iTunes revolutionized the mp3 player world. You know where creative got their ideas for the Zen right?
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...Try my Lord of the Rings MAP out: Lands of Middle Earth v2 NEWS: Now It's a flat map, optimized for Conquests
The new iPod nano: nano
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Originally posted by MrBaggins
So Apple making the iPod with a proprietory format... behaving like a monopoly, will lead to the downfall of their music biz in the future?
Ahh... I guess they'll be giving back some of that growth then.
Temporary monopolies are always good for business, btw, especially when breaking into new markets.
Permanent monopolies suck raw fish eggs!HAVE A DAY.
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Originally posted by Mr. Nice Guy
I never admitted anything. Steve Jobs is just fixing all the mistakes the company made before he took over the company in 1997. Since Jobs has come to the company Apple has very much improved, and this just a big step in Apple's progress.
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Originally posted by Urban Ranger
MS has been engaging in illegal practices.
They have also been taking advantage of loopholes in accounting practices.
I reckon Apple would make a lot more money too if it has been acting like MS."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
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Originally posted by Hagbart
Mentioning only a few:
First to bring a 32 bit processor AND first to bring a 64 bit processor to personal computers.
iMac (screen and comp in one box plus colors) also very innovative.
First to make a 17 inch portable.
First to completely REMOVE the diskette drive.
Among the first to include dvd burners in their computers (the superdrive).
The iApps are very innovative. The computer as a digital hub. Miscrosoft is trying to copy it.
iPod and iTunes revolutionized the mp3 player world. You know where creative got their ideas for the Zen right?
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Apple was not being innovative by taking their lead."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
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The problem with Apple fans is they mistake innovations for early adoption. Apple's complete control over their hardware allows them to adopt new technologies before most of their competitors, and then the Apple fans praise Apple for being "innovative" as if nobody ever thought of that before (Graphical user interface inspired by Xerox PARC, hmm)...
Most of them still don't know that the new iMacs are a blatant ripoff of the IBM NetVista X series, and that the old iMacs were also a ripoff of an IBM NetVista model. Each occured about a year before the Apple products...
I'll find it hard to believe Apple is innovative until they finally come to 1996 and adopt multi-button mice with scroll-wheels."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
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Originally posted by JohnT
In my recollections from his book In the Firing Line, Gil Amelio lists a number of product and structural improvements he made to Apple, the sort of long-term improvements that wouldn't pay off for a couple of years... just in time for Jobs to play his typical board games, get Amelio fired, and then take credit for the changes that he initially resisted.
Amelio never did anything for anyone, how he could have ended up as a CEO is beyond me. That book is widely regarded as self aggrandizing rubbish.
He made no such improvements. When Jobs took over he basically pared the product lines down and made the company profitable. The only black mark on his record is that, IIRC, he stopped development of the Newton, which promised to put Apple at the forefront of PDA development.
The smartest thing Amelio did was buy NeXT. Not only did that lead to his own downfall but it led to a vastly improved OS which was what Apple really needed.
That's not to say Jobs hasn't been lucky. I don't think he could have seen what the ipod would do for Apple. Apple has been doing pretty well since he came back (this year in terms of percentage increase, they've made more than any other computer company).
He could still end up doing a NeXT though.Only feebs vote.
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I'll find it hard to believe Apple is innovative until they finally come to 1996 and adopt multi-button mice with scroll-wheels.Try my Lord of the Rings MAP out: Lands of Middle Earth v2 NEWS: Now It's a flat map, optimized for Conquests
The new iPod nano: nano
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Originally posted by MrBaggins
So... Apple will be switching from AAC format then?
It seems that theres only one DRM compliant music format, that has been adopted by numerous manufacturers... and that would be WMA.
You think Apple will adopt WMA?
As I said, if you look in the itunes resources, you will find a WMA icon, so they are thinking about it.
People have the wrong idea about the itunes store. It isn't designed to make money, but only to sell ipods. You can't make much money off of downloads as the other services are beginning to discover, to their horror.
If moving to WMA would sell them more ipods, they'd do it. But why bother now - Apple's current plan is to virtually wipe out all other HD based and high end flash players. They've pretty much done the former (to my astonishment) and have sold 100,000 of the cheaper mini ipod before it has even been released.
People piss and moan about how expensive the ipod is (me included), but you can't complain from a business standpoint, since the strategy has worked in spades.Only feebs vote.
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Originally posted by Hagbart
Just buy a logitec, microsoft or whatever mouse and use it with the mac.
Since you typically use three click modifier keys w/SHIFT combinations, it's easier to use the keyboard.
But Hagbart is right. multibutton mice are plug & play on the mac. Most people who care don't keep the mouse that comes with their computer anyway.
I happen to like the Apple Pro Mouse. It's nice and solid, unlike many of its flimsier brethren.Only feebs vote.
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They will if they start getting marginalized. As I write Apple has over half the market for music downloads, and Napster is going out of business.
Half for LEGAL music downloads
I wouldn't be suprised if a lot more people are using MP3's, OGG's and unprotected WMA's.
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