Apple exceeds all expectations in 1Q2012 report

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It was truly a blow out quarter. I know I helped by buying two iPhones for Christmas. What is happening is that all the longtime PC people who get introduced to AAPL through iPod and iPhone love those products so much, they circle back for iPads and Macs. Macs grew 25% in a flat computer market, surely from PC crossovers. They are killing RIM in the enterprise market and they are going to attack the TV market with a product that brings it all together. What a great company!
 
I'm looking forward to this summer. If the iPhone 4S is this popular now, I believe the iPhone 5 (which will finally be a 4G LTE phone) will have an incredible response. I'm also cautiously optimistic about their Apple TV or iTV or whatever it will be. Good stuff, especially for shareholders.
 
It is the leveraging of fantastic marketing, a cult-like following, some extremely good ideas and the exploitation of cheap Chinese labour.

Not surprising in the least.
 
Originally Posted By: OVERK1LL
It is the leveraging of fantastic marketing, a cult-like following, some extremely good ideas and the exploitation of cheap Chinese labour.

Not surprising in the least.


Exactly. I always notice how all the corporate borg media fall all over themselves praising Apple...The reason why is that the elite like the way Apple USES people as tools in the most aggressive way. Whether it is the consumer or the slave wager.

Basically what I see is a company that has good marketing aimed at gullible, less than thoughtful, consumers that have impulse control problems. That's about it.
 
Originally Posted By: 91344George
Originally Posted By: OVERK1LL
It is the leveraging of fantastic marketing, a cult-like following, some extremely good ideas and the exploitation of cheap Chinese labour.

Not surprising in the least.


Exactly. I always notice how all the corporate borg media fall all over themselves praising Apple...The reason why is that the elite like the way Apple USES people as tools in the most aggressive way. Whether it is the consumer or the slave wager.

Basically what I see is a company that has good marketing aimed at gullible, less than thoughtful, consumers that have impulse control problems. That's about it.


Yup. For many reasons I've previously state, I will never own an apple product. And I despise their "litigate instead of innovate" mindset these days.
 
Originally Posted By: OVERK1LL
It is the leveraging of fantastic marketing, a cult-like following, some extremely good ideas and the exploitation of cheap Chinese labour.

Not surprising in the least.

Yup. Many companies strive to follow the same recipe, but very few have successfully executed it like Apple.
 
A lot of the sales come from people waiting to upgrade instead of buying iPhone4 earlier. That's why you see HTC slightly took over Apple's market share earlier but suddenly Apple got it back.
 
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Originally Posted By: OVERK1LL
It is the leveraging of fantastic marketing, a cult-like following, some extremely good ideas and the exploitation of cheap Chinese labour.

Not surprising in the least.

Yup. Many companies strive to follow the same recipe, but very few have successfully executed it like Apple.


Yeah, I'm not sure any company making consumer electronics is guilty of manufacturing too much stuff in the United States. Taking that out of the equation as a relative constant in this market segment, any other company out there would love to have half the success that these guys have achieved.
 
Originally Posted By: OVERK1LL
It is the leveraging of fantastic marketing, a cult-like following, some extremely good ideas and the exploitation of cheap Chinese labour.

Not surprising in the least.
+1. All the rings have aligned to allow the apple to pass through all. Their time in the limelight. I bought my first Mac in 1983.
 
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Originally Posted By: OVERK1LL
It is the leveraging of fantastic marketing, a cult-like following, some extremely good ideas and the exploitation of cheap Chinese labour.

Not surprising in the least.


Exactly. I always notice how all the corporate borg media fall all over themselves praising Apple...The reason why is that the elite like the way Apple USES people as tools in the most aggressive way. Whether it is the consumer or the slave wager.

Basically what I see is a company that has good marketing aimed at gullible, less than thoughtful, consumers that have impulse control problems. That's about it.


And those who don't mind being told exactly how they will be "allowed" to use their hardware/software by the Disciples of Jobs.

Thanks but no thanks. Despite their admittedly appealing exterior design, I'd rather stick with with an OS that allows me to do what I choose with it be it Linux or Windows, both which are more open as far as alternative freeware/open source programs. That goes for Android phones and tablets too.
 
Originally Posted By: ddrumman2004
Since Apple has "exceeded all expectations".....maybe now the goofs that write virus code will focus on Mac and family for a change.


Oh don't worry, they will. Meanwhile apple users will set there with an OS that ships default with the firewall off and continue buying into the myth that Macs are invulnerable to viruses and don't need no stinkin AV.
 
Originally Posted By: buickman50401
Meanwhile apple users will set there with an OS that ships default with the firewall off and continue buying into the myth that Macs are invulnerable to viruses and don't need no stinkin AV.


Macs ship with no services opening ports to the outside world. What purpose would the firewall serve?

Especially on desktop systems (most of which are behind NAT's or routers anyhow) the router would only cause trouble for those installing or initiating new services *without* knowing how to properly configure their firewall too accommodate the traffic rules.

And what would the purpose of running an AV program on a Mac serve? Whether they're invulnerable or not; or whether their vulnerability will increase in the coming years, there is simply no real-world threat out there that is a virus targeted at the Mac OS at present time. Windows is still ~90% of the desktop market. Why bother trying to create a virus for the Mac?
 
Originally Posted By: uc50ic4more
Originally Posted By: buickman50401
Meanwhile apple users will set there with an OS that ships default with the firewall off and continue buying into the myth that Macs are invulnerable to viruses and don't need no stinkin AV.


Macs ship with no services opening ports to the outside world. What purpose would the firewall serve?

Especially on desktop systems (most of which are behind NAT's or routers anyhow) the router would only cause trouble for those installing or initiating new services *without* knowing how to properly configure their firewall too accommodate the traffic rules.

And what would the purpose of running an AV program on a Mac serve? Whether they're invulnerable or not; or whether their vulnerability will increase in the coming years, there is simply no real-world threat out there that is a virus targeted at the Mac OS at present time. Windows is still ~90% of the desktop market. Why bother trying to create a virus for the Mac?


Reasoning is futile.

The Apple haters are just as strong as the Apple fanboys. You'll never get anywhere.

Psychology call it splitting. It's a defense mechanism. Think of it as always seeing everything as back or white, instead of shades of grey.

The hater sees black. The fanboy sees white. This is literally childish thinking. Part of growing up is the depolarization of these extremes. In reality, this development is never really finished, which is why people descend into extreme positions when it come to polarizing topics. We're all guilty of it to some extent.
 
Originally Posted By: 91344George
The problem with Macs are not viruses but malware which in fact has begun to cause huge problems.

At first Apple DENIED any serious problems...and even was telling their Apple phone CSRs to NOT help infected users computers.

HAHAHA!

Check this out....

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/apple-con...ac-malware/3375


So, if I'm infected with a malicious piece of software on my Windows PC, Microsoft will fix it over the phone if I call their 1-800-number?
 
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