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I'd love to tell you why apple will stay a-float. The sad fact is, I can't. I just know what I've seen. I've seen Apple death rumors for as long as I've owned one. I really don?t have enough statistics to make any valid arguments and I?m too lazy to look for them. I don?t know how their servers are doing. I don?t know how many schools are buying eMacs. I don?t know how many designers are buying PCs because they can get 3GHz for less than the price of Apple?s dual 1GHz. I don?t know how many switchers there are.I do know a few things though. I know the PC industry didn?t always have the margins it has right now. That?s really hurting it. Gateway is hurting, Compaq got absorbed, no name companies are dropping like flies and no-one notices. I read somewhere that Dell sells some of their computers at a loss. Even if that isn?t true and Dell just sells their computers at very slim margins this behavior is hurting the industry as a whole. Companies that can?t maintain these economies of scale are dying. Apple has yet to succumb to these micro-margins. That is partially because Apple sells a hardware/software combo that is different. The question is wether elegant software and industrial design is enough of a benefit to people to let Apple keep it?s margins like they are. It?s worked for them for the last 20 years. Hopefully it will work for them for another 20. If it doesn?t that will be a sad day because the long list of Apple innovations that has changed the PC industry for the better since they?ve been around will stop. Even if you only use a PC loosing Apple would hurt.
I wish I could say that iPods, iApps, iMacs, iBooks, eMacs, PowerBooks, PowerMacs, Xserve, Airport, OS X or any other thing Apple sells is enough to keep them around but I can?t. All I can say is those things are attractive. Are they enough? Time will tell. Just keep the faith and don?t believe the nay-sayers, they?ve been wrong many times in the past.
On a different note have you seen the new Subaru STI announced this week that?s due to come to America? OMFG... 300ft/lbs 300BHP
info:
http://autoshow.msn.com/autoshow…
pics:
http://www.nasioc.com/sti/NAIAS2…