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Apple CEO Tim Cook Pokes Fun at Windows PCs in Commencement Address at MIT
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SJ poached Tim from Compaq. He worked at IBM before that. I swear there's nobody left in the Apple community who remembers a g-d thing from before the iPhone.
I have nothing against Tim Cook and will keep buying Apple products, we all have that choice. I also get no kicks from belittling someone. With that said tho, I do think Tim feels he is "serving humanity" with his effort to develop the Apple Watch to be able to read your blood sugar, greatly benefitting diabetics. Whether he accomplishes that or not he and a team are attempting it. But it qualifies and so good for him!
Does no one realize Tim Cook is talking about the fact he was poached from Compaq by Steve Jobs???
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I 'member, LOL!
Exactly, this was at MIT, not Kindergarten. Or MacRumors.
Generally (young) adults secure in their choices can take a joke just fine.
Hey, Joe. I don't fault you for being young. Not everybody can be ancient and wise. But if you don't at minimum know the bio information on https://www.apple.com/leadership/ off the top of your head, you shouldn't be writing about Apple.
OMG, a company CEO giving a commencement speech with a bit of humor thrown in. That's never happened before!
Not sure if trolling or serious
I never bought or used a Blu-ray disc. I've used an SD card slot maybe once in my life.
In your personal finances, do you not look to pay the lowest possible tax rate? Apple is not dodging taxes, as what they do is legal. If you want apple to pay more taxes, vote for politicians that share your views and who will work on fixing loopholes.
Wi-Fi is a gimmick? You're right. We should have Ethernet ports in our phones too.
iPod a failure? Do you live in an alternate reality?
Ah! Of course the "smarty one", that thinks he can get away with cheating.
Here's the profit margin for Apple:
https://ycharts.com/companies/AAPL/profit_margin
Which is 20.85%, lower than Google or Microsoft.
Do you understand what "gross profit margin" is very different from "profit margin"? Of course you do, but you did it anyway!
I’m taking this to mean you volunteer to pay out more income tax than legally required of you? No? Didn’t think so.
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So many on here act like they just offer up more than required of them. It cracks me up.
"...and never forget the importance of tax planning and avoidance when cashing out executive options because that's when you know you are truly serving humanity" Pompous arse.
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I really hope you don't think that the iPod was a product failure. Once smartphones took over, there was no need for iPods. Here's some sales figures of this so called "useless toy". They may be useless now, but not back in the day.
- December 2014: 390 million
- December 2013: 375 million
- September 2012: 350 million
- January 2011: 304 million
- September 2010: 275 million
- September 2009: 220 million
- April 2008: 152 million
- October 2007: 120 million
- September 2007: 110 million
- April 2007: 100 million
- January 2006: 42 million
- November 2005: 30 million
- March 2005: 15 million
- December 2004: 10 million
- October 2004: 6 million
- August 2004: 3.7 million
- May 2004: 3 million
- January 2004: 2 million
- January 2003: 600,000
- December 2001: 25,000
This is true as long as you deliver. If you don't you might want to put focus back on important things.
p.s. If you want to serve humanity so much and are the most wealthy company in the world, don't cheat on taxes.
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A lot of blind people on here who don't want to criticize Tim Cook. Not sure how Timmy the fool can poke fun at Windows these days when Microsoft is putting out some really interesting products (excluding their dead phone).
My favorite thing about window laptop these days are the lack of dongles and ports that are actually useful!!! The surface pro was evening using a magsafe pro type charging port!
Time for Time Cook to resign
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Has been said several times already, but if they wanted to serve humanity (and the environment), they should make their computers modular, upgradeable instead of 1- way products.
They are at least willing to serve humanity. Unlike many of us here trolling them for their choice of words.
A mighty good joke as well! I just have a sneaking suspicion we're not laughing about the same thing in regards to them.
i think he meant the windows from his home....as in to get some fresh air.
Still not sure if you're joking. That's how off base I think you are.
I could dispute every point you make but I don't have the time so i'll just say a few things.
If infinite battery life is so important, how come no other companies offer more battery life than Apple? Your unreasonable demands are butting heads with physics and you also miss the entire point of tech. No one wants to hold a brick. When I hold a tablet and even large phones for over 5 minutes, my hand gets tired. That's not the future. The future is light and thin. It can be so much thinner and lighter and that's what it should and will be.
Apple pays more tax than any company in the U.S. I use an accountant and minimize my tax burden so I suppose I'm disgusting too, right? If you're not paying the absolute highest amount of tax yourself, then you are disgusting too, right?
The iPod is what gave Apple a resurgence in the 00s. But make no mistake, Apple could've milked iPods for many years more but instead killed it off by introducing iPhone. That is what tech companies do.
I run a business in NJ so I understand pricing vs. market demand. You obviously understand nothing about pricing and think everything should be made brand new for you but given bargain bin prices.