Cool to be able to witness the first US company to do so
i believe the first WORLD, aka Planet Earth, current solar system and this wing of the Milkyway to do it.....pretty impressive.
Cool to be able to witness the first US company to do so
And if Apple keeps shafting the users they are going to have a revolt. Then see what happens to their profits.My point exactly. Profits are increasing every year which for shareholders is great, but for the end users who are having to fork out more and more to get the same products year on year are getting shafted.
Gotta be causing some people cognitive dissonance that apple hit $1T. The company hasn't been Steve's legacy since the iphone 6. Timmy took Apple in an extremely profitable new direction. Those who don't care for the new apple, should be happy there is competition.Apple is now an iPhone company. They are riding on Steve's legacy with the iPhone, the main reason for this feat and they don't give a damn about any non iOS device.
This has been the tired meme for years. I'm waiting for Apple to implode based on comments on these forums.And if Apple keeps shafting the users they are going to have a revolt. Then see what happens to their profits.
And quite possibly the only one to do so.Cool to be able to witness the first US company to do so
The number 1 trillion doesn't mean anything, and the achievement feels a bit hollow with inflation at play.
Well, to the market also
They'll forget about it tomorrow. There's no significance to the number, and it doesn't really affect how money moves around. It's like the time GOOG hit $1000 per share.Idk. To all the FinTwitter accounts I follow it was pretty big news today to them too
How do you think they got here? Not by focusing on Macs. Don’t hold your breath.
They never would have have got to this position if it wasn't for the Mac? The only reason Apple was able to succeed was by creating a solid product that people loved which was the Mac. That allowed them to then create the iPod, build to the iPhone then ultimately the iPad, watch and now home pod.
Apple has turned their back on that customer base that allowed them to create all of these amazing products. I understand that Apple has other areas that are more profitable. However when Steve was alive he always ensured that Mac got the attention it deserved even after the success of the iPhone. Tim Cook only cares about the investors and his back pocket and it shows. Steve never cared about the money, he was obsessed with creating the next amazing product.
Google provides services across the world including underdeveloped countries.
Amazon also provides services across the world including underdeveloped countries.
Apple??? They can't provides products and/or services to lesser countries because they'd charge too much for it
I'm just pointing out the irony behind this. Apple touts how great it's for the environment and how much it helps the world, but it's all selective marketing. I don't think they have responsibilities to help, but it's humorous that they got here by maximizing their profits and pipelines while offering substantially less.
This is fundamentally wrong if you're looking for performance per dollar.
THis doesn't mean that if your workflow is MacOS based, they're not the best you can get, but currently, if your business is dependant on pure computational power, there's nothing in the Apple lineup I can recommend. If your business requires beating the competition's time to production and time to delivery, I cannot recommend Apple products currently.
an Example:
A large engineering firm that I have consulted with was losing out on bids against their competition. Their time to delivery was too long. Suddenly, despite them using the newest apple computers, their competitors were all using standard PC's. The workers were happy, but their production was 10-40% slower and longer than their competition. Apple could offer no upgrades to individual machines, nor could they offer machiens that were comparable in performance.
The machines looked great. Their users liked MacOS. But they were no longer winning contracts due to their longer turn around times than their competition.
Why were their competition producing faster? Because they were able to update more frequently, the computers and components than Apple has managed to deliver in the last 5 or so years. in Addition the Apple computers suffered from thermal throttling further reducing overall capabilities.
Would I recommend apple computers? Depends. the Macbook is a decent (if expensive) day to day consumer machine. The MacBook Pro's are great ultrabooks. But Apple has NOT kept up in the highest of high end. their product line has become more consumer focused, which is OK for consumers, But not those who need to eek out every single minute cycle of their computer.
A desktop computer should NEVER thermal throttle. Designing a computer that is so small / thin that tthermal throttling occurs in the desktop, is a design failure.
you and I might not notice this sort of behaviour in day to day usage, or even with Apple specific software. But Apple is NOT the best investment for computational power today.
Many of those people are switching to iPhone and iPad, not Windows and Android. And that's exactly what Apple wants.Many have already, hence why their desktop sales have plummeted into the gutter.
iPhone 6 would not be here if it wasn't for Steve. This 1T is all thanks to Job.Gotta be causing some people cognitive dissonance that apple hit $1T. The company hasn't been Steve's legacy since the iphone 6. Timmy took Apple in an extremely profitable new direction. Those who don't care for the new apple, should be happy there is competition.
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This has been the tired meme for years. I'm waiting for Apple to implode based on comments on these forums.
Those people aren't doing real high workload jobs on their iDevices.Many of those people are switching to iPhone and iPad, not Windows and Android. And that's exactly what Apple wants.
Why? It would make little difference on total sales, but cost them an extra few dollars on every sold phone. Decisions like this hurt profits. Apple is the best example of why Capitalism is a superior economic system. The wealth they have accrued is simply amazing.
Well it's true. Little decisions like including a more expensive charger only hurt profits. If Apple was having trouble selling phones and needed to include more accessories or features to sell them like some of the smaller manufacturers do then you'd have a good point. Since Apple doesn't need to do that they should be maximizing profit per unit. Offer a solid device and the Apple brand name will sell it no matter what.
I bet you'd still buy an iPhone whether it comes with a fast charger or not? Right? Millions of other people will do the same. I bought a Samsung phone and it came with all kinds of accessories like nice AKG headphones and a fast charger, but Samsung has to offer those little perks to sell their product. Apple doesn't. No company just gives you something "free" out of the goodness of their heart. If you're getting it free it's because they need to make it sell better.
How much money, exactly, does God have?Now that they have more money than GOD...
Thats the kind of push back Apple lacks, it seems like the consumers who buy their products, aren't vocal enough when they fxck up. You'll find plenty of people here defending them while at the same time getting screwed in the ass.And if Apple keeps shafting the users they are going to have a revolt. Then see what happens to their profits.
Salty.To everyone getting excited that Apple is a trillion dollar company now, remember the employees working multiple jobs, the coworkers skipping meals, the people skimping on healthcare because they can’t afford the “good coverage”, and the nets under the foxconn windows. But cool. Really happy for the shareholders.
Based on what metric? All the FANG stocks have higher PEs than Apple. Microsoft dies too. Are they all overvalued too it just Apple?
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It’s news and Mac Rumors is reporting on it. I don’t see them celebrating it.
The same team that has made bezos the richest man in the world? Why would he do rhat?i can only imagine the mahoosive bonuses the senior execs, vp and cook will receive, and the smugness of the september keynote will be palpable - meanwhile in amazon bezos is ripping his team to shreds!lol
Now that they’ve reached this trivial goal they can stop pandering to shareholders. It’s time to put customers first.