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Apple Surpasses $300 Billion in Market Capitalization
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Actually, if it happened under Android nobody would care... much like the Android virus that recently cropped up.
Whoa, wait, what? Android virus?
http://www.mobiledia.com/news/78716.html
Actually you got in at around $6 factoring in splits. There were two 2 for 1 splits since 1996. 1996 was the first time I bought into Apple at around the same circa $25 price at the time.
Fortunately Apple has never been about a wide lineup of highly-targeted product lines (see the list of Windows 7 of Office 2010 versions available, for instance). Particularly not since Jobs returned.
Make a simplified lineup of great products and people will buy them. That's the Apple of today. And the Apple the haters love to hate ("Where's my 5"/7"/12" iPad???" "Why can't Apple license their OS to other manufacturers???" "Why, Dell gives me 8 billion customizable laptop configurations!" Etc.).
The problem is that at the moment Apple are heavily invested in alternative methods of content delivery. So far they have done really well to get support from a lot of content providers and this year Apple have receive a lot of support from content providers and media companies. If you pay attention to advertising in the press and TV you'll see that a lot of companies now advertise having products available for download.
Blu-ray is primarily used for delivering HD movies. Apple are working very hard to convince you and me to download movies off the internet (they have not been as successful as Netflicks but they are making progress). They are selling their on device to connect peoples TV's to the internet and this year we are going to see a lot of new internet ready TV's. So blu-ray is dying and Apple are actively trying to kill it.
I don't think anyone hates blu-ray, it would just doesn't make any sense to support it.
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain, for I am the great and powerful ANDROID!"
Yo Amed
I agree that Facebook is horrid. But your quote is wrong:
"Religion is the Opiate of the People" should be "Opiate is the Religion of the People".
I agree that Facebook is horrid. But your quote is wrong:
"Religion is the Opiate of the People" should be "Opiate is the Religion of the People".
Nice start Steve Jobs
We did well last year
Lets keep it going
Trading both ways though
How about a 4 to 1 stock split
I know - just dreaming
We did well last year
Lets keep it going
Trading both ways though
How about a 4 to 1 stock split
I know - just dreaming
I feel bad - a friend of mine asked me last year if he should buy Apple at $200. I told him I had no idea what the stock would do, but at $200 it seemed like a risky move. Particularly as I had watched mine free fall from $200+ to around $70 in the recent past.
He didn't buy.
He didn't buy.
Nope, it was a known issue weeks before it occurred. While bugs are to be expected, so are fixes to KNOWN issues. Apple knew of the bug, had the ability to fix the bug and had the capacity to disseminate the fix via iTunes.
What did they do? Nothing, and that is the ridiculous part here.
With that said, its been a hell of a ride for Apple.
Shall we bring in Steve Jobs' house renovation saga too? Or is bringing up the Alarm clock bug the only off-topic nonsense that will get attached to this financial story of Apple's success?
Some people cannot stand to see any good press for Apple, so they make sure to include something negative.
Blu-Ray sales are increasing quarter-on-quarter. How on earth can you say it's dying?
Because it's plastic, and thus 20th-century technology. Streaming is the future, and anything not part of the future is dying. Thus Blu-ray is dying. And it is.
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We know do what Steve thinks about Blu-ray. He called it "a bag of hurt" (his actual words) during a product launch on 14 October 2008.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/14/steve-jobs-calls-blu-ray-a-bag-of-hurt/
I was replying to a reply about the issue. By my count, I was number three about the issue.
I love good press for apple, as long as it is warranted.
People still like to own things, I think. Personally if I love a movie, I'd rather own a copy than stream it. The stream might not be available five years down the line, but my Bluray will still play.
There will always be a market for movies on disc.
All tech is dying. While streaming is the future, its just not there yet. Until we have 100 mbps lines w/ no data caps as an 'average' for users, it will simply be unable to match BR in IQ. Since this Nirvana is nowhere in sight, why not give the option for BR drives?
It probably will - as well as inspire several business books. But the story is not over yet. When you consider all the growth potential of a new computing platform (iPad) and the potential erosion of Windows user base as some of them transition towards the Apple, where is really the growth limit? Exxon, here I come....
I got in at 98$ a share a few years ago. Is it to much to ask for a 1% dividend check?
A small dividend (<1%) wouldn't hurt aapl too much and might satisfy the dividend bugs and legitimize aapl for the oldtimers.
A smarter use of the money would for a share buyback.
JMO as a long time aapl investor.
JohnG