It's amazing how much better the public perception has gotten. Maybe younger people can't remember how hated 'Micro$oft' used to be
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Microsoft Overtakes Apple as World's Most Valuable Company
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Talk about minimization of the truth. So product improvements only come in the form of drastic *visible* changes from the previous iteration? Got it.
I agree that the HomePod Mini mention during a live event was humourous, but that's all it was... a short and sweet mention, and then they moved on. It's called marketing.
We still have Jony Ive to thank for the high standards that products are designed to. He set the bar, and the company has learned from its mistakes of over-reach in terms of hardware minimization. Thinner and portless is not always better.
They do (although it’s not a great one). What they don’t have is a smartphone platform of their own.
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what do you expect, microsoft has far more products, and there are people that have been reliant on microsoft there entire lives. honestly it just shows how strong a company apple really is standing toe to toe with the largest tech companies out there... ie, microsoft, samsung, ect.. and more often than not come out ahead. I have no doubt that apple will be on top again in a very short amount of time.
Antitrust hurts the consumers the most currently in the mobile space where platforms are locked down significantly. Microsoft notoriously failed to make a dent in the mobile space.
Because MS is chilled and relaxed about it, while Apple is looking for it's dummy
Microsoft's bussiness are not Surfaces, Microsoft 's bussiness is the CloudApple this year brings the best rock solid devices and microsoft brings an windows 10.5 with a surface double laptop studio mess and takes the first place
Now you know how Wall Street analysts and experts think
“Disappointing” quarterly results. When $2.43 trillions seems like it isn’t enough.
wasn't it just like a year or so ago when apple became the FIRST 1 TRILLION company?
This is insane
This is insane
Why does Microsoft need a phone?
They can instead, like they do, provide software and integrations for the platforms.
Thats why apple is trying to shift towards a software and service company that is not constrained by hardware and supply chain. But, iOS, iPadOS and macOS software quality issues keep haunting them to finish the transition they want.
Wall Street fanatics and maniacs demands unlimited and untapped growth at all costs. THEY are the people that I wholeheartedly believe BEGGING to see the world burn into ashes while they hide inside their underground bunkers.
Be more confident and bold, add another 0 to the mix. That’s what Tim wants to charge so he can buy Fiji and own the country.
Even more so when Microsoft is diversifying their software packages to support multiple platforms as much as possible rather than sticking to windows forever.
I don't know why MS is worth so much, the only thing they are doing that makes money now is Cloud and by most accounts theirs is the worst.. the only reason most people use them is they get locked into some agreement by MS or devs that insist on .net and just a fanboys. Windows 11 is a flop, they have no real phone or tablet strategy. They do own a monopoly on PC gaming though, but hopefully the Steamdeck will change that! Honestly I wouldn't notice if they just disappeared one day.
The Steamdeck could change everything … or Valve could do what they so often do and get bored with it and forget about it almost immediately.
No... The iPhone accounts for about 39B in REVENUE for the latest quarter vs 18.5B on services but the Margins and Income are waaaaay better on the services side. 70.5% Gross Margins which is insane. So, mostly due to sharply higher costs in the iPhone (majority) part of the product category this is a trend anyhow - services are stable revenue and big margins.