Er, expand where?sethypoo said:
I think they should invest some of the money into R&D, and some into QC at the factories, and then hold on to the rest, Just In Case. Hey, I know him!
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Who Apple Should Buy With Their $7 Billion?
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I think they should invest some of the money into R&D, and some into QC at the factories, and then hold on to the rest, Just In Case. Hey, I know him!
Apple shouldn't buy any company unless they have products or technology to help Apple in their current marketing strategy. Tivo is the only one that fits the bill. It would help Apple extend their digital lifestyle strategy. That being said, does Apple really need them? Others have produced DVRs that are close to Tivo in functionality (hold off Tivo zealots, I own one and love it). Apple could do a DVR without Tivo.
Sun, Novell, Adobe - I see no benefit in any of them. Real- an argument could be made that they could help Apple expand its music offerings and Quicktime.
Sun, Novell, Adobe - I see no benefit in any of them. Real- an argument could be made that they could help Apple expand its music offerings and Quicktime.
rdowns said:
Others have surpassed TiVO in functionality; my cable-ready HDTV dual-tuner SA 8300, provided by Time-Warner, is proof of that. TiVO's interface still runs circles around that clunky mess of unintelligible screens my DVR provides, however.
Still, my TiVos are not hooked up at the moment. When faced with the choice, I prefer function over form. Fortunately, with Apple, we get both.
Apple doesn't need Tivo. DirecTv just moved away from Tivo because of the cost of licensing. Eliminate the licensing and move that cost to your bottom line profit. Tivo is nothing more than a user interface. We all know who is the king of developing killer user interfaces!zap2 said:The only one that would be worth buy(IMO) would be TiVo becuz a Mac OSX with a Tivo thing in FrontRow would but Mac OSX in a place to become the center of life in a house
Apple should buy Pixar and then Buy Disney.
Not sure about monopoly rules with all the Pixar/Disney/Apple/iPod stuff though.
Not sure about monopoly rules with all the Pixar/Disney/Apple/iPod stuff though.
Counterfit said:
There's also the conflict of interest issues.
1. Avid (mainly for Digidesign/ M-audio)
2. Elgato Systems
3. Aspyr.
4. Blizzard software.
5. Wideload Games and possibly the rights to Marathon and the Bungie name from Microsoft.
Personally I am on the line that they use that money on self investing. One thing is getting there shipping times down. And to stop releasing hardware that not really out yet. (Example Mac Book Pro it not advaible to the public yet. You can just "Pre-order" them right now) But a huge thing is get there shipping times down and better. People should not have to wait a month for stuff they want to buy.
Timepass said:
They don't need money to do that. What you see as a "long shipping time" is just when Apple chooses to announce the product They could get the shipping times down to dead-zero by simply not anounng anything and putting out in the Apple stores for people who walk in to just notice on thier own. So you walk in the store in March and it goes like this...
You: "what's that?",
Saleman" "It's the new Mac Book Pro",
You: "when did you start seling that?"
Salesman " We've had it here for three days now."
Would that be better? There be zero waiting.
They can choose any amount of time between a product anouncement and the date of first availability. It's a bussines decisioon. If they anouce to early customers put off purchases waiting for the new produc
ChrisA said:
Again I repeat it. Let not look at the mac book one. They could be more honest in there practics (by just stating it a pre order). But besides that I think you dont have to go though these forums very far to find people complaining about apple shipping time and delays from apple on getting there stuff. That what I think they should get fixed. Currently apple gets away with very poor shipping habits. I think it sad when people start saying it apple they make you wait.
I sorry but apple way of shipping is just sad. Just look though these forums for a little while and you will find plenty of threads on it.
Not "who, but "what". Mindshare. Use some of that money to educate people in the ways of Apple. I was at my local PC store this afternoon, just for a browse, and the amount of people in there buying the rubbish on sale was, well, depressing. People happily (?) buying Compaqs. Huge shelves of anti-virus/anti-spyware/firewall programs (seriously - 20 feet or something ridiculous).
The Mac section consisted of:
A prehistoric-looking iBook G4. Filthy. Not turned on. Encased in see-through plastic so you can't steal it.
Powerbook G4 15". Same as the iBook. About as much use as a paperweight.
Two Mac Minis, running OS X 10.4.2. Nothing running, just in Finder. Hooked up to two no-name LCDs at 1024x768.
iMac G5 17" with iSight. The Office trial had expired, so you couldn't try out Word or Excel. About six trillion applications in the dock.
They had a boxed copy of Office 2004 next to one of the Minis, but the rest of the software (iWork '05, iLife '05, one copy of Tiger and a load of games) was around 15 feet away, buried amongst a load of PC software.
Sure, Macs are hot and all that, but they seemed to have gone out of their way to make them look as unenticing as possible. How are Apple supposed to gain market share with store displays like this?
More Apple Stores, please, especially over here in Europe. More of a media presence. More advertising for things other than the iPod.
The Mac section consisted of:
A prehistoric-looking iBook G4. Filthy. Not turned on. Encased in see-through plastic so you can't steal it.
Powerbook G4 15". Same as the iBook. About as much use as a paperweight.
Two Mac Minis, running OS X 10.4.2. Nothing running, just in Finder. Hooked up to two no-name LCDs at 1024x768.
iMac G5 17" with iSight. The Office trial had expired, so you couldn't try out Word or Excel. About six trillion applications in the dock.
They had a boxed copy of Office 2004 next to one of the Minis, but the rest of the software (iWork '05, iLife '05, one copy of Tiger and a load of games) was around 15 feet away, buried amongst a load of PC software.
Sure, Macs are hot and all that, but they seemed to have gone out of their way to make them look as unenticing as possible. How are Apple supposed to gain market share with store displays like this?
More Apple Stores, please, especially over here in Europe. More of a media presence. More advertising for things other than the iPod.
Right now, I would say not a darn thing.AtHomeBoy_2000 said:
There is no need to rush out to purchase something that will not fit into Apple's future plans.
A long time ago, Apple had way to many irons in the fire and it almost cost them their existance.
Now Apple is much more focused and overall has been introducing good products. They need to keep this up to expand their market.
Apple should buy Autodesk.
Apple is very weak in those markets, one reason being autodesk doesn't develop for the mac.
Second it will get a hold of Alias, 3d Studio Max and Discreet. This will help Apple expand in the post ptoduction / FX market.
Apple is very weak in those markets, one reason being autodesk doesn't develop for the mac.
Second it will get a hold of Alias, 3d Studio Max and Discreet. This will help Apple expand in the post ptoduction / FX market.
sgi's on the verge of bankruptcy. sgi would definitely complement apple. agi's altix are really kickass machines.