Forums | MacLife

ANYWAYS,

In answer to the original question, "how possible is Apple's demise" or whatever the original question is.

#1 - Apple has over 4 billion in cash. This means that they can survive many many many quarters of losses.

#2 - Apple in business terms is "expanding". Apple is amazing for expanding their retail stores in a period where everyone is cutting jobs and closing stores (eg: gateway).

#3 - Apple is diversifying. Apple is getting money from many different sources including .mac, their spin-off filemaker, the ipod (now for windows), licensing fees for all kinds of technologies they helped invent, advertising (eg: quicktime trailers), the film industry, and new types of software (final cut, idvd etc.) They are buying up high end graphic software companies and are involved in next generation technologies (eg: firewire 2, java, mpeg 4, cell phone industry). They have a role in the technology sector, innovating at all times.

You see, Apple as a business has a duty to find new sources of revenue. They have to find other ways of getting more revenue. The only way of finding "gold mines" is trial and error. Therefore, a lot of money is wasted on "failed projects". Usually, not always, Apple makes an operating profit.

IN CONCLUSION - I don't see Apple going anywhere anytime soon. They are healthy and in a great position for more switchers. They are slowly tackeling every issue that a switcher might have. Switchers have a lot more reason to switch now than a couple years ago.

thugmoni

A three hundred word post with only two sentences, poor spelling and inaccurate punctuation

Maybe you should pay more attention in English class, instead of trolling a Mac forum.

You guys want to think of something really frightening?

What if Apple were bought out by Microsoft?

Pirates of Silicon Valley, rent it, see it.
Apple confidential, buy it, read it.

What you say will never hapen, wel, as long as Steve Jobs is alive.

Well if Apple is in danger... AMD is up sheots creek!

http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/in … Symbol=AMD

Ooooh, that's a good test. I'm guessing macweiner already ran away though.

how bout this, macwaynekerr: tell me where my username comes from and who was involved, and you're a real mac user.  Find a live picture of the real hector, and you can have a cookie.

You no not all people have the time to play shareware games the whole time like you, some people actually have a life and use there Macs for work... you no actually get things done... Unlike you who patrols this forum like the frigin secret police giving smart ass replies to a person that says anything bad against Apple / Your God

You really need to get out more often

You could use your Mac to brush up on some grammar.