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(OT) Steve Jobs.
I just now heard on TV news he has died.
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(OT) Steve Jobs.
On 10/5/2011 8:10 PM, J R wrote:
I just now heard on TV news he has died. cuhulin I guess you just can't keep charging people too much for hardware and OS forever ... someone elses' turn now ... Regards, JS |
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(OT) Steve Jobs.
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 12:33:33 -0700, John Smith wrote:
On 10/5/2011 8:10 PM, J R wrote: I just now heard on TV news he has died. cuhulin I guess you just can't keep charging people too much for hardware and OS forever ... someone elses' turn now ... Regards, JS That's not the business Apple is in; they sell a lifestyle of form of substance. |
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(OT) Steve Jobs.
Now it has gotten to where I can't even watch the Do It Yourself
channel! Those STUPID! Rosie O' Fat tee vee commercials on there.They are SICK! cuhulin |
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(OT) Steve Jobs.
On 10/8/2011 5:42 PM, dave wrote:
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 12:33:33 -0700, John Smith wrote: On 10/5/2011 8:10 PM, J R wrote: I just now heard on TV news he has died. cuhulin I guess you just can't keep charging people too much for hardware and OS forever ... someone elses' turn now ... Regards, JS That's not the business Apple is in; they sell a lifestyle of form of substance. Sounds like they are selling you magic mushrooms! Gesus, Mac software can't possible cause that much brain damage, alone, without mushrooms (well, and pot), can it? Regards, JS |
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"dave" wrote in message ... On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 12:33:33 -0700, John Smith wrote: On 10/5/2011 8:10 PM, J R wrote: I just now heard on TV news he has died. cuhulin I guess you just can't keep charging people too much for hardware and OS forever ... someone elses' turn now ... Regards, JS That's not the business Apple is in; they sell a lifestyle of form of substance. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Besides, Apple was extant in the market before PC's (the original Apple computer was something like $3000, a clone was about $2300, IIRC). Apple maintained a following and indeed an increasing market base even after PC's got so cheap that most anyone could afford one. If someone likes a product enough to pay what seems to be an exhorbitant price for it, even in the face of a much cheaper alternative, then that is what they call "market forces" in operation. The consumer, in this case, has actually set the price by buying the product. If nobody were buying it, it would either become cheaper or taken off the market. |
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On Sun, 09 Oct 2011 11:03:20 +0900, Brenda Ann wrote:
That's not the business Apple is in; they sell a lifestyle of form [over] substance -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Besides, Apple was extant in the market before PC's (the original Apple computer was something like $3000, a clone was about $2300, IIRC). Apple maintained a following and indeed an increasing market base even after PC's got so cheap that most anyone could afford one. If someone likes a product enough to pay what seems to be an exhorbitant price for it, even in the face of a much cheaper alternative, then that is what they call "market forces" in operation. The consumer, in this case, has actually set the price by buying the product. If nobody were buying it, it would either become cheaper or taken off the market. They subsidised and strongarmed their way into schools; a whole generation equated Apple with computing. It's definitely a fashion thing. I was the IT guy at a TV network west coast headquarters. All the "creative" types insisted on iMacs; they refused to work on windows machines (this is for typing-not editing). Hollywood creative types are insufferable boors. |
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I have at least half a dozen old Apple and Mac computers, and a bunch of
old Windows computers.Some of them are Portable Computers, forerunners of laptop computers, one of them has a big shoulder strap attached to it.Five of my old Dinasaurs (computers) were given to me for free.The rest of them, I bought dirt cheap at Goodwill.My newest computer, a Velocity Micro ProMagix desktop computer XP Home Edition operating system, I bought it new from Velocity Micro in Richmond,Virginia in November of 2004.I have seven WebTV set top boxes.For most of what I do, WebTV works just fine for me. I am an Idiot. cuhulin |
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(OT) Steve Jobs.
Steve Jobs was a Great inovator, that is for Sure.
cuhulin |
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dave wrote: On Sun, 09 Oct 2011 11:03:20 +0900, Brenda Ann wrote: That's not the business Apple is in; they sell a lifestyle of form [over] substance ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Besides, Apple was extant in the market before PC's (the original Apple computer was something like $3000, a clone was about $2300, IIRC). Apple maintained a following and indeed an increasing market base even after PC's got so cheap that most anyone could afford one. If someone likes a product enough to pay what seems to be an exhorbitant price for it, even in the face of a much cheaper alternative, then that is what they call "market forces" in operation. The consumer, in this case, has actually set the price by buying the product. If nobody were buying it, it would either become cheaper or taken off the market. They subsidised and strongarmed their way into schools; a whole generation equated Apple with computing. It's definitely a fashion thing. I was the IT guy at a TV network west coast headquarters. All the "creative" types insisted on iMacs; they refused to work on windows machines (this is for typing-not editing). Hollywood creative types are insufferable boors. Of course... ...someone insisting on a product must be a "fashion thing". How exactly did Apple "strongarm" their way into schools. -- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg |
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