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[lkrupp]

Since Apple dropped its bombshell this afternoon I have ben scouring the tech web sites for responses from the usual suspects. Things are eerily silent. C|net has a single article with just a few response posts. PCWorld, ComputerWorld, Enderle, Thurott, etc. barely mentioned it. I'm thinking they are stilled stunned by the concussion grenade Apple threw under their desks, unable to speak or comment. I mean, all of their pontificating just got stuffed back down their throats and it's hard to squawk when you're choking and your eyes are bugging out.

[megatrick]

Simply stellar performance. I hope Tim and Peter take the time to toast their success.

[RipRagged]

lkrupp, on 24 January 2012 - 07:27 PM, said:

Since Apple dropped its bombshell this afternoon I have ben scouring the tech web sites for responses from the usual suspects. Things are eerily silent. C|net has a single article with just a few response posts. PCWorld, ComputerWorld, Enderle, Thurott, etc. barely mentioned it. I'm thinking they are stilled stunned by the concussion grenade Apple threw under their desks, unable to speak or comment. I mean, all of their pontificating just got stuffed back down their throats and it's hard to squawk when you're choking and your eyes are bugging out.

Optimist. They're busily trying to spin it. The sand people are easily startled; they'll be back, and in greater numbers.

[Bobbsie]

megatrick, on 24 January 2012 - 07:33 PM, said:

Simply stellar performance. I hope Tim and Peter take the time to toast their success.

I keep thinking of the days not so many years ago when friends teased me for touting the Mac,spending my hard earned dollars on the "toy computer" and not following "common sense" to purchase a Wintel machine.
I think of more recent comments from friends who have marveled " You stuck with Apple all those years, ( have owned Macs since 1987), how did you know?"
I note today's news and beam. Quality, innovation, Design genius, research, vision, mystique, marketing aplomb are some of the qualities or aspects of Apple represented by today's financial report.
I am a simple end user who loves her Apple products and I beam happily at todays' news.

[trichardlin]

Bobbsie, on 24 January 2012 - 07:57 PM, said:

...I note today's news and beam. Quality, innovation, Design genius, research, vision, mystique, marketing aplomb are some of the qualities or aspects of Apple represented by today's financial report....

Don't forget the incredibly tight production logistics. Products are rarely late, rarely with major crippling issues. That's just old fashioned discipline. Apple now has flashy innovation and discipline. Amazing.

[owmyheadhurts]

RipRagged, on 24 January 2012 - 07:42 PM, said:

lkrupp, on 24 January 2012 - 07:27 PM, said:

Since Apple dropped its bombshell this afternoon I have ben scouring the tech web sites for responses from the usual suspects. Things are eerily silent. C|net has a single article with just a few response posts. PCWorld, ComputerWorld, Enderle, Thurott, etc. barely mentioned it. I'm thinking they are stilled stunned by the concussion grenade Apple threw under their desks, unable to speak or comment. I mean, all of their pontificating just got stuffed back down their throats and it's hard to squawk when you're choking and your eyes are bugging out.

Optimist. They're busily trying to spin it. The sand people are easily startled; they'll be back, and in greater numbers.

HAHAHA, that's hilarious.... but true!

[svor]

They would see a roaring success in Russia if the price was reasonable. iPhone 4s 64 is almost $1,400! It's insane, don't you agree? That's why, I think, 90% of customers buy grey imported phones or buy them abroad.

[nmpike]

I am glad Apple is still doing well post Steve Jobs... but if you think about it, they are still riding on everything Steve invented and innovated.

When these products run out of steam, I hope they continue to innovate.

Apple is truly a shining light in a somewhat dull world right now.

[nmpike]

I am glad Apple is still doing well post Steve Jobs... but if you think about it, they are still riding on everything Steve invented and innovated.

When these products run out of steam, I hope they continue to innovate.

Apple is truly a shining light in a somewhat dull world right now.

[stevenoz]

I find that once people try, and then own, a piece of Apple hardware, they never go back. To be a 'switcher' is only in one direction, with very rare exceptions.

My suspicion is that Apple will continue to grow, with Steve Jobs' DNA in its veins.

My bet is on Apple and Tim Cook.

[Martian]

iOS device unit sales exceed those of Mac by well over 10:1 therefore Apple’s $ revenue and profit from iOS devices must also substantially exceed those from Mac. And this gap will only increase in the near future.

Let’s hope that Apple Inc. (formerly Apple Computer Inc.) doesn’t shove Mac into “hobby” status along with Apple TV, or that Macs won’t suffer from inappropriate iOS-centric design decisions. I would love to hear Cook verbalize that Apple's roots are in Macintosh and Mac will remain as part of Apple's core.

[k88dad]

Martian, on 25 January 2012 - 11:52 AM, said:

iOS device unit sales exceed those of Mac by well over 10:1 therefore Apple’s $ revenue and profit from iOS devices must also substantially exceed those from Mac. And this gap will only increase in the near future.

Let’s hope that Apple Inc. (formerly Apple Computer Inc.) doesn’t shove Mac into “hobby” status along with Apple TV, or that Macs won’t suffer from inappropriate iOS-centric design decisions. I would love to hear Cook verbalize that Apple's roots are in Macintosh and Mac will remain as part of Apple's core.

Not to worry. My best guess on iOS/Mac OS X fusion is that there will always be an option to opt out of the iOS-ification of Mac OS X. The Mac piece of the Apple revenue pie is significant. The US Mac share of PC sales is trending upward (even faster in the past two years.)

[macless]

I think that Apple will continue to thrive, but will also broaden their product line.