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I'd love to hear the recession doom-and-gloomers explain this one.
by inconvenient 17y ago
I'd love to hear the recession doom-and-gloomers explain this one.
- jballanc 17y agoApple has been smart and conservative in its investments, financial dealings, and product development. They won't put out a netbook just because analysts want them too and they won't cut prices just to increase market share. The recession was caused by all those doing, pretty much, the exact opposite.
- stcredzero 17y agoReminds me of the old Mercedes. Somehow they managed to be at the cutting edge and cautiously conservative all at the same time. David Pogue's strategy is similar.
- mlinsey 17y agoThe recession was caused by netbook manufacturers and price-cutters?
- jballanc 17y agoIt was caused by people who were more interested in turning a profit then producing a quality product. What do you think toxic assets are? They're just the financial equivalent of a netbook...3-5 years out and they start falling to pieces. The computer manufacturers are just smart enough not to guarantee them for that long!
- martythemaniak 17y agonetbooks are basic, entry-level products, much of what the banks did was basically a scam. An equivalent would be the Chinese knockoffs like this one: http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2009/04/cect_m188_iphone_knockoff.html http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2009/04/cect_m188_iphon...
- auston 17y agoFinancial equivalent of a price-cutter - http://awurl.com/vfFnyQimZ http://awurl.com/vfFnyQimZ - feel's really warm & fuzzy @ 1% for 5 years then you start burning up. Negative amortization is evil.
- nebula 17y agoThey won't put out a netbook.... I'm wondering if this same argument wouldn't have been used if Apple's results were to go the other side?
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