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10-10-2011, 07:57 AM
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Ayatollah of Rock N Rolla / Admin
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Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28
You realize that they fell off the face of the earth after Jobs was fired? And when he returned, Apple returned.
the PC world is still a Windows dominated landscape, but Jobs figured out a way to make computers almost obsolete with things like the iPad.
Name me 1 product in Apple's portfolio that when it hit the sales floor, didn't cause the whole industry to rethink how they run things?
Do you now how much money Apple makes on the iPad? Do you know that everyone sans maybe Samsung is losing money on their respective tablets? And all they did was make the hardware.
You cannot deny the power of Apple when it enters the arena of consumer electronics.
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I already did. The Apple III. It was Jobs' baby and was a big failure largely in part to his insistance on a quiet running machine. You can point to the original sales sheets of how it sold well at first, but that's before the Internet age and before the "this thing is a heaping pile of donkey ****" word got spread.
Not everything the man touched turned to gold.
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10-10-2011, 08:12 AM
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Ebearnezer Scrooge/Power Member/Lips
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Hamilton, Mercer county
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Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28
No, he took advantage of places like Napster and Limewire and saw what they did, but turned it around and made it legal, and allowed record labels make money on this new frontier, AND it made Apple HUGE!!
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After the whole Metallica thing Napster was legal and was making record labels money, and it still does. iTunes was nothing new, again, selling something to stupid sheep.
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Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28
Would someone eventually come up with a smart phone with a full touch screen?
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Smartphones were around a LONG time before the iPhone came out, thats why I keep saying Jobs didnt do anything in this respect, again stupid sheep.
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Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28
Your distaste for Apple products is clouding your thoughts.
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Actually I hate almost ALL technology at this point and one day I hope to live largely without it. I will have to depend on it for certain things.
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Originally Posted by LTs1ow
Apple products are like toyotas, people buy them for the status of owning a "fancy", "hip", "cool" thing.
Case in point, the idiots that just keep buying the newest apple product, regardless of their current phone being perfectly fine.
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Thank you, someone else feels like I do (Drown Pool song, lol)
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Originally Posted by WildBillyT
Not everything the man touched turned to gold.
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10-10-2011, 10:20 AM
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Meet Coordinator
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He had more money than me, he is better.
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10-10-2011, 10:47 AM
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The Mayor / 2009 Member of the Year / Moderator
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Originally Posted by BonzoHansen
Is English your 2nd language? Did you graduate high school? Your posts make my head hurt.
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10-10-2011, 11:14 AM
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Ebearnezer Scrooge/Power Member/Lips
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Thats pretty funny
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10-10-2011, 05:45 PM
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Meet Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2008
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O the trollery
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10-11-2011, 10:24 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: West Long Branch
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Originally Posted by LTs1ow
Apple products are like toyotas, people buy them for the status of owning a "fancy", "hip", "cool" thing.
Case in point, the idiots that just keep buying the newest apple product, regardless of their current phone being perfectly fine.
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Fancy, hip, and cool to own a Toyota? Betta check yo facts. I know you were banned for a bit, but you weren't banned from life.
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Originally Posted by WildBillyT
I already did. The Apple III. It was Jobs' baby and was a big failure largely in part to his insistance on a quiet running machine. You can point to the original sales sheets of how it sold well at first, but that's before the Internet age and before the "this thing is a heaping pile of donkey ****" word got spread.
Not everything the man touched turned to gold.
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Current portfolio. Outside of Apple III, he was pretty on the mark.
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Originally Posted by PolarBear
After the whole Metallica thing Napster was legal and was making record labels money, and it still does. iTunes was nothing new, again, selling something to stupid sheep.
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I never said it was new. I said he reinvented it. Now nothing can come close to how music is transferred and paid for on the internetz.
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Smartphones were around a LONG time before the iPhone came out, thats why I keep saying Jobs didnt do anything in this respect, again stupid sheep.
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Never said he invented it, but look at EVERY other smart phone company now. They either followed iPhone(Samsung, HTC, Moto, LG), or they are seeing massive sales drops (Blackberry, Nokia, Palm).
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Actually I hate almost ALL technology at this point and one day I hope to live largely without it. I will have to depend on it for certain things.
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Not sure how this helps your argument. If you don't like technology, you probably don't give a **** about whatever he put together.
98% of what Jobs brought to market was gold, and not only that, but Reinvented that market.
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10-12-2011, 05:53 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
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lol is there anything al wont fanboy
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10-12-2011, 07:14 AM
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Meet Coordinator
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I give credit where credit is due 
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10-12-2011, 09:49 AM
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BadMod
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Originally Posted by WayFast84
BIAl is always right. /thread.
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you forgot the g?
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Originally Posted by 79CamaroDiva
It started before I drove your car. I just have to look at it the wrong way and your car poops parts.
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10-12-2011, 10:52 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: West Long Branch
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Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider
I give credit where credit is due |
Exactly. I hate working on Apples, I don't like the "walled garden" app store, I don't like how only apple stuff works with apple (which is why it was not picked to be the basis for lots of vehicle infotainment systems), but you cannot deny what the man did.
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10-12-2011, 05:25 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
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Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider
I give credit where credit is due |
This
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