Is Apple dying?

Originally posted by serpicolugnut
The fact is simple. Apple is one of the healthiest computer companies in business at the moment. They are healthier than HP, Compaq, even IBM. Hell, the only PC company I can think of that isn't hurting right now is Dell.
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Actually, Dell is technically hurting, but nobody seems to notice. If you calculate their current ratio (Current (liquid) assets/Current liabilities), you find it is 1.07:1, compared to Apple's 3.34:1. Now, the generalised Current ratio average is 2:1, by which Dell falls short by 53%, and Apple exceeds by 167%.

Who's not in trouble on the pc side? :D
 
Actually, I don´t understand Apple's bussines plans. I agree with every word you say. It seems that Apple's boss is a 60 y.o. fat man, hard minded and antiquated.

Originally posted by Veljo
I mean does anybody feel that they are? I saw an article that IBM are thinking of buying Apple.

I really wish that Apple would listen to their customers. I mean, they are probably the best computer company in the world, but the truth remains that they do not listen. How can they pick up on their sales? It's so simple! Keep the Apple Centres but distribute computers and Apple software in other major electrical stores worldwide: this is why they lose out so much. First computer buys don't travel to a specialised computer store but rather visit an electrical store and listen to the salesmen there and buy a PC. Yes. A PC. Having a choice between the new iMac and a new IBM for example is not a hard choice and would win big for Apple. Hmmm...what looks better? What OS looks better? Lets go for the Mac. Or if there isn't a Mac there lets go for the PC because we don't know that Macs exist because they're hiding in Apple Centres which are too far away to even travel to.

Right click and scroll button. One button mouses were good back in the ol' days, but now they're seen as a major flaw for many users of Macs at my school. They are constantly being criticised about their one button and I wish Apple would address this. Sure I've been told that Mac OS X has multi-button support, but the button line means that people have to go out and buy a Microsoft IntelliMouse just to get the buttons they want. Adding more buttons doesn't confuse people, just gives more functionality to everything and makes life a hell of a lot easier.

And no floppy drivers? Sure the iMac might come with an external drive but it's still SO DAMB STUPID!

Anybody else have anything to say?
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Sorry, I guess you guys took me the wrong way. I didn't mean to come across the way I did. I have always thought that Apple were a great company, in fact their my favourite computer company, and once Mac OS X was released and they started making really cool looking computers I thought they were making record profits and they were (and still are I'm sure). The real reason for making this topic was that I was concerned and perhaps a little worried when I saw an article that said that IBM was buying Apple, and my friend informed me that Apple was dying when in fact this is far from the truth.

Once again, sorry, it won't happen again. After all, we all love Apple don't we? APPLE, APPLE...
 
changomarcelo: Read the rest of the posts before responding to the first one. 'nuf said. I'd flame you, but I don't want to.

Veljo: I forgive you :), but you should know that rumors are just that... rumors. If you see something on macrumors.com, macosrumors.com, or thinksecret.com, or any other rumors site you may go to, PLEASE take it with a grain of salt.

And some things are just downright silly to believe. Don't believe any "buyout" rumors. There has always been Apple buyout rumors from critics of Apple, because they are all idiots who think that Apple sucks, even though they are totally ignoring the fantastic software and hardware that Apple is producing (Apple is only somewhat lacking on its PowerMac line, although the latest update is very welcome -- the iBook, TiBook, and new iMac are all awesome deals). There were rumors of Sony buying Apple, Disney buying Apple, and now IBM buying Apple. They will never come true until Apple begins to lose massive amounts of money and they lose their cushion of money in the bank. $4.3 billion in the bank is a force to contend with, especially when dealing with buyouts.

So basically what that rant was trying to say is this:

Don't always take articles from rumor sites at face value. Don't expect them to come true. And right now, buyout rumors are just downright silly since Apple is in a great position.
 
Originally posted by Matrix Agent
*ring

Me: What is a floppy Alex?

Alex: Correct!

Me: No Alex, really, I don't know.
:D
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Isn't a floppy something that existed before recordable CD's and held 1/500th as much?
 
Originally posted by TommyWillB
Isn't a floppy something that existed before recordable CD's and held 1/500th as much?
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Actually I think a floppy was something that could hold a bootable version of the Mac OS (through Mac OS 8), which in turn was something that Windows was never able to do. :D
 
Originally posted by Matrix Agent
May I add that for many people, they do nopt wish to see Apple conquer the market in the way MS did. I would be perfectly happy to see Macs own 10% of the market, and get the respect they deserve from all.
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Thats what Ive been screaming for years on this topic.
 
Glad we agree. I'm not sure I could use a Mac if they had more than 20% market share. They would get caught up doing stupid things, comparable to keeping the floppy drive in the computer. They would be doomed to creating mediocere to satisfying the uninformed wishes of their new customers.

That would be a sad, sad, world.:(
 
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