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Or the dozen other demographics that also buy Apple's stuff, they'll also cease to exist by the end of the coming quarter.]]>Apr 22nd 2009 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/
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inb4 butthurt]]>Apr 22nd 2009 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/Apr 22nd 2009 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/
Apple chooses to concentrate on one type of consumer: those who are willing to pay for extra quality. Lots of people want to try and fit them in to the rebellion against Microsoft, as though they are trying to replace Microsoft's dominance. That's not what Apple does. They won't fight against Windows PCs in every market on every price point. They've got their own products that sell well, and that's as far as it goes.]]>Apr 22nd 2009 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/
Yeah, you're right, you're in4 butthurt, but just for being an off-topic idiot.

Not to mention an idiot in general for promoting such generalized and false statements. But I'm not going to get into that.]]>Apr 22nd 2009 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/Apr 22nd 2009 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/
Things Final Cut Pro is doing to me today -

Lose audio render files
CTD
Lose pref files]]>Apr 22nd 2009 6:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/
Recessions are the best time for businesses to find a new way to make money. Many current large businesses today were founded during the Great Depression.

The recession of the late 70s early 80s created Apple and other small computer companies that exist today in much larger form.

The biggest expansion of the internet and the early growth of the tech companies based on the internet started from the 1992-3 recession. Dell and Gateway anyone?
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A lot of them are fooling themselves into thinking this is just some minor little bump on the way back to DOW 27,000.

God bless them if they still want to buy shiny gadgets no matter who makes them, but right now they are those dopes on the beach after an earthquake looking at all the shiny shells, and wondering where the water went.

Let's see them outrun the tsunami. ]]>Apr 22nd 2009 6:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/
[sarcasm]Oh, and my Acer aspire one is a real piece of junk, just because it's not made out of aluminum and glass. It's definitely junky physically, holding up bringing it to school and traveling everywhere. The software is also terrible, running the TERRIBLE Windows XP - everyone knows it's SO bad. Even Windows 7 (Aero + Media Center) runs on this thing without any trouble, but hey, it's still a piece of junk.[/sarcasm]

P.S. Hey Tim, your iPhone is not a netbook, it's completely different and comparing it to a laptop is just simply out of place. And I'd take my Acer's "junky" keyboard over your iPhone's non-landscape, smudgy POS on screen keyboard. What an arrogant fool. Matter of fact, he's the guy that dissed free phones for being worth nothing, but at least my Razr has a replaceable battery and can actually make all of the phone calls I tell it to instead of dropping them left and right.]]>Apr 22nd 2009 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/
I would hardly call Acer or MSI computers low end products. ]]>Apr 22nd 2009 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/Apr 22nd 2009 6:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/Apr 22nd 2009 7:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/
You're a moron. Go away.]]>Apr 22nd 2009 8:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/they make netbooks there is no way they could keep them under $300 - 400. Even if they use the same components as every other netbook.

Also off topic for a second i came across this the other day and thought many readers who love reading about iPhone OS 3.0 and Snow Leopard posts, that no matter how trivial they might seem engadget creates, would get a kick out of this. It's a small number now, but trust me in time that number will grow. After all ignorance is bliss. ;-)

http://blog.kiplinger.com/techtracker/2009/04/piercing-apples-security-myth.html]]>Apr 22nd 2009 8:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/Apr 23rd 2009 12:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/Apr 23rd 2009 1:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/Apr 23rd 2009 6:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/
I'm not saying they're not useful at all, I'm only saying that they're a bit underpowered for my usage if they're going to be running a standard desktop OS. Android-powered netbooks I can see, but that's about it. I'm curious at what point the netbook market is going to become saturated. I still don't understand why tablet platforms failed and this netbook market is thriving. Must be an economy thing with people unwilling to spend money.]]>Apr 23rd 2009 8:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/Apr 23rd 2009 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/
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Well done apple.]]>Apr 22nd 2009 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/Apr 22nd 2009 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/
Doofuses.]]>Apr 22nd 2009 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/Apr 22nd 2009 8:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/
A voluntary expense. It's not like Apple received bailout money.

As a customer, it's his/her job to judge whether or not the product they're evaluating for purchase is worth the price a merchant sets. That MacBook or iPod touch isn't forced on them.

So long as said product leaves you satisfied, the answer to your question should be yes. Who cares about the profit margin if I like what I bought?]]>Apr 22nd 2009 9:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/Apr 22nd 2009 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/Well, yeah, but since MS are primarily a software company you would expect that. Apple on the other hand are primarily a hardware company.

Macbooks are awesome but I don't see the point of celebrating the fact you're coughing up an extra 10% for them.]]>Apr 23rd 2009 5:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/
Well done apple.]]>Apr 23rd 2009 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/Apr 23rd 2009 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/
If the Pre does what it should in the market, intelligence will be the least of his worries........]]>Apr 22nd 2009 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/
didnt people say the same thing about the blackberry storm?

come on people. the pre, the storm, the G1. sure you cant load them up with a bunch of open-source shovelware, but how many average consumers are going to wade through the tiresome and painfully disorganized process of finding a truly beneficial app in the gigantic and completely unfiltered and unchecked pool of crap that exists in the open-source world??]]>Apr 22nd 2009 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/apparently you can't say anything intelligent ether.]]>Apr 22nd 2009 7:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/
Wow, you really don't know what you're talking about.]]>Apr 22nd 2009 7:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/Apr 22nd 2009 7:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/As said you don't know what you are talking about. It's the number one reason I hate the iPhone. Do you not remember the story's of Apple' pathetic rules for it's apps? Like the one where the app for Twitter was banned due to "Swear and abusive words that are on twitter threads!" Or how about the one that banned Tom Tom from launching it's Sat Nav software onto the iPhone?
Yeah, app control is really good!]]>Apr 23rd 2009 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/

But lookie: "Apple reports best ever March quarter with a $1.21b profit".

Now you can print that.

Thanks, Engadget.]]>Apr 22nd 2009 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/
"Mac sales did fall three percent compared to a year ago, but that was offset by a three-percent increase in iPod sales (particularly of the iPod touch) and a 123-percent jump in iPhone sales"]]>Apr 22nd 2009 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/Apr 22nd 2009 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/
Besides being a complete and utter TROLL, you really need to leave all of these Apple posts alone. No one but yourself is forcing you to read AND comment in these articles. You should not be upset that an American company is posting a profit while foreign companies are sinking faster than the USS Monitor. Apple creates a product that people want; people like the ease of OS X, build quality and features. Everyone doesn't play Crysis, I wanted a computer that is easy to surf the web on, edit digital pictures, write documents and offer great multi-media functionality. That's why I bought a Mac and when this one burns out I'll buy another one!

Stop posting anti-Apple comments, because you obviously don't know what your talking about when iPhone sales jump 123% and you post 10-15 times a day all the shortcomings of the iPhone and other devices Apple sells like hotcakes.]]>Apr 22nd 2009 7:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/Apr 22nd 2009 7:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/
Besides being a complete and utter TROLL, you really need to leave all of these Apple posts alone. No one but yourself is forcing you to read AND comment in these articles. You should not be upset that an American company is posting a profit while foreign companies are sinking faster than the USS Monitor. Apple creates a product that people want; people like the ease of OS X, build quality and features. Everyone doesn't play Crysis, I wanted a computer that is easy to surf the web on, edit digital pictures, write documents and offer great multi-media functionality. That's why I bought a Mac and when this one burns out I'll buy another one!

Stop posting anti-Apple comments, because you obviously don't know what your talking about when iPhone sales jump 123% and you post 10-15 times a day all the shortcomings of the iPhone and other devices Apple sells like hotcakes.]]>Apr 22nd 2009 7:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/Apr 23rd 2009 8:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/Apr 23rd 2009 8:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/Apr 22nd 2009 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/Apr 22nd 2009 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/"Oh well buy this one, it has a digestive instead"]]>Apr 22nd 2009 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-best-ever-march-quarter-with-a-1-21b-profit-call/Apr 22nd 2009 6:03PM