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Leisher 
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Posted on: May 26 2010,05:41 |
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I find it very interesting that the company who came onto the scene promising to crush Big Brother, and is beloved by hippies everywhere, uses factories whose conditions are so bad that the workers are killing themselves.
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Malcolm
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Posted on: May 26 2010,09:45 |
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May also be because Chinese labour practices are insane.
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GORDON
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Posted on: May 26 2010,11:45 |
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They make more money using Chinese labor.
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Leisher
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Posted on: May 27 2010,05:53 |
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QUOTE I don't think they've been able to pull off that PR angle for quite some time now. Â If there is anyone left who believes that, they are quite stupid.
Did you catch Jon Stewart's dialogue from about 2 weeks ago where he suggested that maybe Apple was becoming big brother?
Yes, there are many out there who think Apple is the hip rebel of the marketplace.
As I've said a million times, Apple doesn't make particularly great products compared to the rest of the market, but they promote them better than anybody. And part of that is promoting themselves as hip, cool, rebellious, green, etc.
Edited by Leisher on May 27 2010,05:54
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TPRJones
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I take it we can at least agree on stupid?
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Leisher
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Posted on: May 28 2010,06:42 |
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Oh absolutely.
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Troy
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Posted on: May 28 2010,07:03 |
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Funny thing on NPR last night.
The story was "How rich you would be if you bought Apple stock instead of Apple products"
If, instead of buying the $3,500 Macbook in 2003, you invested the money in Apple stock, you would have $100,000 worth today.
Ipod Mini from 2004? $249 bucks, would give you $6,000.
I took from the article "don't buy apple products, and you will be better off"
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Malcolm
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Posted on: May 28 2010,08:41 |
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Apple > Microsoft.
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"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
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Leisher
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Posted on: May 28 2010,11:56 |
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Bah! Completely untrue.
If they were revolutionizing the market with new ideas, I'd agree.
As it is, they're simply using other people's ideas and marketing them well with a polished product.
Of course, I don't think Microsoft is the technology leader either.
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