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Headline misleading...
Can we hold off until the actual figures are released TOMORROW before
calling Apple's Mac business "failed"?

OK it garners clicks BUT pretty obvious click whoring to me.

Most companies wish they had as big a failure as Apple's Mac business.
Truth be known they are earning profits. Can the same be said for Acer?
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Headline misleading...  john@... | 04/21/09
so if sales are off 10% because of a recession  nix_hed | 04/24/09
And per the 4/23/09 report, Apple is recession proof!  No More Microsoft Software Ever! | 04/25/09
How bad is it for other companies, if Apple is only taking a 10% hit?  HypnoToad | 04/26/09
obsession  elllroy | 04/21/09
cash  elllroy | 04/21/09
Silly headline....  James Quinn | 04/21/09
Long history.....  xuniL_z | 04/21/09
Go question and to be completely honest I do not  James Quinn | 04/21/09
Well then why couldn't they have just....  xuniL_z | 04/21/09
Sure  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 04/21/09
Oh Apple made miss steps not doubt.....  James Quinn | 04/21/09
MS didn't hit it's stride, independant from IBM  xuniL_z | 04/22/09
IBM was the business standard  jorjitop | 04/22/09
IBM didn't have that vision of Gates, and thanks, you strengthened....  xuniL_z | 04/22/09
RE: Will a netbook save Apple's Mac business?  beau27 | 04/21/09
Decorum, Please  DannyO_0x98 | 04/21/09
I think he's drunk on the Apple koolaid.  xuniL_z | 04/22/09
RE: I think he's drunk on the Apple koolaid.  BitSmacker | 04/22/09
Yes. And contrary to this story Apple sales rose while MS sales fell. (NT)  No More Microsoft Software Ever! | 04/25/09
RE: Will a netbook save Apple's Mac business?  tripolitan | 04/21/09
Apple's Mac business...  jacarter3 | 04/21/09
Now I'm not one to assume that everyone is going  James Quinn | 04/21/09
i will have to say...  phess11 | 04/21/09
Simple rule of thumb.....  James Quinn | 04/21/09
" 'fair' chance that this guys story is made up  jacarter3 | 04/21/09
Well to chime in for Jim...  john@... | 04/21/09
"customer satisfaction rating of over 80%"  jacarter3 | 04/24/09
fanboi's  dave@... | 04/21/09
Nothing made by man will ever be perfect...just better.  James Quinn | 04/21/09
"style over function"  jacarter3 | 04/21/09
Yet...  john@... | 04/21/09
Say what?  jacarter3 | 04/24/09
The overwhelming passion toward Apple by its users...  ashdude | 04/26/09
Jim, sorry but not a MS fanboy  jacarter3 | 04/21/09
Oh, come on  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 04/21/09
Does no one else find it ironic...  john@... | 04/21/09
Oh Come on....Mac design has always meant hotter running notebooks anyway..  xuniL_z | 04/22/09
You are SUCH a LIAR!!  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 04/22/09
So, you are saying that.....  xuniL_z | 04/22/09
Dude, you're a liar plain and simple  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 04/23/09
Dude, you are such a LIAR and stupid.  xuniL_z | 04/23/09
 xuniL_z | 04/23/09
Well, so much for recovery.  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 04/23/09
Kid I.  xuniL_z | 04/23/09
Well, not everyone shares your point of view  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 04/23/09
hyperbole  DeusExMachina | 04/22/09
That would really mean something....  xuniL_z | 04/22/09
What are you talking about  DeusExMachina | 04/23/09
ellipsis  DeusExMachina | 04/22/09
Partly true...  HypnoToad | 04/26/09
Mac business needs "saving"?  croberts | 04/21/09
But you forget....  phess11 | 04/21/09
Valid point; however...  andrew.nusca ZDNet Moderator | 04/21/09
Never?  James Quinn | 04/21/09
Downloading music...  phess11 | 04/21/09
First of all no one said the iPod or any product is  James Quinn | 04/21/09
There are dozens of ways to...  phess11 | 04/21/09
And on a Mac that is the way you handle mounted  James Quinn | 04/21/09
Nonsense  techconc | 04/21/09
responses to facts:  HypnoToad | 04/26/09
RE: Will a netbook save Apple's Mac business?  phess11 | 04/21/09
'fraid not...  Metronome49 | 04/21/09
15bn  elllroy | 04/21/09
No doubt...  comp_indiana | 04/21/09
LMFAO  CrashPad | 04/21/09
Yes, Microsoft is floundering  comp_indiana | 04/21/09
Where has the money gone?  john@... | 04/21/09
Re: Where has the money gone?  tick tock | 04/22/09
They claim US workers are incapable and have hired H1B for years...  HypnoToad | 04/26/09
You may not be old enough to know, but...  phess11 | 04/21/09
... I am old enough  john@... | 04/21/09
ummm no  notlehs | 04/21/09
As I understand it Xerox is credited with the  James Quinn | 04/21/09
I don't think that's right.  xuniL_z | 04/21/09
I think.....  James Quinn | 04/21/09
You are confused Jim  comp_indiana | 04/21/09
Wow, was that Apple spin or what. just wow.  xuniL_z | 04/21/09
@Zunil  john@... | 04/21/09
@John`  xuniL_z | 04/22/09
xunil  john@... | 04/22/09
Before you keep making more suppositions  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 04/21/09
As usual  DeusExMachina | 04/22/09
We do not know if that is false.....legally....do we  xuniL_z | 04/23/09
Yes, we do know  DeusExMachina | 04/23/09
 xuniL_z | 04/21/09
And the only profit Xerox made from the GUI  Ken_z | 04/21/09
Actually, Jobs never saw the GUI  DeusExMachina | 04/24/09
Not that simple  techconc | 04/21/09
Nice link  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 04/21/09
Today everyone uses the Mac UI, not the Xerox one  Pederson | 04/21/09
here, read a little bit  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 04/21/09
incorrect...  Pederson | 04/21/09
I have.  HypnoToad | 04/26/09
RE: No, a netbook will not save Apple, but innovation will keep them alive  John238 | 04/21/09
I don't worry coz I don't care!  Gladiatorcn | 04/21/09
The real question is "What decline?"  James Quinn | 04/21/09
Apple Netbook. Can Apple's "late to the party" history find another win...  xuniL_z | 04/21/09
What if Apple does what it usually does and observes  James Quinn | 04/21/09
Agreed  urbandk | 04/21/09
Win 7 has great touch feautures and everything a tablet..  xuniL_z | 04/21/09
So Microsoft Does it's product development  john@... | 04/21/09
John says "Grow up..blah blah" and he misunderstood. Typical Mac..  xuniL_z | 04/22/09
Microsoft Partners 3 Words:  john@... | 04/22/09
IBM was the key to PC's success  Ken_z | 04/21/09
It doesn't matter who beget who.....  xuniL_z | 04/21/09
x86 was garbage  comp_indiana | 04/21/09
You better lay off the kool aid  xuniL_z | 04/21/09
what a load  tripolitan | 04/21/09
One other thing....  xuniL_z | 04/21/09
xunil - how old are you?  john@... | 04/21/09
I shouldn't respond, but here goes...  comp_indiana | 04/21/09
Interesting take on history...  techconc | 04/21/09
"anything IBM was the defacto business standard"  xuniL_z | 04/23/09
RE: Will a netbook save Apple's Mac business?  bregalad | 04/21/09
Look at the Apple Store ratio  Ken_z | 04/21/09
An Apple Netbook would be suicide.  JonathonDoe | 04/21/09
Well said.  HypnoToad | 04/26/09
RE: Will a netbook save Apple's Mac business?  urbandk | 04/21/09
@Urbank  john@... | 04/21/09
RE: Will a netbook save Apple's Mac business?  mrs1622 | 04/21/09
You should buy stock  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 04/22/09
iPhone/iPod Tablet would be Fantastic!  jameskatt | 04/21/09
Apple Will Deliver Record Profits and a NetBook later this year  jbelkin | 04/21/09
RE: Will a netbook save Apple's Mac business?  arosenbl0 | 04/22/09
RE: Will a netbook save Apple's Mac business?  mack520@... | 04/22/09
Opening up OS X "for the rest of us" who "think different" is GREEN too.  HypnoToad | 04/22/09
This has been covered  theoxygenthief | 04/25/09
MSFT's results prove that low margin netbooks aint saving no-one (N/T)  theoxygenthief | 04/24/09
The author jumped the gun.  No More Microsoft Software Ever! | 04/25/09
RE: Will a netbook save Apple's Mac business?  ZDNeX | 04/30/09

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