Posted by Gene E. Bloch on 04/28/06 03:12

On 4/27/2006, asj posted this:
> Fred Liken wrote:
>> What do you use your computer for that how pretty it is makes that much
>> difference? lol. Yep, sheep. Ohhh! This one will look so nice next to
>> the end table! BUY IT! lol.
>>
>> There's no place for Macs in the real world any more.
>
> it's the graphical interface that i like, not how the exterior looks.
>
> since I'm a java developer though i don't actually care about the OS
> that much since Java will run on windows, mac, or linux.
>
> as to mac's place in the world, hmmmm.....have you looked at how apple
> is doing lately...mac growth is exploding....
>
> http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2005/oct/11results.html
> ""We're very pleased to report 48 percent year-over-year growth in
> Mac shipments in Q4, as well as our 10th consecutive quarter of record
> iPod sales," said Peter Oppenheimer, Apple's CFO. "Looking ahead
> to the first quarter of fiscal 2006 which will span 14 weeks, we expect
> revenue of about $4.7 billion. We expect GAAP earnings per diluted
> share of about $.46, including an estimated $.03 per share expense
> impact from non-cash share-based compensation, translating to non-GAAP
> EPS of about $.49.""

Muddying the water with facts again, huh?

:-)

G.

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