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Re:Yahoo misses profit expectations in what could be its las... by lsc on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @12:40AM (#12119712)
was it, though? I mean, none of the apple hardware is amazing, and today, it's not even really different, but... the software mostly works, and for computers? that's amazing.

I remember in the mid aughts, when I had been working exclusively with linux for some time, I started to see my peers, peers who wouldn't be caught dead with a windows laptop, carrying around os-x laptops.

Compared to the ThinkPad of the day, the macbooks were terrible pieces of hardware; they were obviously designed by people who believed in style over substance, and their keyboard was mush. But... OS-X? OS-X mostly worked, something that could not be said for windows or linux laptops, not without a whole lot of effort.

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Re:Yahoo misses profit expectations in what could be its las... by neotek on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @03:53AM (#12120444)
Pretty much all of Apple's hardware is amazing. If you try and evaluate them on specs alone then sure, they fall short - less RAM in their phones, slower clock speeds, whatever - but the vast majority of people don't buy hardware because of its technical specs, they buy hardware because it looks gorgeous, makes them feel special, and performs the tasks they need it to perform. Nobody ever lined up for a week to buy a ThinkPad.
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Re:Yahoo misses profit expectations in what could be its las... by chansecodina on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @01:42PM (#12123326)
The key part phrase there is "[c]ompared to the ThinkPad of the day". IMHO, MacBooks and ThinkPads were nowhere near comparable in build quality until the the MacBooks went to unibody aluminum construction.
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Re:Yahoo misses profit expectations in what could be its las... by lsc on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @03:16AM (#12127366)
and they were only comparable then because lenovo seems bent on cheapening the ThinkPad.
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Re:Yahoo misses profit expectations in what could be its las... by deviate_X on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @07:55AM (#12121177)
I would say that it pretty clear the iPod completely turned Apple around, but importantly it was the excellent execution in the social space, on the software front and follow through with the iPhone (new hardware), this is a rare event and is what differentiates the Apple of that time from other companies which have had a breakthrough product.
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