Comments on: Apple Is The Best Run Company In America

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 20 May 2009 01:00:35 +0000

i completely agree with gilbert; u buy a pc, and kick it to the curb when your done using it, you buy an apple and the whole time you own the machine, your supported by a small diverse community.

By: frank

frank — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 01:17:23 +0000

yes, but over the past 10 years, the stock has increased 1,000%.

Thats a pretty hefty return. while unlikely for this to happen again, they are still set up to go up over the long-term. so who cares about short-term fluctuations, that they “get beaten up as any stock on a down market day”.

And even if they are the last to rise, the question is by how much it will rise

By: gilbert

gilbert — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:27:47 +0000

best run company in America?
I’ll buy that! And I mean that literally! I’ll buy most anything Apple has out there to offer me. Why? Well, it’s not that their product is so outstanding and bug-free (although, in my eyes it is); It’s not that their product design team is the best in the world (although, it really, really is); It’s not that their prices are too hard to beat (ummm…). To me, it simply feels like when I buy an Apple product, it feels like it was made personally for me. It feels like once you have an Apple product that you invested in, a beautiful relationship is about to begin, as opposed to when you buy any competitor’s product, you are only in a relationship with them while you are debating whether or not to buy it, while negotiating the price, or while standing in line to purchase. Once bought, you are on your own.

I don’t know if this is a global consensus among Apple enthusiasts, but I know I am not the only one who feels this way. I hope Apple never loses this edge.

By: Brett

Brett — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:49:46 +0000

@ Gary,

Solidworks states that it is only supported on Windows as you can see here: http://www.solidworks.com/sw/support/SystemRequirements.html, but I have read word of people running it with Bootcamp, so I would suggest taking a look into that.

By: Gary McDaniel

Gary McDaniel — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:39:27 +0000

Anybody,

Is anyone out there running Solidworks 2008 on apple laptop pro?
I want to switch to
Apple and everyone says it will not run or the video card on Apple
is not good enough. I find that hard to believe.
Help.

Gary

By: Razzl

Razzl — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:35:13 +0000

25 Million? I think your mean Billion with a ‘B’. Big Difference.

By: MILL

MILL — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:32:42 +0000

25 million debt free… nuff said.

By: Constable Odo

Constable Odo — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:31:47 +0000

It’s run pretty well, I’ll give them that, but it sure hasn’t done anything for it’s stock price. Lots of cash reserve, increased market share, plenty of retail outlets and plenty of employees to keep customers satisfied. Well-engineered, diverse products that are selling relatively well.

Yet, most of this is lost on WS and potential investors. Long-term investors don’t get a thing out of it except the fact that company won’t be closing it’s doors anytime soon. Even though money is flowing back into the market, Apple’s stock price isn’t rising faster than any other stock that doesn’t have nearly the revenue resources of Apple. It gets as beaten up as any stock on a down market day. Apple stock was the first to fall and will probably be the last to rise. Of course, this doesn’t take away from a company that’s doing it’s best to protect itself and it’s employees. It’s just a shame that the world of finance doesn’t see it that way. I know they’ll make it through the recession just fine which is a big relief.

By: catcher

catcher — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:19:25 +0000

Don’t forget about their ridiculous ability to make people salivate over products, while their competitors just can’t figure out how they do it.