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Comments on: Apple isn’t a cuddly teddy bear http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2009/06/10/apple-arent-a-cuddly-teddy-bear/ The Visible Hand in Economics Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:54:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Webmaster Blog http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2009/06/10/apple-arent-a-cuddly-teddy-bear/#comment-20124 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:54:43 +0000 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/?p=3929#comment-20124 It sounds like you’re creating problems yourself by trying to solve this issue instead of looking at why their is a problem in the first place.

]]> By: rauparaha http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2009/06/10/apple-arent-a-cuddly-teddy-bear/#comment-20049 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:57:41 +0000 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/?p=3929#comment-20049 @agnitio & Chris Auld
Sooo true. Why else would you fork out for that stuff, unless you were a musician or graphic designer?

@Bill Bennett
Actually I think that I just edited the title a couple of times and didn’t proofread to check that my verbs still agreed. Thanks for picking it up.

]]> By: Bill Bennett http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2009/06/10/apple-arent-a-cuddly-teddy-bear/#comment-20045 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:32:18 +0000 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/?p=3929#comment-20045 I’m guessing about the details, but I suspect like any corporation Apple knows how to maximise its profits in the short term and, to date, has been lucky over the longer term. Remember the company nearly went through in the 1990s because hardly anyone could afford its overpriced computer hardware.

The thing that amazes me is the popularity of Apple gear in New Zealand.

Many years ago I did a calculation to discover a Palo Alto bus driver needed to work about five days to buy a Macintosh and a Wellington bus driver still wouldn’t be able to afford one after five weeks.

]]> By: Bill Bennett http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2009/06/10/apple-arent-a-cuddly-teddy-bear/#comment-20044 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:27:48 +0000 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/?p=3929#comment-20044 Please remember companies are singular (see this: http://is.gd/WScj). The break out quote uses it correctly. Your headline would read so much better if it said “Apple isn’t a cuddly teddy bear”.

This isn’t just pedantry. By writing “they” you fall in to the trap of assuming Apple is a bunch of fun guys who just love making cool tools and are practically giving them away. On the other hand, the depersonalised “it” is a cold, hard-headed corporation.

Hmm… I’ll have to make my economic point in another post now.

]]> By: Chris Auld http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2009/06/10/apple-arent-a-cuddly-teddy-bear/#comment-20043 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:17:16 +0000 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/?p=3929#comment-20043 Worse still they charge for service packs! Granted US$30 isn’t much…. But with Windows Service packs have always been free.

]]> By: agnitio http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2009/06/10/apple-arent-a-cuddly-teddy-bear/#comment-20039 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:42:14 +0000 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/?p=3929#comment-20039 My favorite call in the Mac vs PC ad war comes from the PC side, “Not everyone wants a machine that’s been washed with unicorn tears”

Clearly some ppl do!

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