Why iPod Can't Save Apple

MadMirko writes "MacNN quotes an article from Money Magazine titled Why iPod can't save Apple, which says 'the buzz on the digital music player and "swank" storefronts are masking an ebbing bottom line, noting reduced CPU sales (resulting a shrinking marketshare), decreased profits (in part due to the lower-margin iPod and little-to-no profit at the iTunes Music Store), failure of the iPod to drive CPU sales, failure of the retail stores to increase marketshare, hidden retail store costs, no operational income, and little value in the stock.'"

Comments

Am I first?

[thealpha]

Yeah...maybe

Re:Better link to article!

[Anonymous Coward]

Here, you won't have to sell your sole to read it:

Oh shit, FedEx already picked up my shoes.

BSD

[Anonymous Coward]

Also, why iPod can't save BSD...

Where can I get mod points...

[J. Jacques]

...to mod this entire article and discussion -1 Flamebait? Still, I guess Friday is a good day to have the Mac and PC zealots shouting at each other like howler monkeys.

Re:Down with the American dogs!

[Anonymous Coward]

Dear Sir,

you are an absolute moron if you think that your troll has any other effect than making armchair Republicans proud.

Re:Down with the American dogs!

[FunkDaddy]

But worst of all is the use of vice girls to torment the most religiously devout detainees. Prisoners who have never seen an "unveiled" woman before are forced to watch as the hookers touch their own naked bodies. One said an American girl had smeared menstrual blood across his face in an act of humiliation!

And of course you have proof of this?

non-paid link to article

[Anonymous Coward]

someone (a Karma Whore?) post a non-paid link please...

Re:Apple is dying...again.

[System.out.println()]

Looky here!

Re:Yes, yes, yes, Apple's dying, blah blah blah

[Anonymous Coward]

It's nice to know that being a dumbass doesn't stop one from collecting karma. So when someone asks you how your day went, do you ask him which day of your life he meant? dumbass.

Rolling Stones??

[Big Sean O]

Give me a break...

The Rolling Stones will die when Keith Richards and Mick Jagger are both dead.

Just like the Who. They will die when Pete Townsend and Roger Daltry are both dead.

The only exception to the 'top two' rule is the Beatles, which outlived John Lennon's death mainly by virtue of having four people in the 'top two'.

Now, if you don't have a 'top two', you can go on forever and ever and ever...

Re:Rolling Stones??

[theLOUDroom]

Give me a break... The Rolling Stones will die when Keith Richards and Mick Jagger are both dead.

Except that both those guys have enough money to fund the development of a replacement for any failing organ in their body, or possibly totally artificial bodies, thus living forever :)

Re:Well...they do have a point....

[fm6]

BSD Trolls are Dying!

Re:Apple has to make a decision

[scottennis]

The coolest thing I saw last year from my apartment balcony was a cop pulling over a Segway rider to give 'em a ticket.

So far this year the coolest thing I've seen was a guy sitting in a Starbucks, eating wilted salad from an old CoolWhip container.

This is all a round-about way to explain what people really mean when they say Apples are "cool".

another indication that Apply is dying

[hak1du]

is its user community: anybody who says that Apple is less than perfect is moderated as a "Troll". That kind of blind zealotry in its user community usually happens with companies that are in serious trouble. Thanks for reinforcing my point.

Re:OS X for Unix shops

[easter1916]

Marry me!

ObTheOnion

[BorgCopyeditor]

Obligatory Onion reference: World Death Rate Holding Steady at 100 Percent.

Death, a metabolic affliction causing total shutdown of all life functions, has long been considered humanity's number one health concern. Responsible for 100 percent of all recorded fatalities worldwide, the condition has no cure.

Re:Yes, yes, yes, Apple's dying, blah blah blah

[TonyZahn]

I know this post is completely useless and will get moderated to nothing, but the parent is so relevant that it's a shame the mod cap is only 5... Good show!!