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Apple - What A Difference Eight Years Can Make

Posted by Zonk on from the company-with-a-tight-turning-radius dept.

conq writes "It's been eight years since Michael Dell was asked after a speech at a Gartner conference in Orlando what he would do if he were in charge of Apple Computer. His answer: Shut the company down and give the money back to shareholders. BusinessWeek in its new Byte of The Apple Blog looks at how the tables have turned since then. For example, over the last four quarters Dell has been coming in with a net profit margin of about 6.5%. Meanwhile Apple just finished its fiscal 2005 with a profit margin just shy of 9.6%."

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  1. Apples to Apples by erick99 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Micheal Dell would have been smarter had he reserved judgement. Arrogance can sure come back 'round and bite you in the ass. In terms of profit margin one has to consider that Dell is bringing in revenue of around 14 billion a quarter versus Apple's 4 billion so I am not sure how to judge the differences in profit margin given the difference in revenue. Dell probably has a great deal more infrastructure. Oh, well. Just saying we should make sure we are comparing Apples to Apples (funny, huh?).

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  2. Apple is dying! by Generic+Guy · · Score: 5, Funny

    With Dell's recent quarters slipping and Apple's recent quarters showing growth there can only be one conclusion:

    Apple is dying!

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