Apple After Jobs

recoiledsnake writes "The connection between Apple and Steve Jobs is unlike any other brand and CEO relationship in corporate America, maybe the world. While Bill Gates has successfully transitioned himself away from his day job at Microsoft, can Apple do without Jobs at all? Once word started circulating that Jobs may be ill, Apple stock took a considerable hit, dropping more than $10 a share. And when Mr. Jobs was absent from last week's quarterly earnings conference call, the questions started again — and the stock fell again. What does this mean for corporate users of Apple for whom switching costs are high? Can Apple continue innovating in Job's absence?"

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Re:I like blow jobs

[Hordeking]

I am Steve Jobs, you insensitive clod!
Get it right: we don't like blowjobs...we like stevejobs

Re:I like blow jobs

[Hordeking]

I am Steve Jobs, you insensitive clod! Get it right: we don't like blowjobs...we like stevejobs

It was a joke. I suppose I can blame the missing humor on our wonderfully inadequate public school system, and lack of Engrish skills refined enuf 2 understand teh joke.

Re:Come on, guys.

[Yvan256]

I don't know about their inkjet printers, but so far my twoe HP laser printers have been working flawlessly since I bought them 3 and 4 years ago, respectively.

My former employer also had an HP laser printer, that thing smelled like a dying motorcycle engine and yet it still printed without problems.

If you want to see problematic inkjet printers, try Epson. They work fine if you print all the time, but if you stop printing for a week or so the heads are pretty much clogged.

Re:Come on, guys.

[Tweenk]

Those %!@#ing ink cartridges cost an arm and a leg.

Unfortunately, either the ink cartridges are expensive, or there are cheap ink refills that are just some ink and a sponge in a plastic case which people are OK with, and a printing head that lasts quite long, until it clogs because you haven't printed anything for a few weeks, and then it costs A %!@#ING LOT.

Canon 865i is an example of this type of printer. The print quality is stunning, the inks are cheap and it can print on very thick paper, but when the head clogs you either have to use a 3rd party cleaning liquid (=DIRTY), pay for a new head (costs a lot, tough to come by) or buy a new printer.