We have the Bush administration being as clear as cars' windows parked on lover's lane and now the courts are being more shifty than JFK's magic bullet? What for?
Would I invest? Would I invest if I knew that a pecil's total revenue could top X amount of dollars and show an increase of XX% from n quarters ago? Fk yeah! As long as the company grows, as long as I foresee growth, and as long as I can foresee that the pencil will make me LOTS money...Do I invest? Fk yeah! Call me Joe Capitalist Pig because correct me if I'm wrong, but that's what the market is there for: To make me (the consumer) money. And lots of it.
Hardware will be a commodity, in the long run. As of now, prices are in the hundreds or thousands for computers and the like...Hardware cannot be seen as a commodity unless cost of production (and the such) drop significantly where the selling price matches that of the pencil. In other words, the prices have to match that and accomodate that of every consumer's income (of all incomes such that everone can have a computer, just like the commodity, television, can be purchased by everyone). Until that day comes along, one can only speculate at how this market's going to move.
You're right in saying that hardware and the like will never be as high as they were a few years ago, when the tech market just soared. New things always observe a substantial increase in output and remarkable marginal rate of production and then levels out (becomes constant) until the next flex in the market. That's how it is.
But you can't say for certain that your prediction is how it's going to be. It's only what you observed from previous history and what you know to be true, now. Go ahead and be my guest. Invest in something secure and what you know will work. Invest in something stable like a mutual fund. Don't ever think that things will change. Nevermind that computer/tech markets are also fueld by the demand of the government. Forget that science changes dynamically every dayas well. Let's continue to make IEDs out of PVC pipes and ignore the exponential technological growth, yearly.
Nobody wants music that fits in their pocket. Nobody wants to know whether there's water on Uranus or not. You're right. Let's just stick to what we know and observe to be true. We all know that the market is very predictable.
Technically, hardware is a manufactured good, not a commodity or even to be availible in the commodities market because it is a manufactured good, not a raw material or primary good. But I get what you're saying such that hardware will be a widespread, cheaply available good. (One day...)
But if you really look at it in the long haul for future prospects, if you invest now, things can only get better. AMD is going head to head with Intel with an antitrust case in 2008. Even AMD loses, Intel will have been shook up a bit and AMD gains publicity. Maybe some eyes will be opened to reveal just how much Intel has a hold over the processor industry. Then again, if AMD wins, Intel will really be in hot water as the government would probably make Intel eat mandatory changes and raise the plane of AMD to be an equal competator rather than "that other chip maker". I really think that AMD has come a long way and I look forward to AMD's performance and behavior when this legal battle is over. Trial link.
It's assumed to be Windows, as I am not too sure if it says outright, "Windows". Then again, my memory is as reliable as Windows OS, so...
My favorite thing about that commmercial is how it still rings true despite its age: Take for instance you go in to a public forum online, you mention that you are having "issues" with your Windows computer, and within 20 minutes, you might have something of 10+ responses. It's funny because errors are widespread and known throughout the community. Yet, it is what unites the Windows community.
I hear all of you guys complain about Windows. Heck, I use a Windows XP with all of it's quirks. But only one thing comes to mind every time the Windows community bitches and complains about the consistent screw ups maintained by Microsoft. A classic 1980's commercial pops in to mind when a computer malfuctions during a large convention. A quick blurt when the Apple logo flashes, "Get a Mac!"
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We have the Bush administration being as clear as cars' windows parked on lover's lane and now the courts are being more shifty than JFK's magic bullet?
What for?
Would I invest? Would I invest if I knew that a pecil's total revenue could top X amount of dollars and show an increase of XX% from n quarters ago? Fk yeah! As long as the company grows, as long as I foresee growth, and as long as I can foresee that the pencil will make me LOTS money...Do I invest? Fk yeah! Call me Joe Capitalist Pig because correct me if I'm wrong, but that's what the market is there for: To make me (the consumer) money. And lots of it.
You're right in saying that hardware and the like will never be as high as they were a few years ago, when the tech market just soared. New things always observe a substantial increase in output and remarkable marginal rate of production and then levels out (becomes constant) until the next flex in the market. That's how it is.
But you can't say for certain that your prediction is how it's going to be. It's only what you observed from previous history and what you know to be true, now. Go ahead and be my guest. Invest in something secure and what you know will work. Invest in something stable like a mutual fund. Don't ever think that things will change. Nevermind that computer/tech markets are also fueld by the demand of the government. Forget that science changes dynamically every dayas well. Let's continue to make IEDs out of PVC pipes and ignore the exponential technological growth, yearly.
Nobody wants music that fits in their pocket. Nobody wants to know whether there's water on Uranus or not. You're right. Let's just stick to what we know and observe to be true. We all know that the market is very predictable.
Technically, hardware is a manufactured good, not a commodity or even to be availible in the commodities market because it is a manufactured good, not a raw material or primary good. But I get what you're saying such that hardware will be a widespread, cheaply available good. (One day...)
Ah! I found it! (The chap was using Win95).Get A Macintosh!
But if you really look at it in the long haul for future prospects, if you invest now, things can only get better. AMD is going head to head with Intel with an antitrust case in 2008. Even AMD loses, Intel will have been shook up a bit and AMD gains publicity. Maybe some eyes will be opened to reveal just how much Intel has a hold over the processor industry. Then again, if AMD wins, Intel will really be in hot water as the government would probably make Intel eat mandatory changes and raise the plane of AMD to be an equal competator rather than "that other chip maker". I really think that AMD has come a long way and I look forward to AMD's performance and behavior when this legal battle is over. Trial link.
It's assumed to be Windows, as I am not too sure if it says outright, "Windows". Then again, my memory is as reliable as Windows OS, so... My favorite thing about that commmercial is how it still rings true despite its age: Take for instance you go in to a public forum online, you mention that you are having "issues" with your Windows computer, and within 20 minutes, you might have something of 10+ responses. It's funny because errors are widespread and known throughout the community. Yet, it is what unites the Windows community.
I hear all of you guys complain about Windows. Heck, I use a Windows XP with all of it's quirks. But only one thing comes to mind every time the Windows community bitches and complains about the consistent screw ups maintained by Microsoft. A classic 1980's commercial pops in to mind when a computer malfuctions during a large convention. A quick blurt when the Apple logo flashes, "Get a Mac!"