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Old Jul 26, 2005 | 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by jedwards,Jul 26 2005, 12:47 PM
TRUE FACT: If all the Apple users in the world were to get on their chairs and jump off all at once (figuring an average height of 14"), a lot of them would get hurt but nothing else would happen.


Won't some of them fail to hit the ground?

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Old Jul 26, 2005 | 10:49 AM
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MS isn't trying to make Apple disappear. Apple is doing a good job already of making Apple disappear.
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Old Jul 26, 2005 | 11:08 AM
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Old Jul 26, 2005 | 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by NikePenguin,Jul 26 2005, 02:49 PM
MS isn't trying to make Apple disappear. Apple is doing a good job already of making Apple disappear.
You do know that market-share is up right?
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Old Jul 26, 2005 | 11:10 AM
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Apparently you havn't kep up with Apple's business lately.. they are doing everything but shrinking....
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Old Jul 26, 2005 | 11:10 AM
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... and they've been trying for years (closed architecture baloney). But they've even failed at that.
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Old Jul 26, 2005 | 11:19 AM
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Ipod sales don't count.
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Old Jul 26, 2005 | 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by NikePenguin,Jul 26 2005, 03:19 PM
Ipod sales don't count.
take away the iPod sales!


[QUOTE]Macs accounted for 62 percent of the total revenue, up 27 percent from the year-ago quarter. Apple sold a record number of Macs for a March quarter and the highest number of CPUs in ANY quarter for four years. Overall, Apple
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Old Jul 26, 2005 | 11:45 AM
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'Course they nearly farked that up too with non removable batteries.
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Old Jul 26, 2005 | 11:54 AM
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What was Apple's market share in 1995 compared to 2005?

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