A shit-ton on ebay would still be an infinitesimally small percentage of 9M. Small enough for it to be insignificant when calculating how many people got iPhones.

**May**??

A second connector? Are you fucking serious? Do you really not understand Apple at all?

Except actual users don't, you know, give a shit about Flash. http://blogs.forbes.com/elizabethwoyke/2011/07/08/taking-the-pain-out-of-tablet-typing/?partner=yahootix From the article: The study, which polled 1,011 U.S. tablet users in June, found that typing large documents (more than 500 words) was the chief frustration among respondents, netting a 44% response. Other tablet features were also singled out as irritations, but less vehemently. Battery life, for instance, got a 36% response while “limited connectivity” earned 23%, “not enough apps available” got 19% and “no flash” 3%.

What is proprietary about iPhoto? Legitimately curious.

This is bullshit. For years people have been saying that Apple sells only to the faithful. Yet during most of that same timeframe, Apple computers have been outpacing the industry in terms of growth. Are you suggesting Apple customers refresh their computers more frequently? Or, could it possibly be, that Apple is growing their marketshare by selling to the previously unfaithful and that the halo around iPod, iPhone and iPad that Tim Cook speaks of is genuine?

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Are Apple breeding sheep? They've outpaced the PC industry in growth for the last 17 quarters. Hardly just selling to the faithful...

Did they just jack Prince's sumbol?

Do you just sprinkle them on the toilet seat?

Because you wish it, doesn't make it true. What business, exactly, are you saying that have a monopoly in?

High margins are a sign of a monopoly? That's the most ridiculous thing I've read on /. in a while. Seriously. Are you trolling?

Volvo - made to run like shit for 300,000 miles.

I wonder if this just gets worse. Or traffic shaping to legit sites like Hulu, but degraded if I want the same content from iTunes or Amazon.

It is sad for so many employees there. It is certainly easy for us to sit here and comment on how crap their knowledge was, blah, blah, blah. But in reality, most of the people that worked there were not bad people. They were in a bad business, though. Their company did not support them through adequate training, etc. Couple this with declining margins, and the bottom falling out of several of their key products (PCs, TVs, etc) and they didn't really stand a chance. So all of the points here are valid, but I really feel for some of those folks that showed up, and worked to the best of their abilities. This is a shitty time to be looking for a new job.