Again with the spin. Apple didn't get where they are by throwing their weight around, causing "tremors of fear". They got there by out-doing everyone else 3 or 4 times in a row now.
Where do you come up with this stuff? You think Apple was "throwing their weight around" with the iPod? Before they released it, I think most people didn't even realize Apple was still around. With the iPhone? The smart phone market was barely worth paying attention to before they reinvented it.
EDIT: I took the troll's bait and got caught arguing with someone apparently arguing in the mirror, so apologies for adding to the noise. loewenskind has a long history on here for attacking strawmen instead of actual positions, polarizing their position (everyone not pro-Apple is a part of the anti-Apple hoardes, in loewenskind's opinion), and just generally acting as hero for the defenseless Apple. I didn't know that before being trolled.
>Again with the spin.
What spin? Are you for real?
I said that Apple is the largest tech company. Yes, the normal measure is market capitalization.
You then go off about how that just happened (so? Are we supposed to be talking about the past), but how it doesn't matter anyways. To which I mentioned that being so large allows them to throw their weight around. See the panic when there were worries that Apple would consume ARM.
Your whole argument is against nothing I've actually said, and you seem to be arguing for Apple of 2003. Well guess what, loewenskind, it's 2010. I'm here with reality, you're not.
And quit calling everything "spin" after you've thoroughly misrepresented the point.
>I said that Apple is the largest tech company. Yes, the normal measure is market capitalization.
And given that is a very recent development what possible relevance could it have on anything?
You seem to be claiming that Apple is doing an "old school Microsoft" when they literally just beat MS with market cap in the last couple of weeks. Things are going Apple's way right now because they're executing. No other reason.
>See the panic when there were worries that Apple would consume ARM.
I've seen rumors but no panic. Maybe panic from people who are desperate to see Apple fail (which at some point they will, as everyone does).
>Your whole argument is against nothing I've actually said, and you seem to be arguing for Apple of 2003. Well guess what, loewenskind, it's 2010. I'm here with reality, you're not.
No, I'm arguing about you calling people out for "spin" and then serving up a double helping of it yourself. With every post.
>And given that is a very recent development what possible relevance could it have on anything?
Extraordinary.
>You seem to be claiming
No. I'm not. You are extraordinary.
Look, I'm sorry that I looked at your sacred cow the wrong way. Yet everything you have said has been against a strawman. It's a bit sad, really, but I'm sure you'll have another go declaring that the slant of the apostrophe there means that I think Steve Jobs eats baby blood.
As much as executing so well that they've changed the industry several times? Surely even you realize how bias you are.
>No. I'm not. You are extraordinary.
Then what was the relevance in mentioning it? Throwing in random, unrelated facts into the conversation... just because?
>Look, I'm sorry that I looked at your sacred cow the wrong way.
My sacred cow? I don't even own an iPhone! I'm just not going to sit back and watch you blast others for spin that doesn't stroke your bias and spew it out yourself as fact.
>It's a bit sad, really, but I'm sure you'll have another go declaring that the slant of the apostrophe there means that I think Steve Jobs eats baby blood.
More spin from you. I've never seen a post from you on this site that wasn't taking some kind of cheap shot at Apple.
If you don't like Apple, I don't care. Don't buy their stuff. But don't vomit nonsense and misrepresentations all over the site that someone has to correct.
Where do you come up with this stuff? You think Apple was "throwing their weight around" with the iPod? Before they released it, I think most people didn't even realize Apple was still around. With the iPhone? The smart phone market was barely worth paying attention to before they reinvented it.
Talk about "reality distortion field".