#126355 - 08/13/08 05:54 PM
OT: Oh Kluth? An Apple tidbit for you...
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Nick Batzdorf
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Registered: 04/15/99
Posts: 10298
Loc: Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Digital Daily notes that Apple's market capitalization at $159.37 billion is now worth more than Google's which is at $157.56 billion. Apple's market cap first exceeded $100 billion in May of 2007. Apple was included into the S&P 100 index at that time. For interest, MacDailyNews compiled a list of the market values of other notable companies:
- Microsoft (MSFT) - $255,648,204,000
- IBM (IBM) - $169,964,678,000
- Apple (AAPL) - $157,012,662,240
- Google (GOOG) - $156,392,862,560
- Cisco (CSCO) - $142,125,692,160
- Intel (INTC) - $135,658,860,000
- Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) - $111,866,423,760
- Nokia (NOK) - $97,746,699,520
- Research In Motion (RIMM) - $71,143,935,000
- Disney (DIS) - $59,257,501,500
- Dell (DELL) - $50,483,256,060
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#126376 - 08/14/08 08:27 AM
Re: OT: Oh Kluth? An Apple tidbit for you...
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noah330
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Registered: 01/02/04
Posts: 786
Loc: Massachusetts
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Research In Motion = Haliburton.
Just kidding!
Here is their site:
http://www.rim.net/
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Ed Roman for President
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#126388 - 08/14/08 02:03 PM
Re: OT: Oh Kluth? An Apple tidbit for you...
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noah330
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Registered: 01/02/04
Posts: 786
Loc: Massachusetts
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I have a MBP and I do have Windows installed on the machine.
I have a very small Windows partition and only use it for SoundForge.
If someone could reccomend me a program like SoundForge for the Mac I would probably make the switch 100%.
I would bet most people that have Windows on their laptops simply have it so they can show their friends.
As far as Apple - I think the iPod made a lot of casual users switch platforms. Combine that with the fact that you now can dual boot and that the Mac is the more fashionable - in looks and pop culture - machine and I am not surprised they have sold a ton of them.
Nick - I know you were a Boston guy for a while. Now the old Copy Cop on Boylston (across from the Prudencial) is the largest Apple store in the US. It's pretty wild - but with Berklee right there they have 2000 customers right around the corner.
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#126392 - 08/14/08 04:18 PM
Re: OT: Oh Kluth? An Apple tidbit for you...
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Dan Bozek
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Registered: 03/03/08
Posts: 202
Loc: Steubenville, OH, USA
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It would be interesting to know how many users actually do run Windows on them. My hunch is that fewer people than one thinks do - and I'm not saying that out of zealotry, but because you have to buy a copy of Windows to do that.
I have Win XP SP3 running on my new MacBook Pro using Parallels. I don't use it for anything practical at all, but its on there.
If someone could reccomend me a program like SoundForge for the Mac I would probably make the switch 100%.
Bias Peek, Rogue Amoeba Fission and Sound Hack are some editing/sound designing programs that I use. Do a Google of the names and you'll find some info. SH is free, Fission is pretty cheap, and Peek is a little pricey. The amount of things they do is in the same order.
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