Why It’s Time To Buy Apple Stock?

Published on October 2nd, 2007

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And an iPod and iPhone in every backpack.

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# 1 Mike said, on October 2nd, 2007 at 8:46 pm

Its time to buy stock in Apple because in a subject/course where students are REQUIRED to use mac computers, all the students have mac computers??
Sorry, but I just can’t see the link.

# 2 Thomas said, on October 2nd, 2007 at 8:57 pm

They are in college. When I was in college 20 years ago, almost every computer on campus, including mine, was a Mac. If I were going to college today, I would consider long and hard on getting a Mac (but wouldn’t) just because it is likely that most of the computer systems are geared towards Macs. However, once you get out of college and into the business world, you will find far, far fewer Macs.

# 3 Hey, I know that girl! said, on October 2nd, 2007 at 9:09 pm

That’s Ganett Auditorium in the Mizzou J-school. I know this because I have class in there twice a week.

So here’s how it goes.

Step 1. Apple gives J-school lot’s of free/dirt cheap stuff for their labs.
Step 2. Apple then requests the J-school maintain very high Mac sales.
Step 3. J-school publishes this to incoming freshmen:
http://tinyurl.com/2bawxa

They tell everyone that if they don’t buy Mac, some of the software they’ll need will not work.

I caught on that this was a FUD/sales pitch, bought a Dell, and had the joy of explaining to nontechnical froshies that 1. iLife sucks and 2. you can in fact run Adobe CS3 on Windows.

# 4 Nik said, on October 2nd, 2007 at 9:30 pm

Oh boy, here come the windows and mac fanboys.

How about buying a computer that makes you happy. Run friggin Windows, OS X, Linux, DOS, OS/2 Warp etc… This blog can’t go for a week without someone else stirring stirring up the operating system fanboys.

Lets sum it up for both sides:
OS X fanboys – I don’t get viruses and and Steve Jobs is l337.
Windows fanboys – Macs suck and are overpriced.

# 5 Awake said, on October 2nd, 2007 at 9:48 pm

If this is a university class, it must be in a non-technical subject.
As soon as you step out of email, photo editing and playing music… you have basically left the Mac universe.
The major clue….waaaay too many cute girls for this to have anything to do with engineering.

My guess…
“Bring your computer so we can setup your email accounts and answer any questions about that.

# 6 Brian said, on October 2nd, 2007 at 10:05 pm

Amusing picture. To address some of the comments, here I go.

I’m a CST (comp sys) student and a developer at a Canadian college. I’ve been working with Windows machines for most of my life, and have only recently got a Mac.

Using a Mac, you get one major advantage. You distance yourself from Microsoft. Mac OS X, for me anyways, increases productivity and is more stable for development.

IMHO, if you don’t want to use Windows, use Linux. A lot less overhead and does a lot better.

And the reason you don’t see Mac’s in the ‘real-world’ isn’t because it isn’t a good product / OS, it’s because executives don’t know anything that isn’t Microsoft. If it isn’t Windows or MS Office, executives won’t touch it. One of the big reasons most companies would run a web server using the Windows OS (there is a good use of resources. Lets run a GUI on a machine which solely serves web pages).

And the Mac is making an entrance into the business world. Starting with many IT departments (as usual).

Cheers,
Brian

P.S. not a Mac fanboy. Just a Windows hater.

# 7 NappyHeadedHo said, on October 2nd, 2007 at 11:11 pm

Notice in the audience that there are 3 empty seats. These are the Windows users that are back in the dorm applying software security updates, doing the daily anti-virus updates, running spybot software, trying to remove Sony root kit bullshit or searching for driver updates.

I agree with #6, not a fanboy – just an MS hater.

# 8 Mumbai said, on October 2nd, 2007 at 11:42 pm

Yes, Americans – keep insisting your kids use Apples in school. When they get out, they won’t be prepared for the Windows-based business world of North America, so their jobs will get outsourced to Mumbai, India.

Meanwhile, Walmart’s hiring, so you can help China get ahead, too…

# 9 Ben Waymark said, on October 3rd, 2007 at 2:17 am

That guy is yellow, with the pen and piece of paper, is my personal hero.

As for Mumbai (#8) When they get out, they won’t be prepared for the Windows-based business world of North America, so their jobs will get outsourced to Mumbai, India.

Yes, you are right, because its SOOOOO hard to learn Windows after using a Mac…. frankly, if you can’t figure Windows or Mac out, your job is probably better off in Mumbai where people will at least make the effort.

# 10 Stefan said, on October 3rd, 2007 at 2:25 am

The reason to buy a Apple laptop:
- It’s not the OS
- It’s not the design
- It’s not the coolness factor

- It’s simply that you know what you gonna get!

If I would want to buy a Windows laptop there is a myriad of different models out there, and I wouldn’t even know how to start to compare them.
Maybe at first you’ll try to find a ‘good’ manufacturer, but that’s already hard, because for every good review you will certainly find a few complains.
Most people will tell you that you can’t go wrong with a certain model of a certain manufacturer, but you’ll soon find out that they are just recommending one of the most expensive brands and models available.

The Mac has the advantage of a small clean product lineup from which it’s easy to choose the right model for you. It saves you lots of time and headaches and you know that the quality will be alright.

It’s not even more expensive than a Windows laptop, because if you buy one of those you most likely will end up buying an over the top model just to give yourself the feeling that you didn’t buy crap.

# 11 Les said, on October 3rd, 2007 at 2:31 am

I am back at school after a 20 year break. I use an apple PB G4 12″ for size, weight, and battery lifetime. It has caused some problems to others in the classes.

# 12 John S said, on October 3rd, 2007 at 2:42 am

All the kids must have rich parents to afford MacBook Pro’s! I dont’ think I saw a MacBook in the bunch?? Would I want to give my kid a $2000 laptop to drag around everywhere??
Some people made good pratical points about these students going into business world with Mac’s?

# 13 moss said, on October 3rd, 2007 at 3:17 am

Current Target price for Apple stock is $165. Somebody knows somethin’.

# 14 qsabe said, on October 3rd, 2007 at 3:42 am

Somebody knows that Steve Jobs has the best sales pitch going.

# 15 Bob West said, on October 3rd, 2007 at 3:54 am

I have been using Window’s since 3.1. During a recent move, I used my friend’s mac for a month. Everthing thing about it was uncomfortable, hated the GUI.
Maybe if I started with it in the begining when it had a black & white display. After a month I has happy to be back to Vista.
ps: I also run Linux, but prefer Windows. As to the kids in the class photo, its the cool factor and at that age do you really want to be the rebel? Remember the mac ad campaign “Think Different” now it’s “Be The Same”.

# 16 Phillip M said, on October 3rd, 2007 at 4:10 am

#10:

I’d hate to see you try and buy a car… or a house… or anything that costs more than a couple hundred dollars.

Actually, I take that back, I think it might be a little amusing.

# 17 gquaglia said, on October 3rd, 2007 at 4:34 am

Got to remember some of these college kids will be going out into business world and eventually will be making IT purchasing decisions for their company. I would even venture to say some will be buying Macs for their company. Especially if M$ continues to screw the corporate world with its costly and draconian licensing schemes.

# 18 KevinDupuy said, on October 3rd, 2007 at 4:36 am

I wonder whether any of those Macs are running Linux…

# 19 gquaglia said, on October 3rd, 2007 at 4:38 am

it’s because executives don’t know anything that isn’t Microsoft. If it isn’t Windows or MS Office, executives won’t touch it. One of the big reasons most companies would run a web server using the Windows OS

Don’t many large business run their web servers on Linux boxes running Apache? And refer to my comment #17 to see how these attitudes could be changing.

# 20 gquaglia said, on October 3rd, 2007 at 4:40 am

#18 probably not many. No reason to run Linux when OSX is as good or better then Linux. The only reason to run Linux is to run a quality OS on PC priced gear.

# 21 qsabe said, on October 3rd, 2007 at 5:12 am

#20 A PC with an Apple on the outside is still a PC.

# 22 Awake said, on October 3rd, 2007 at 5:58 am

#17 – Making IT decisions?
These are journalism students.
If in front of the camera, they need to know how to read coherently.
If behind the desk, they need to know how to write and (specially if working at Fox) make stuff up, distort reality and spew the corporate line.
Very few will make IT decisions… that’s what engineering students are going to be doing… and guess what they would rather use… hint… Mac comes in last.

Mac = PC with training wheels.

# 23 cheese said, on October 3rd, 2007 at 6:12 am

So, can I run OS X on my Dell? No? Why not? How about unlocking my iPhone? Tell me again what a brick is? How about running anything other than iTunes on my iPod? No? Isn’t this monopolistic behavior? Come to think of it, hasn’t Apple always behaved this way?

It’s the same load of crap I had to put up with back when IBM came out with Microchannel. There were idiots touting the great subjective benefits of that platform, too. I refuse to use a locked platform. Even M$ behaves less monopolistic that this these days.

I didn’t fall for it last time and I’m not falling for it this time either. When I buy a computer, I expect to own it.

# 24 pedro said, on October 3rd, 2007 at 6:12 am

#4 nicely put.

#6 and how many of those are using bootcamp?

#10 so in short, don’t give me choice, gimmie death.

#20 which makes you wonder why did mac is giving bootcamp for free? Could there be a relation ‘tween bootcamp and the increased sales? Nah!

#21 don’t say that. They’ll have a heart attack when they find out.

# 25 Half Moon said, on October 3rd, 2007 at 6:13 am

Steve Jobs is God. When college students conform to a standard because they are a loyal to a single product then the future of America is in disastrous hands. Next thing you’ll have is Steve Jobs face on t-shirts a la Che Gueverra.

# 26 Thomas said, on October 3rd, 2007 at 6:28 am

#6
Disagree. IMO, you it is far more difficult to achieve the same level of corporate control with a Macs than with Windows. It is far easier on Windows to ensure that everyone has virus scanners, firewalls, prevent users from installing rogue applications, ensure everyone is using the same applications, make sure that patches are being done on the OS and applications etc. In short, in terms of management tools, Windows has far more available and has far more functionality baked in for the corporate environment. Hell, even remote connectivity to a Mac is a chore compared to Windows which has the technology built-in.

#9
Uh, yeah. I occasionally have to test things on a Mac and it is a pain to figure out how to do what I want with their Mickey Mouse interface. Just figuring out what application you are in if all of its MDI windows are minimized can be pain.

# 27 gquaglia said, on October 3rd, 2007 at 6:37 am

I occasionally have to test things on a Mac and it is a pain to figure out how to do what I want with their Mickey Mouse interface.

So Mickey Mouse that M$ tried to copy it for Vista. You people make me laugh.

# 28 B. Dog said, on October 3rd, 2007 at 6:49 am

Apple has pandered to the schools for many years now. Thanks to the guy that knows a girl in the class, we know it’s a journalism class. As Dvorak has pointed out in the past, “With 90 percent of the mainstream writers being Mac users, what would you expect?”.

# 29 JoaoPT said, on October 3rd, 2007 at 7:00 am

#27 and we’re seeing XP users running to Vista in droves, right?
Microsoft will have to make Vista less Mac like if it wants to succeed. What were they thinking? Home users buy Macs, and companies buy PCs, Vista is too much Mac like to be respected in the corporate world.

# 30 pedro said, on October 3rd, 2007 at 7:27 am

#27 and that’s why vista is as big a success as macos

# 31 JimR said, on October 3rd, 2007 at 8:03 am

You all missed the point. Buy Apple stock, but wait a little bit for a correction, because you just missed the 300-times-your-investment run up over the past year.

# 32 gquaglia said, on October 3rd, 2007 at 8:03 am

#29, #30 Vista is not succeeding because of the interface, Vista is failing because, 1) Price, 2) incompatibility with software and hardware, 3) Ever present DRM, WGA and other M$ niceties.

# 33 JimR said, on October 3rd, 2007 at 8:15 am

Re#31, Gosh, I wish. I meant 3 times your investment… 300%.

# 34 JoaoPT said, on October 3rd, 2007 at 8:39 am

#32 Yeah but…
A lot of it’s failure is about perception.
Remember the early days of XP, the “Fischer-Price” OS ?

# 35 Thomas said, on October 3rd, 2007 at 8:46 am

#27
Which is why I’m not using Vista. ;->

# 36 Mister Mustard said, on October 3rd, 2007 at 9:18 am

>>Step 3. J-school publishes this to incoming freshmen:

Haw, that was hilarious. Could “J-School” have its tongue any further up Apples tight little puckered hole?

Jeez. I’ve been using Macs for 20 years (on and off), and I think they’re pretty good machines, but this “brick your iPhone” and “propagandize the schools until they’re dead” stuff is really making me re-think. Maybe Microsoft is NOT the anti-Christ. Maybe it’s Steve Jobs and Steve “I’m banging a 40-something D-lister comedienne” Wozniak.

Sad. Very sad.

# 37 The Man said, on October 3rd, 2007 at 9:57 am

You guys are so short sighted. Journalist students are the ones that will be writing the stories posting the blogs appearing on the 6 o’clock news and working on the daily show. This is about the future not what you did twenty years ago and not just about a stupid phone.

This shows Steve is thinking ahead not just next quarter.

# 38 pedro said, on October 3rd, 2007 at 10:51 am

#37 ahead of what? is the same thing he has done for 20+ years. He had to go into walkmans to find revenue.

# 39 JoaoPT said, on October 3rd, 2007 at 11:46 am

#37 Yeah. He’s been doing this for ever. Apple always had a strong presence on the Educational sector.
Every student has a lot Mac experience when at school.
But then they grow up, and hit reality.

# 40 Nik said, on October 3rd, 2007 at 3:21 pm

“So, can I run OS X on my Dell? No? Why not? How about unlocking my iPhone? Tell me again what a brick is? How about running anything other than iTunes on my iPod? No? Isn’t this monopolistic behavior? Come to think of it, hasn’t Apple always behaved this way?”

If all this bothers you, BUY SOMETHING ELSE!!! Steve Jobs did not come to your house, hold a gun to your head and forced you to buy an iPod, iPhone or to use iTunes.

# 41 m. said, on October 3rd, 2007 at 4:12 pm

when I go by an Apple store it is full of people, young and old. now that Mac has boot-camp and crossover etc. you will see a lot of people switching to Mac! I expect OS 10.5 to be the deciding factor for a lot of “switchers” including me. my last horrible experience with HP support convinces me that the PC for many users is about to end. Mac does cost more, but if you use it for 5 years and it works well, its not that expensive!

# 42 pedro said, on October 3rd, 2007 at 4:50 pm

#40 no need to. People lacking common sense are a dime a dozen nowadays.

#41 you’re mad at HP and want to feel better by switching to mac. Next time you have a cut, throw some acid to it.

# 43 doug said, on October 3rd, 2007 at 6:39 pm

#39. Bingo. Apple has been trying to get their big push into academia to pay off since the Apple IIe days. Ain’t happened.

#41. I find two things interesting (1) the thing that caused the iPod to take off was porting iTunes to Windows; and (2) the thing that caused the Mac to take off was enabling it to run Windows.

One could reasonably say that Apple’s recent success is due to the platform provided by …

oops.

I am seriously considering making my next laptop a Mac, but I ain’t no fanboy. Apple’s recent success being enabled by Windows makes Jobs’ snarky comments seem a bit stupid.

# 44 Simon said, on October 3rd, 2007 at 8:39 pm

Lots of apples a day, apparently didn’t keep the doctor away, there is a dead zebra on the floor on the bottom right of the frame.

# 45 BubbaRay said, on October 3rd, 2007 at 9:10 pm

#44, Simon, there is a dead zebra on the floor on the bottom right of the frame.

Nice find. Even non-sentients get p*ssed when they find out their iPhone has been “bricked.”

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