- but what if they MEAN to hit Beijing and blow up DC instead?

(anti gloat post here) Back in '99 I was having a good year so I took $5,000 and invested in Mercedes benz and a local bank. In two years I cleverly sat on the stock until it was worth about $2,500. At that point I sold it off and have stayed away from stocks since. In fact I put all my savings into real estate since it had always been so stable. Ahhhhhhhhhhhrruuuuphmgpt.

Based on all my savvy investments I am now a thousandaire.

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Exactly! The people I know who are most critical of all things Apple are people who enjoy fooling around with operating systems ad software. Not everybody wants to be a mechanic. Some of us just want to drive the car. I have enjoyed not having to deal with the constant headaches of trying to get things done on a Windows computer. If Apple can streamline and simplifiy home AV systems the same way they did computers, they just might be a $1000 a share before long.

I bought an i Pod 4 years ago. Love it! That made me decide to replace my laptop with a MacBook Pro 2 years ago. Absolutely love it! When it was time to replace my smart phone, I got an i Phone 4S. Abso-effing-lutely LOVE it!

Yeah, I've bought all the Apple stock I can afford. Nobody's twisting your arm to buy it, but at least get your facts straight before you go spouting off crap about a company you clearly know nothing about. Otherwise, you just end up looking foolish.

By the way, Apple is sitting on $136,000,000,000.00 in cash right now. If you subtract that from their current market cap, it gives you a PE of something like 5 or 6. There aren't many bargains on the stock exchange like that right now.

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1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Good for you if you are raking in money left, right and center on AAPL.

You are talking like THE analyst who predicted the stock will go to $1100+. Now he is backing down to $888 using the same argument you put in here on the cash reserve. I am not sure you quoted him or he quoted you. PE of 5 or 6 does not mean a thing. NFLX PE is 500+. It is because it is seen as a growth stock. AAPL is seen as a value stock. All car companies have low PE, look at Ford. Is it a good buy? I doubt it.

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Not MBZ nor A/C trained professional but a die-hard DIY and green engineer. Use the info at your own peril. Picked up 2 Infractions because of disagreements. NOW reversed.

W124 Keyless remote, PM for details. http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/mercedes-used-parts-sale-wanted/334620-fs-w124-chasis-keyless-remote-%2450-shipped.html

1 X 2006 CDI
1 x 87 300SDL
1 x 87 300D
1 x 87 300TDT wagon
1 x 83 300D
1 x 84 190D ( 5 sp ) - All R134 converted + keyless entry.

Okay, whatever you say . . .

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Exactly I listened to my tech friends and bought into the Apple nonsense until I got my Iphone....which I like very much because it works. Than I got my mom a Macbook Pro, which I like even more because it works well. Now I'm going to replace my HP desktop with an IMac at some point this year. Maybe Apple TV is next for me? There stuff is nice it works, I'm not a tech guy, fixing tech stuff for me costs money, I have to pay people or mail computers out in Dell's case. That's not for me.

Their stuff works, and its just nice. Plus if I have a problem the store isn't far away and they can fix it.

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2006 CL500
2009 C300 4matic
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

You can be as wonky as you want to with a Mac. The command line interface is fun if you know unix commands. Nice thing is, you don't have to. They just work.
We have a new MacBook in-house as well as the wife's iPad and a 98 vintage tower that is now retired to file storage and hasn't shut down except for power outages and hard drive upgrades since it was new in the box. Son is a sophomore in college and still using the MacBook he bought his junior year in high school. He runs Windows on it when necessary for GIS mapping applications.
I prefer the 2002 G4 17in. Powerbook I'm typing this on, but I'm going to replace it soon with a MacBook with a retina display and flash hard disk. To me, when you look at all the independent PC repair people there are who are making some sort of a living, and compare that to the nearly non-existent indy Mac techs, the tale is told. They just work.

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04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

I actually like OS X Macs. It's the lockdown on the iOS devices that I can't stand. You can use an Android device without being a mechanic and without being locked down.

I appreciate the stability of the Mac OS. I've never had my MacBook crash, never had my phone crash or become corrupted. A lot of people are critical of Apple's tight control over their hardware and software, but that's exactly why it works so well. I think most people tend to prefer that. If Apple's Zen-like approach can live on without Steve Job's presence, ad they can continue to apply it to other consumer electronics products, they'll do very well.

Everytime I hear anything said about Microsoft getting into our cars and home appliances I cringe. When it's time to cook dinner, I don't want to have to defrag my stove or reboot my refrigerator ten times. I don't want to have to worry about my toaster or microwave getting a virus for god's sake! I'd buy Apple kitchen appliances, if they ever decide to get into that . . .

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

OS X (Macbook) is the ideal model -- you can install any software you like without downloading it from Apple. Censoring what kind of applications can be installed, as on iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod) is taking it too far, and was the legacy of an ill old man grasping for one last iota of control.

Except they abandoned all their 1st gen iPad buyers. No more OS upgrades, on hardware that's barely 3 years old. That's standing behind your customers?

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2012 Subaru Forester 5-speed
2005 Toyota Sienna
2004 Chrysler Sebring convertible
1999 Toyota Tacoma

Of course -- the customers would be better served with new iPads, complete with iCrippleOS 7.0.

When you're Steve Jobs' age, come back and let us know if you feel 'old'.

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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

What won't the first gen iPad not do, except load iOS 6?

Why iOS 6 Just Turned Your iPad 1G Into a Paperweight | Hacker News

The comments seem to indicate that not having iOS 6 isn't turning them into bricks.