Comments on: Apple CEO Steve Jobs holds court on earnings day

The rare appearance by the Apple CEO produces a few more pithy quotes than you would usually hear on an earnings call. Here are a few.

[Seanathome]

I have to agree with the rest of the world... Steve just looks way too thin. It's really sad to see the two most prominent icons in Silicon Valley (Steve Jobs and Bill Gates) begin to assend in age. Sooner rather than later, they will be gone. Who will take the place as head of Apple?

[iertry]

I think it could be shared. Just the way Steve Ballmer, Ray Ozzie and craig mundie are probably the top three at Microsoft I think Phil Schiler, Jony Ive and Maybe Tim Cook or Scott Forstall will share leadership of Apple. I still don;t think we will see jobs going anywhere soon though.

[MaLvaDo39]

Steve Jobs has always been on the calls. This is not a rare appearance! Do some research on that one c/net.

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[iConquered]

I am absolutely content with Apple catering to a higher niche crowd. You don't have to be upper middle class, or wealthy, to afford a Macintosh computer. I am a University student and I was able to use my loan to purchase this Mac. I see people spending $400 on PlayStation 3 and they buy five games at $60 a pop, without blinking, but they consider the Mac to be an expensive brand. If you are truly interested in the Mac experience, then the current price range (as low as $1,000 as high as $3,000) isn't too steep, as long as you don't go for the most cutting edge Apple products. Then again, even the low tier Apple items, have a high tier experience.

Nobody would expect Ferrari to produce three door hatch backs for $25,000, so why do people always expect Apple to create some low end product? Some companies are meant for people who are willing to make an investment, or who can merely afford the initial buy in. Though in Apple's case, it is more on the investment end. They even have monthly payment plans in the $30 price range, for those who want to get a Mac, but can't easily (or expeditiously) save money.

[myles taylor]

"What we want to do is deliver an increasing level of value to these customers, but there are some customers which we choose not to serve. We don't know how to make a $500 computer that's not a piece of junk; our DNA will not let us do that. We've seen great success by focusing on certain segments of the market and not trying to be everything to everybody, and you can expect us to stick with that winning strategy."

I love that. I'm not saying that Mac users are always the smartest (I work in tech support and I still get calls from Mac users) but the low end users will saturate the tech support and the Apple service would go downhill. I don't want that. I'd rather pay for a mid-to-high end product than let the Apple brand be diluted with low quality computers.

[savagesteve13]

Apple will never truly garner significant market share until they decide to go head to dead with Dell on pricing vs. features.

Yes consumers want everything. They have been asking for an Apple that is upgradeable and inexpensive. Apple has only delivered either/or, not both for the price.

Apple has this flawed belief that if they produce low-end computers it will be competition against their high end computers. Thats like saying if Toyota produces the Corolla, it will steer buyers away from the Avalon. Obviously the corolla hasn't hurt Toyota's sales, and neither will a cheap consumer grade Apple.

And don't bring up the Mac Mini. It has no real expandability other than via external ports.

[medezark]

Unfortunately, Apple is already producing, on a $ to $ comparison, sub $500.00 machines. They just charge more for them.

[zizouchannelis]

What is the need to buy a Mac for $2700 dollars with a 17 inch screen and 2.4 Ghz processor just because it is APPLE-MAC branded or because it looks thin and nice?! Mac-Pro Getting best reviews from editors just thanks to AD's and a lot lot of PUB. Wen you Compare an HP HDX18t (18.4 inch screen and Core2 Quad Processor QX9300 ) at this Price Range with a MAC PRO, apple would look ridiculous!!
Sincerly Jobs You you did good job in OS and IPhone's invention but you have to realize that apple is still far far away in Netbooks and notebooks Features comparing of what SONY, DELL, HP, TOSHIBA... have to offer. Jobs Comments make me feel like he is going to sell his products only in Beverly Hills, for him all brands in the market around him are pieces of junks.
Come On! if you want to make business you have to look around!

[pres211982]

It should resume part-time work initially, writes the WSJ which quotes an anonymous source.

The director of the operations Tim Cook will preserve daily management for this period, adds this same source.

Neither Steve Jobs nor the company confirmed this information, specifies the American daily newspaper, according to which some frameworks of Apple were with the current of the operation and informed each week by the doctor of Steve Jobs.

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[pres211982]

It should resume part-time work initially, writes the WSJ which quotes an anonymous source.

The director of the operations Tim Cook will preserve daily management for this period, adds this same source.

Neither Steve Jobs nor the company confirmed this information, specifies the American daily newspaper, according to which some frameworks of Apple were with the current of the operation and informed each week by the doctor of Steve Jobs.

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