Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > comp.sys.mac.system > #74550

Re: Apple's money problems....

Show all headers | View raw

In article <slrnmk4j88.u4.g.kreme@amelia.local>, Lewis
<g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

> In message <290420152204495393%invid@loclanet.com> 
>   Invid Fan <invid@loclanet.com> wrote:
> > In article <slrnmk2ug4.1p2p.g.kreme@amelia.local>, Lewis
> > <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
> 
> >> In message <290420151641306183%invid@loclanet.com> 
> >>   Invid Fan <invid@loclanet.com> wrote:
> >> > In article <mhq3ii$5uq$1@dont-email.me>, Oregonian Haruspex
> >> > <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >> >> On 2015-04-28 09:13:24 +0000, JF Mezei said:
> >> >> 
> >> >> > iPad not doing so well.
> >> >> 
> >> >> This is like saying somebody has no pulse, as long as you measure the 
> >> >> heart rate only when it isn't pumping.
> >> >> 
> >> >> Other newer shinier shit is in higher demand, because practically 
> >> >> everybody who wants the new iPad probably bought it already and there's 
> >> >> newer shinier stuff to be had now.  But, when Apple releases another 
> >> >> new iPad it will sell, like always, much better than the stale 
> >> >> predecessor did as it was on its way out.
> >> >> 
> >> > Most of the "problem", I think, is that there's no reason to replace an
> >> > iPad. I have the original mini, and will keep it until the day it dies.
> >> > There's no incentive to buy a newer model.
> >> 
> >> Oh, no, that's not true. If you have a non-retina iPad you definitely
> >> should upgrade.
> 
> > I had a retina iPod before, and while it looks better it's not a
> > feature I'm going to pay another $500 for. Not when what I have does
> > what it needs to do.
> 
> You sell the one you have, making the upgrade a no-brainer.
> 
> When I upgraded from my iPad 2 to 3 I gave my 2 to my eldest, but I
> could have sold it for $350.

Is anyone allowed to say they don't care about a feature? I still don't
have a HD TV because my old 36" TV is still going after 18 years. I
plan on treating this mini the same way. When it dies, it gets replaced
by whatever the new model is. Even the $150 your example gives is too
much for me to pay for a pretty picture.

-- 
Chris Mack       "If we show any weakness, the monsters will get cocky!"
'Invid Fan'             - 'Yokai Monsters Along With Ghosts'

Back to comp.sys.mac.system | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

Apple's money problems.... JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-04-28 04:53 -0400
  Re: Apple's money problems.... JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-04-28 05:13 -0400
    Re: Apple's money problems.... dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-04-29 12:29 +1200
    Re: Apple's money problems.... Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2015-04-29 01:09 -0700
      Re: Apple's money problems.... nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-04-29 06:06 -0400
      Re: Apple's money problems.... JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-04-29 13:23 -0400
      Re: Apple's money problems.... Invid Fan <invid@loclanet.com> - 2015-04-29 16:41 -0400
        Re: Apple's money problems.... JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-04-29 16:53 -0400
          Re: Apple's money problems.... nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-04-29 17:04 -0400
            Re: Apple's money problems.... sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-04-29 21:29 +0000
        Re: Apple's money problems.... Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-04-30 09:29 +1200
          Re: Apple's money problems.... sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-04-29 23:55 +0000
        Re: Apple's money problems.... Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-04-29 15:13 -0700
        Re: Apple's money problems.... Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-04-30 00:39 +0000
          Re: Apple's money problems.... Invid Fan <invid@loclanet.com> - 2015-04-29 22:04 -0400
            Re: Apple's money problems.... Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-04-30 15:39 +0000
              Re: Apple's money problems.... Invid Fan <invid@loclanet.com> - 2015-04-30 21:09 -0400
                Re: Apple's money problems.... Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-05-01 05:06 +0000
        Re: Apple's money problems.... Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2015-05-01 15:38 -0700
  Re: Apple's money problems.... dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-04-29 12:29 +1200

csiph-web