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Re: More Apple quality problems?

From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: More Apple quality problems?
Date 2015-01-01 00:23 +0000
Organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
Message-ID <cgjicrFrc1nU7@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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On 2015-01-01, nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> In article <cgjhbsFrc1nU5@mid.individual.net>, Jolly Roger
><jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> > Yes, you'll argue that Apple's marketing examples all show setups where
>> > there are no such peripherals attached.  But in real life, I suspect
>> > that is not the case, and it would explain Tim Cook stating the MacPro
>> > sales are very low.
>> 
>> Where did Tim Cook say that Mac Pro sales are very low? I'll wait for
>> your citation. Or are you lying yet again in another lame troll attempt?
>
> the mac pro has never been a top seller. according to apple, 80% of
> their sales are macbooks and the bulk of the remaining 20% is the imac.

JF seems to be claiming that the fact that more peripherals are needed with the
new Mac Pro that sales are low. That's very different from "Mac Pro is
not a large percentage of overall Mac sales".

>> Demand seems to be outpacing supply:
>>
>> <http://www.forbes.com/sites/connieguglielmo/2013/12/19/apple-users-hoping-for-
>> a-mac-pro-desktop-this-year-will-have-to-wait-until-february-or-longer/>
>>
>> <http://seekingalpha.com/article/2122043-apple-very-strong-demand-for-mac-pro-
>> 2014>
>> <http://seekingalpha.com/article/2128433-very-strong-demand-for-mac-pro-makes-amd-a-buy>
>
> those were from last year, when they had early production issues with a
> new design in a brand new factory. plus, there was pent up demand since
> the mac pro hadn't been updated in several years.

That has little to do with JF's assertion above that the lack of
internal expansion somehow explains "very low" Mac Pro sales? Stop
trying to muddy the waters.

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JR

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More Apple quality problems? nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2014-12-30 21:06 -0700
  Re: More Apple quality problems? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-12-31 13:54 +0000
    Re: More Apple quality problems? billy@MIX.COM - 2014-12-31 14:23 +0000
      Re: More Apple quality problems? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-12-31 14:54 +0000
        Re: More Apple quality problems? billy@MIX.COM - 2014-12-31 21:39 +0000
          Re: More Apple quality problems? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-12-31 21:44 +0000
      Re: More Apple quality problems? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-12-31 16:55 -0500
        Re: More Apple quality problems? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-12-31 17:11 -0500
          Re: More Apple quality problems? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-12-31 22:13 +0000
          Re: More Apple quality problems? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-12-31 17:45 -0500
            Re: More Apple quality problems? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-12-31 23:09 +0000
              Re: More Apple quality problems? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-12-31 18:16 -0500
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-01 00:06 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-12-31 19:15 -0500
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-01 00:23 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-01 14:04 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-01 16:09 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-01-01 09:25 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-01 14:20 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-01-01 15:49 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-01 23:35 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-01-02 09:30 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-01-02 06:24 -0500
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-03 03:59 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-01-01 01:13 -0500
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-01 16:05 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-01-01 18:01 -0500
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-01 23:31 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-01-01 18:51 -0500
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-01-02 13:57 +1300
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-01-02 09:38 +1300
              Re: More Apple quality problems? billy@MIX.COM - 2015-01-01 03:20 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-01 04:26 +0000
              Re: More Apple quality problems? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-01 14:01 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-01 16:06 +0000
            Re: More Apple quality problems? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-12-31 18:24 -0500
            Re: More Apple quality problems? nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2015-01-01 15:14 -0700
        Re: More Apple quality problems? John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2014-12-31 14:37 -0800
          Re: More Apple quality problems? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-12-31 17:48 -0500
            Re: More Apple quality problems? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-12-31 23:08 +0000
  Re: More Apple quality problems? Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2015-01-02 17:48 -0800
  Re: More Apple quality problems? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-01-17 20:21 -0500
    Re: More Apple quality problems? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-18 01:27 +0000
      Re: More Apple quality problems? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-01-18 10:49 -0500
        Re: More Apple quality problems? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-18 16:16 +0000
          Re: More Apple quality problems? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-01-18 12:16 -0500
            Re: More Apple quality problems? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-18 17:23 +0000
            Re: More Apple quality problems? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-18 18:19 +0000
              Re: More Apple quality problems? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-01-18 15:33 -0500
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-18 20:50 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-01-18 23:15 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-01-18 23:33 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-01-18 19:59 -0800
                Re: More Apple quality problems? sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-01-19 19:24 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-01-19 19:23 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-18 19:03 -0500
                Re: More Apple quality problems? sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-01-19 19:21 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-19 14:37 -0500
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                Re: More Apple quality problems? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-19 15:11 -0500
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-01-19 11:04 -0500
                Re: More Apple quality problems? sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-01-19 19:19 +0000
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-01-20 09:19 +1300
                Re: More Apple quality problems? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-18 23:23 +0000
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