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Story: Microsoft can't out-cool Apple
Posted by: K Mark (Monday 4 October 2004, 4:32 PM)
Yes, Steve is just so frustrated when it comes to home consumers!
1. Its hardware partners are unable to design anything with elegance or "cool"-ness - both in music players, portable media center, PCs, and tablet PCs; unlike Apple's iPod (for PC and Mac), iBook, Powerbook, PowerMac G5, and iMac G5.
2. Its software is bland - both WMP10 and the MSN Music Store - or malware-ridden (Windows!); unlike Apple's iTunes (for PC and Mac) and OS X.
3. It abandons selling Wi-Fi hardware just as Apple comes out with Airport Express with iTunes (for both PC and Mac).
4. Consumer technology stores like Best Buy, Circuit City, and CompUSA do a poor job of showcasing the MS Media Center PC and Tablet PC; while the retail Apple Stores are now profitable, rapidly growing, and considered cool!
All that money, and yet stuck at the mercy of its hardware partners and retail store partners! So more FUD, not cool products, are the answer for the day!!!
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Story: Microsoft can't out-cool Apple
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Apple is King of Cool. With the arrival of OSX th... Douglas Metcalfe -
No duh!!!
Monkey boy got no ideas of his own. Tyler Lemke
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Yes, Steve is just so frustrated when it come... K Mark -
To me the "tipping point" is when you sneak up on... Sir Tips A. Lott
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Hey, I love Macs. I have 4 of them, and I even co... Matt
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MS is done. They can win an IT market by corraling... joe belkin
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You couldn't be more correct!
Microsoft has always... Clue Giver
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Freakin' crazin' screamin' out right!
Cool article... Anonymous
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My oh my, Microsloth is really feeling the bite of... Close the Gates
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Too right, not to mention that David will always h... Anonymous
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