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Gartner: Apple Should Quit Hardware Business
Talkback Gartner should quit the analysis business and focus on their core strength, rumor mongering! Why would anyone listen to Gartner? This one story is just the tip of the iceberg in discovering how clueless Gartner is when doing analysis.
[October 19, 2006, 15:34]
Gartner: Apple Should Quit Hardware Business
News Increasing component costs and pressure to cut its prices mean Apple's best bet for long-term success is to quit the hardware business and license the Mac to Dell, analyst firm Gartner claimed on Tuesday.
[October 18, 2006, 16:55]
Gartner: Apple Should Quit Hardware Business
Talkback But Apple does not need to quit the hardware business. I agree. And if Mac OS X gets 20% market share, then Windows will be history in three years. In fact, Apple does nice --very nice; extremely nice-- hardware.
[October 18, 2006, 19:44]
Gartner: Apple Should Quit Hardware Business
Talkback Gartner has obviously never dealt with Dell customer support or used both Dell and Apple machines. I have, and I have sworn that I would NEVER buy another Dell machine. If Apple licensed their hardware to Dell, I would SERIOUSLY consider dropping...
[October 18, 2006, 23:31]
Gartner: Apple Should Quit Hardware Business
Talkback OK, so in a recent audit on reliability Apple scored 201 coming in second behind Levono who scored 243 and Dell had a mighty showing at a score of 4! Thats right, not 204 or 104 or even 54, but 4, and this goose is saying Apple should let Dell...
[October 18, 2006, 22:49]
Gartner: Apple Should Quit Hardware Business
Talkback Gartner would have them become. Maybe Gartner should license their thought processes to Miracle-Gro. Apple's core strength is that it is vertically integrated and helps them guarantee the user experience.
[October 18, 2006, 19:04]
Gartner: Apple Should Quit Hardware Business
Talkback I have bought and used Macs since the IIe, put Dell in the equation and I will move platform. Apple has provided me with a good level of service, I would give them 9 1/2 out of 10. Dell I would not even browse their web site, they do not know what...
[October 18, 2006, 18:57]
Gartner: Apple Should Quit Hardware Business
Talkback This analysis demonstrates what can happen when you give too much weight to one (potential) negative factor while ignoring every other relevant fact. The result is hogwash. The author would have done better to wait to see Apple's latest quarterly...
[October 19, 2006, 0:00]
Gartner: Apple Should Quit Hardware Business
Talkback And Rolls Royce should stop building cars. After the recent reports of Apple's hardware reliability (forget the iPod for the moment) this move would make as much sense as licencing Proton to build the Roller.
[October 24, 2006, 12:17]
Gartner: Apple Should Quit Hardware Business
Talkback I would think that Acer would be a better fit. They could do both Intel and AMD and would benefit Apple by their non-US market share.
[October 23, 2006, 9:47]
Gartner: Apple Should Quit Hardware Business
Talkback However while we think that it's important to cover what an analyst such as Gartner has to say - that shouldn’t be confused with what ZDNet UK believes. Thanks for all your Talkback - this is clearly an issue that has galvanised opinion.
[October 20, 2006, 16:54]
Gartner: Apple Should Quit Hardware Business
Talkback You know, I think some of this is very funny. Apples are over priced, better quality, I agree. However, to all the losers who think that MAC OS X will ever be free, OMG. Do you think, for 1 second, that Apple will continue to put together you...
[October 20, 2006, 14:00]
Gartner: Apple Should Quit Hardware Business
Talkback Apple are a hardware manufacturer? What are you guys on? The only difference between the new mac mini and a cheap box of bits I could throw together for a fraction of the cost is the TPM chip . Apple dont make ANY of the stuff inside the cute...
[October 20, 2006, 13:45]
Gartner: Apple Should Quit Hardware Business
Talkback Who the hell would want an incompatible PC anyway, Thats all that the Apple machines are, PCs running custom linux!
[October 20, 2006, 11:42]
Gartner: Apple Should Quit Hardware Business
Talkback Maybe Apple should quit making iPods and get Microsoft to make iZunes for them.hahahahahahahahahahaha! Easily the funniest thread ever! Dell to make Macs.yeah, that will be great.NOT. Dell are a box company, they make boxes with components inside.
[October 20, 2006, 10:12]
Gartner: Apple Should Quit Hardware Business
Talkback Has Andrew Donoghue being paying *any* attention to recent (US) surveys showing the level of customer satisfaction of Apple v. Dell in terms of warranty service, customer support and hardware quality?
[October 20, 2006, 0:40]
Gartner: Apple Should Quit Hardware Business
Talkback HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA thanks for the funny article! Made my day! Dell hardware, hahahahahahahahahah ROTFL
[October 19, 2006, 23:54]
Gartner: Apple Should Quit Hardware Business
Talkback It almost the reason I read this opinion because it's from Gartner.which usually turned up useless and no bases whatsoever. Is Gartner own by Fox? I should know better. Why a company that excel on both software and hardware throw away one of the...
[October 19, 2006, 23:05]
Gartner: Apple Should Quit Hardware Business
Talkback Gartner is either an 'embedded' analyst for micrsoft-dell, has never owned a mac, or is an idiot; or quite possibly all three. I've spent 15 years on pcs with dos and windows, and this last year with a mac, and i tell ya bud, i'm never going back.
[October 19, 2006, 22:55]
Gartner: Apple Should Quit Hardware Business
Talkback This is why people don't really pay attention to Gartner anymore. They make ridiculous statements like this. Fun and probably generates eyebalss, but effectively vacuous and stupid. Somehow, they have ignored the fact that the Apple experience is...
[October 19, 2006, 22:51]
