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1. Comment - Windows 7: Vista without the crap

   (Oct 23, 2009 - 11:11 AM)

   ok..couldn't resist and since it is off topic I'll accept being being given the "fist closed thumbs down up the backside" on this but Kholdstare, you said "cap site" now did you mean crap or is this a new part of the proposed cap and trade emission policy? Also, if you feel that way, there are other sites you can go to to get those new cutting edge programs.

2. Comment - Apple Q4 2009 by the numbers: Beats street, posts $1.67B profit

   (Oct 20, 2009 - 5:09 PM)

   Thank you fatty. coming from you that means ..well..squat.

3. Comment - Apple Q4 2009 by the numbers: Beats street, posts $1.67B profit

   (Oct 20, 2009 - 12:13 PM)

   When one looks at their financial statement several aspects stand out:
   1) GOP (Gross Operating profit)- 38.4%. Now by any business model this is high and is probablly the result of building products in China where labor cost are lower. Not a knock against Apple since a lot of companies do it.
   2) Depreciation- Now all companies use this accounting gimmick in order to reduce tax. What is interesting in Apple's case is that the Number has gone up for the last 4 quarters. Depreciation usually works the other way around.
   3) Advertising- This is one of the most puzzling aspects of Apple's P&L- For the last 4 Quarters, according to their P&L, they have spent no money on Advertising. Obviously, since we have seen Apple adds, this doesn't add up.What it does do is inflate the bottom line.
   4) R&D- While this number has steadily grown, it still only represents 4.09% of revenue. This might be explain by looking at snow leopard as more of a SP1, only a little tweaking on the IPHONE, and a little tweaking on the IPOD: however, this is an extremely small number in an industry that is R&D cost heavy.
   5) Net Profit as a % of sales- Because of the above, Apple posted a net profit of 14.75%. this is a high %.
   here is a link to Apple's financial report-
   http://money.cnn.com/quo...nancials.html?symb=AAPL
   
   I am not knocking Apple or any company. I am just looking at the numbers.

4. Comment - The Windows 7 launch: The cultural event of the entire afternoon

   (Oct 20, 2009 - 10:49 AM)

   For those that are so inclined, here is a link to an ebook tech download on how to install or deploy windows 7:
   http://www.microsoft.com...6030&displayLang=en
   
   For those of us that like to tinker and discover things on our own, have fun:)

5. Comment - AT&T: Google is an evil empire that must be stopped

   (Oct 15, 2009 - 4:06 PM)

   Actually "mud" can be dry:)