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onehandle

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4. Apple is going down, they cost too much, there is no software for them, their users are cultists.

Reply to Atman (Original post)

Tue Feb 14, 2012, 10:37 AM

Feb 2012

Windows 95 FOREVER!

...oh, sorry... having a 1997 flashback...

It's 2012, isn't it? Where Apple products are at the top of kid's Christmas list, grandmas are picking iPads up at the most profitable chain of retail stores in the world, and you can buy an iTunes card at just about any Quickee Mart.

Apple Is Fail!

Click here to purchase valentine hearts!

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DAMN! Apple closes above $500/share. [View all] Atman Feb 2012 OP

you say "learn linux" like it's a bad thing... phantom power Feb 2012 #1

Actually, no...I say "throw away all my computers" like it's a bad thing. Atman Feb 2012 #11

Hell no Hutzpa Feb 2012 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Obamanaut Feb 2012 #2

Walmart sharp_stick Feb 2012 #3

"I buy apple products. It makes me feel special." lumberjack_jeff Feb 2012 #8

Therein lies the rub. Atman Feb 2012 #16

Do I hate apple? lumberjack_jeff Feb 2012 #22

Post removed Post removed Feb 2012 #25

At least you completely don't fucking get it. Atman Feb 2012 #14

You worry too much about what other people think. - nt badtoworse Feb 2012 #17

Wha-wha-whaaaaat? Atman Feb 2012 #18

I don't care what kind of computer you use badtoworse Feb 2012 #26

It was just a joke dude sharp_stick Feb 2012 #19

Apple is going down, they cost too much, there is no software for them, their users are cultists. onehandle Feb 2012 #4

Apple is AWESOME... Cooley Hurd Feb 2012 #5

Yes it is, After using Linux for ever and bouncing between windows and Solaris, I have found a *nix LiberalArkie Feb 2012 #10

I know better. RebelOne Feb 2012 #20

and you like overpaying for your computers? Cooley Hurd Feb 2012 #27

The recession was a myth. nt Snake Alchemist Feb 2012 #7

They're still in business? Nobody wants those toy computers! REP Feb 2012 #21

Back In The Day. . . ProfessorGAC Feb 2012 #24

Celebration! raouldukelives Feb 2012 #6

Hug an old 'puter and keep it out of the landfills BumRushDaShow Feb 2012 #9

Lieutenant Dan got me invested in some kind of fruit company Brother Buzz Feb 2012 #12

Yes!!! proud2BlibKansan Feb 2012 #15

still cheap at 12x earnings and that excludes their cash hoard. banned from Kos Feb 2012 #23