Comments on: Poll: How should Apple spend its $15 billion cash reserve? http://www.last100.com/2007/12/07/poll-how-should-apple-spend-its-15-billion-cash-reserve/ Tracking the digital lifestyle Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:33:41 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Matt D http://www.last100.com/2007/12/07/poll-how-should-apple-spend-its-15-billion-cash-reserve/#comment-17653 Matt D Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:26:52 +0000 http://www.last100.com/2007/12/07/poll-how-should-apple-spend-its-15-billion-cash-reserve/#comment-17653 Beauvais took the words right out of my mouth. Except for the iHome thing. I would never have thought of that. Beauvais took the words right out of my mouth. Except for the iHome thing. I would never have thought of that.

]]> By: Zach Beauvais http://www.last100.com/2007/12/07/poll-how-should-apple-spend-its-15-billion-cash-reserve/#comment-16830 Zach Beauvais Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:17:51 +0000 http://www.last100.com/2007/12/07/poll-how-should-apple-spend-its-15-billion-cash-reserve/#comment-16830 (Not the Zach above) Nothing, so long as the market is moving in their favour, that $15b should accrue intrest and rest. They'll need it soon enough, and there is nothing worse than a tech company out of cash. Because they are moving forward (and have all that dosh put away) there is no reason they should be spending it all. However, if they did start to lose market share again, and needed something to perk up a bit; they need another killer idea, like the iPhone. Apple shouldn't work like Google-acquiring start-ups and integrating- they should do what they do best: produce high-quality hardware which work very well with their software that people really want. I think people really want a sub-notebook that could replace portables but which are easy to use. Perhaps work on home-based systems like the MS Surface -- iHome! Reckon? (http://www.zachbeauvais.com) (Not the Zach above)
Nothing, so long as the market is moving in their favour, that $15b should accrue intrest and rest. They’ll need it soon enough, and there is nothing worse than a tech company out of cash. Because they are moving forward (and have all that dosh put away) there is no reason they should be spending it all.

However, if they did start to lose market share again, and needed something to perk up a bit; they need another killer idea, like the iPhone. Apple shouldn’t work like Google-acquiring start-ups and integrating- they should do what they do best: produce high-quality hardware which work very well with their software that people really want. I think people really want a sub-notebook that could replace portables but which are easy to use. Perhaps work on home-based systems like the MS Surface — iHome!

Reckon? (http://www.zachbeauvais.com)

]]> By: Zach http://www.last100.com/2007/12/07/poll-how-should-apple-spend-its-15-billion-cash-reserve/#comment-15963 Zach Sat, 08 Dec 2007 20:51:38 +0000 http://www.last100.com/2007/12/07/poll-how-should-apple-spend-its-15-billion-cash-reserve/#comment-15963 They should look to purchase DivX - market cap of only $540 million. They should look to purchase DivX – market cap of only $540 million.

]]> By: tino http://www.last100.com/2007/12/07/poll-how-should-apple-spend-its-15-billion-cash-reserve/#comment-15651 tino Fri, 07 Dec 2007 22:13:40 +0000 http://www.last100.com/2007/12/07/poll-how-should-apple-spend-its-15-billion-cash-reserve/#comment-15651 buy nintendo buy nintendo

]]> By: Steve O'Hear (editor) http://www.last100.com/2007/12/07/poll-how-should-apple-spend-its-15-billion-cash-reserve/#comment-15606 Steve O'Hear (editor) Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:34:34 +0000 http://www.last100.com/2007/12/07/poll-how-should-apple-spend-its-15-billion-cash-reserve/#comment-15606 @Bloggeer LOL, very good! @Bloggeer

LOL, very good!

]]> By: Bloggeer http://www.last100.com/2007/12/07/poll-how-should-apple-spend-its-15-billion-cash-reserve/#comment-15605 Bloggeer Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:30:20 +0000 http://www.last100.com/2007/12/07/poll-how-should-apple-spend-its-15-billion-cash-reserve/#comment-15605 Well, they could buy like 5% of Microsoft shares, just as MS did when Apple was in a very bad shape some years ago ;-) Well, they could buy like 5% of Microsoft shares, just as MS did when Apple was in a very bad shape some years ago ;-)

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