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Crazy talk: Apple should ditch the Mac?

Industry observers point to the amazing margins of the iPhone and the declining margins for computers. So, of course, the logical course of action is for Apple to abandon the Macintosh? It's crazy talk. by David Morgenstern

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Margin, Apple Inc., Desktops, Hardware, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2009-07-30

Apple iPhone margins nearly 60%, analyst estimates

Apple 2.0 blogger Philip Elmer-DeWitt always has his ear tuned to Wall Street, and today he highlights that unemployed mortgage broker analyst Turley Muller says Wall Street deeply underestimates how much of an effect the iPhone has on Apple's bottom line. On his...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Margin, Apple Inc., Smart Phones, GAAP, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Financial Accounting, Finance, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-07-29

Your next software buying decision: zero cost?

My piece about SugarCRM contains a line from Vinnie Mirchandani that's been ringing in my ears: "They're tiny." What's tiny about: Free edition 400,000 users 50,000 systems Commercial customers 100,000 users 5,000...

Tags: Software, Open Source, Margin, OSS, Jeff Nolan, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-05-01

What Cisco learned from open source

An open source company, Vyatta, has taught Cisco and the market that a networking box is really nothing but a computer with software. Now Cisco is returning the favor, with boxes that combine the functions of networking, computing and storage. (The picture is from...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Margin, Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Linux, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-03-16

RIM's second quarter falls short; Forecast light; Margins to fall

Updated: Research in Motion's second quarter results fell short of estimates and the third quarter outlook was weaker than expected too. RIM said Thursday statement that it reported net income of $495.5 million, or 86 cents a share, compared to $287.7 million, 50 cents a share, a...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Margin, Financial Accounting, Operational Accounting, Smart Phones, Finance, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-25

Why there's no Mac tablet this quarter

The Mac blogosphere wants a tablet Mac for this quarter's "product transition." Here's why they won't get it. Good news: the Internet isn't making us stupid Apple's CFO mentioned a product transition driving gross margins down. Most commentators don't seem know what gross margin means, and...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Margin, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Tablet, Product Transition, Mac Blogosphere, Bits, Slab, Sales Strategy, Desktops, Notebooks, Research & Development, Sales Force Management, Sales, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Business Operations, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-07-30

Traditional software licensing: Why you pay more and a look at your options

It's hard to believe that some of the most profitable software companies in the world--Oracle, Microsoft and SAP--are sitting on a licensing model that is untenable in the long run and will increasingly irk customers. But there may be a revolution in the cards that could tip the balance of...

Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, Open Source, Software Company, Margin, Tools & Techniques, Software As A Service (SaaS), Management, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-11

Why the Wal-Mart "snub" should be a big deal for gOS

My blogging colleague Dana Blankenhorn reports that ThinkgOS founder David Lui isn't worried by the Wal-Mart snub.  He should be. Here's what Lui had to say: "It sounds like a big story but it’s not that big a story. Right off the bat we were telling...

Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., PC, Margin, Linux, Desktops, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-03-12

Wal-Mart "snub" no big deal, says ThinkGOS

Reports on the death of the Wal-Mart Linux PC are greatly exaggerated, according to the man selling its operating system. David Liu, founder of ThinkGOS, whose Linux powers the Everex "Linux PC" which Wal-Mart has dropped from its stores, told ZDNet the move was expected, a function of...

Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., PC, Margin, Return Rate, Desktops, Linux, Open Source, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-03-11

Set Page Margins or Change Them

Adjusting page margins is easy once the user knows which feature to use. In this webcast, a Microsoft employee who uses Word 2007 shows how to set or change margins in Page Setup. He also points out how users can use either inches or centimeters as the unit of measurement...

Tags: Margin, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

Webcasts 2008-01-01

Creating a Macro to Meet Court Requirements for Document Margins

Different courts have different requirements, or preferences, for document margins. Frequently, they do not want all the pages treated the same way. For example, they usually want a larger top margin on the first page to allow space to stamp the document without obscuring the printed text. One can accommodate...

Tags: Margin, Productivity

White papers 2007-12-01

About Text Alignment and Spacing

Many factors determine how text is positioned. Margins determine the distance from the edge for all the text on a page, while paragraph indentation and alignment determine how paragraphs fit between the margins. One can also determine how much space occurs between lines, and before and after paragraphs. Margins determine...

Tags: Margin, Indentation

White papers 2007-12-01

Word 2007: Setting Up the Document: Margins, Page Breaks, and More

Document makes a first impression before anyone reads a word. The paper size, color, and borders give the reader an overall sense of the document's theme and quality. Margins, the text layout, and perhaps a watermark send further visual clues. Making the right choices about the document setup helps to...

Tags: Margin, Microsoft Word 2007, O'Reilly Media Inc., Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

Book chapters 2007-01-01

Resco Sokoban (Mobile)

.resco, .resco table, .resco ul, .resco p{font-size: 12px;font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #333333;line-height: 1.3em;}.resco td { vertical-align: top;}.resco h1 {font-size: 14px; color: #333333; text-transform: uppercase; padding: 2px 5px; margin: 5px 0;}.resco h2 {font-size: 13px;margin: 10px 0px; color: #0066CC; padding: 2px 6px; border-bottom:1px solid #0066CC;background-color: transparent;}.resco ul {margin: 0px 0px 0px...

Tags: Mobile, Margin, Resco.net, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2006-05-08

MarginMaker Plus 1.0 (Mac)

You have probably noticed many programs don't offer an option for setting margins for printing. Programs that do provide a way to set margins for printing often don't have settings for all four margins. Even when a program does include a feature for setting a margin, it often requires navigating...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Margin, Printing, MacEase, Document Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting

Software downloads 1998-08-03

Momentum Webcast: Growing Your Firm in a Slow-Growth Market: Challenges to Protecting Your Margins (Level 100)

The current economic recovery is creating new challenges for the leaders of small to midsized consulting firms. Firms are seeing lackluster revenue growth, stagnating billing rates, dangerously high utilization rates, and rising voluntary staff attrition. So how can one combat the need to work harder to earn less? This webcast...

Tags: Billing, Webcast, Margin, Firms

Webcasts

Additional Resources

Steve Jobs: Silicon Valley's Babe Ruth (and Fortune's CEO of the decade)

What no comment by NonZ? I hope he/she is not ill or something:PPagan jimThe P.T.Barnum of the Tech Industry......when is he going to cut the Chinamen that work for him in on the big cash flow?NZ will show up at some pointUnless he is on vacation.Or getting over the...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Media players, Steve Jobs, Babe Ruth

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

AVADirect Nano Cube

AVADirect's $2,266 Nano Cube tries to take on Shuttle's XPC H7 5800 at its own small form factor game. Both systems come with smaller-than-normal SFF cases, and each requires sacrifices, even more than with a standard SFF PC, in exchange for its tiny dimensions. Therein lies our problem with this...

Tags: DVD, Consumer electronics, Games, Shuttle XPC, SFF, small form factor, Cube, Shuttle, Nano, DVD burner, PC, Nvidia GeForce, NVidia Corp., AVADirect, game

Product reviews 2009-11-04

Motorola and Palm; will 2009 be designated as a comeback year?

wrongwell matthew, because you have been wrong consistently about the smartphone market the last few years i would argue they are both doomed, when you like them. the pre doesn't help palm as it should regardless of critical acclaim and motorola will participate in the race to the bottom (margin...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Mobile operating systems, RIM OS, Palm Inc., Pre, GSM, Motorola Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Smartplanet: Apple can grab more share by slashing Mac prices

RE: Smartplanet: Apple can grab more share by slashing Mac pricesIf they wanted marketshare at a lower entry price they could have pulled that off years ago with cloner acquisitions and more mfg on their own part with rigid standards and practices to ensure quality and lower production costs. ...

Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, Mac proponent, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Audi AG, Mac Share

Discussion threads 2009-11-04