Famous Quotes & Sayings

Yoko Ono

If we had a big Apple Records lawyers meeting or something, and we were sitting there and John was bored to death, he would start to (draw). The lawyers would later say.

Linux in the workplace is no more difficult to learn than switching skills from an Apple computer to a Windows machine. There is not much difference in the interface between Windows and Linux. For a new user, Linux is just as easy, if not easier.

Like many people out there, I'm inspired by the level of attention to detail, design and execution of Apple products.

It has been difficult for competitors to displace Apple because they haven't offered anything different.

There are a lot of reasons why Apple -- and all companies -- need to make these processes as transparent as possible. More basic though, not having them or trying to circumvent them shows a lack of respect for their customers.

A bad tree does not yield good apples

Tim Bajarin

It's not an accident. This is something Apple works at. Apple has the longest history of doing this.

It's never been easy being an Apple partner and it hasn't gotten any easier over the past few years. Apple has a long history of doing direct sales, and the fact is, they're actually pretty good at it. What you have to do as an independent is to look at the next set of things you can do. How can you out-service Apple when they already provide a high level of service?

It's really not an Apples to Apples comparison, if you will.

The biggest reason is that Microsoft has a much harder job to do. They need to be compatible with an army of devices and different types of software and different hardware platforms. Apple only has to be true to itself, and because of that the development process is multiple times more efficient for Apple.

Fred Anderson

Strong demand for our professional products combined with superb operational efficiency resulted in very strong earnings. Apple finished the quarter with $3.6 billion in cash and short-term investments.

The bar lights up and can turn red, green, blue, you name it. So if you are sipping a Cosmo, bang, the bar will turn red, an apple martini, bang, turns green.

It's been important for Apple to overcome objections regarding sales of its servers into the large or mid-size enterprise. Apple's been challenged by a pervasive perception that its server offering is not compatible with existing technology.

Despite a lack of hints from the company, we believe it is useful to hypothesize on new initiatives Apple may have in the works and take a look at which initiatives, if any, make sense for the company, ... We believe Apple has a foundation in place to be the hub for consumer digital media.

Desktop is a very small piece of our business, and it's going away. Our only customer is Apple (for laptops), and they are switching to Intel sometime next year.

Consumers don't really want to carry around more devices than they have to. Everyone has a mobile phone. To get music onto the phone is a big deal for the music industry. Why does Apple care? I think it's because they want to protect their turf. If they can't own the device, they can at least own the relationship. That's a big deal since Apple's the incumbent.

YouTube clips get millions, billions of hits. Reality TV programs have their own channels. How can movies attempt to compete with these kinds of numbers? And do we even need to? Are we scaring ourselves by unnecessary comparisons, by not comparing apples with apples?

The object is jobs, Apple would be in Coyote Valley instead of Cupertino.

That's really what's interesting about Apple, is they look at our technology in a very Apple way.

That's something a lot of PC makers are struggling with today and it's something Apple has done really well.

Rob Enderle

It's very critical to Apple that they get this .NET blessing, otherwise they're going to get forced out of the corporate network.

Kevin Long

It's true that this security update does not translate into Macs that are invulnerable. However, Apple has put some things in place to assist users in detecting questionable files... there's no need to freak out about this.

It's not that surprising that Apple wasn't up to par because they went through the transition from Power PC (chips) to Intel.

It still remains that people go to Apple Valley because of its quaintness.

The farm will give younger kids an idea of where the apples they eat come from, where the eggs that Mom feeds them at home come from, before she buys them in the store. Having to dig for potatoes in the sand will make kids realize that it takes some effort to get to some foods,

Tamsin Greig

I know women at work who don't talk about having a baby because they don't want to upset the apple cart, but unless people know what the problems are, why should they engage with it?

I like Apple Computer. I notice it's down a little bit (Friday). I think this company has a good future. I think people are beginning to respect the fact this is probably the most innovative of the PC companies, away from the corporate war, so I'd be a buyer of Apple,

These tribes have the right to participate in the process even if they hired a bad apple and then fired him.

Not very many companies are bold enough to shoot their best-selling product at the peak of its popularity. That's what Apple just did.

It's still several years before carriers come close to emulating the success Apple has had in digital music.

It?s sort of a wake-up call for Apple users. Everybody focuses on Windows, but there are viruses for other operating systems.

It's not a recipe for piracy. It's a recipe for competition, which is what Apple really doesn't like.

It's not going to do any good for the pumpkin crop this year. They're already gone, you might say. They're powerful smaller and everything. Apples? It's too late to do anything with apples this year. They have done their cycle of growing.