by John Paczkowski
Posted on March 23, 2009 at 2:59 AM PT
“Apple gained about one point, but now I think the tide has really turned back the other direction. The economy is helpful. Paying an extra $500 for a computer in this environment–same piece of hardware–paying $500 more to get a logo on it? I think that’s a more challenging proposition for the average person than it used to be.”
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John Paczkowski has been poking fun at the tech industry and the personalities that drive it since 1997. From 1999 to 2007, he wrote the award-winning tech news Web log Good Morning Silicon Valley for the San Jose Mercury News, Silicon Valley's daily newspaper.
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Seriously, what is more satisfying than
Posted by David Owens at March 23rd, 2009 at 7:43 amMorning yucks with Steve “Blowhard”
Ballmer? Keep em comin.
What a maroon. Nyuk nyuk.
He picks the drop in sales that is one month before the release of highly-anticipated hardware updates to all their desktop models from top to bottom – a traditionally slow period for Mac sales – and turns it into a trend?
I can’t wait to see the numbers for Mac sales at the next Apple shareholder’s meeting.
He just keeps getting more and more surreal.
Posted by Eric Welch at March 23rd, 2009 at 7:51 am