Apple has more moolah than the US Government.

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Apple has more moolah than the US Government. - maplefreak26 - 2011-07-30

http://www.todaysiphone.com/2011/07/apple-has-more-cash-than-the-us-government/

Today's iPhone Wrote:

This is no secret: Apple makes a lot of money. Seriously, Cupertino has piles of the stuff lying around. The iPhone maker has $75.9 billion sat in the bank in cash and marketable securities. That is insane. The US government on the other hand has to operate on a bank balance of $73.8 billion. With Apples renown for being one of the most financially responsible companies on the planet, Im sure youd agree with the common opinion that maybe Apples financial officers should be in charge of the US budget.

Apple has more moolah than the US Government. - Corn - 2011-07-30

Well, crap.

Apple has more moolah than the US Government. - Born2BeMild - 2011-07-30

Wow, that's pretty impressive. Too bad I don't find their products as good as they're advertised to be.

Apple has more moolah than the US Government. - Retalion - 2011-07-30

Born2BeMild Wrote:Wow, that's pretty impressive. Too bad I don't find their products as good as they're advertised to be.

That, is called good advertisement and strong brand name.

Apple has more moolah than the US Government. - Takebacker - 2011-07-30

I guess my dad made some bank buying those stocks early.

Apple has more moolah than the US Government. - Flonne - 2011-07-30

The only thing funnier than this is the fact that our current Treasury secretary was in the hole on some income tax payments just before he was put into that office. Sure, I don't mind "a" person being in debt, but its just that, likening a person who is technically in charge of all of our money with any form of "debt" seems like such a joke that it would be funny as hell if it weren't true.

Apple has more moolah than the US Government. - GMSInfighter - 2011-07-30

My friend can retire with the stocks be bought from Apple in like the early 90's haha.

Apple has more moolah than the US Government. - Mark - 2011-07-30

It's funny because they get all that money from consumer whores who think Apple computers/phones/whatever are good.

Apple has more moolah than the US Government. - Raul - 2011-07-30

Mark Wrote:It's funny because they get all that money from consumer whores who think Apple computers/phones/whatever are good.

They're good, but overrated.

Apple has more moolah than the US Government. - Mark - 2011-07-30

Nope. People buy Apple products for the name. Most of them have no flippin' idea about electronics.

Apple has more moolah than the US Government. - ShinkuDragon - 2011-07-30

Raul Wrote:They're good, but overrated.

they are just that good.

Apple has more moolah than the US Government. - Jon - 2011-07-30

Raul Wrote:They're good, but overrated.

Also extremely user-friendly.

Apple has more moolah than the US Government. - Raul - 2011-07-30

Jon Wrote:Also extremely user-friendly.

Says the guy with the hipster mustache.

Apple has more moolah than the US Government. - xLeviathan - 2011-07-30

ITT: PC vs Mac (vs Linux).

Apple has more moolah than the US Government. - ShinkuDragon - 2011-07-31

xLeviathan Wrote:ITT: PC vs Mac (vs Linux).

PC > Mac because Mac is a PC <.<

Apple has more moolah than the US Government. - Loose - 2011-07-31

Mark Wrote:Nope. People buy Apple products for the name. Most of them have no flippin' idea about electronics.

This. A thousand times this.

Apple has more moolah than the US Government. - Locked - 2011-07-31

I have an iPhone because it saves me the trouble of having both an iPod and a Phone. Other than that, Apple products suck ass.

Apple has more moolah than the US Government. - Satellite - 2011-07-31

They would make less money if they had to pay for all the patents they have stolen.

Mark Wrote:Nope. People buy Apple products for the name. Most of them have no flippin' idea about electronics.

It seems having iPhone or iPad is more of a part of "trendy" ensemble, than actually a smart phone. It's not the fact that iPhone is a bad phone. It's actually quite nice compared to some others, but the thing is... Apple products are NOT WORTH THE PRICE.

Apple has more moolah than the US Government. - Ampule - 2011-07-31

Satellite Wrote:They would make less money if they had to pay for all the patents they have stolen.

It seems having iPhone or iPad is more of a part of "trendy" ensemble, than actually a smart phone. It's not the fact that iPhone is a bad phone. It's actually quite nice compared to some others, but the thing is... Apple products are NOT WORTH THE PRICE.

Funny because of the huge lawsuit where Microsoft used a large portion of the apple GUI, such as the drop down menus. The only thing that saved Microsoft was that they changed the ideas just enough to avoid losing the lawsuit.

Also, speed wise, the computers are generally placed Linux > Mac > PC. PCs are packed with so many useless programs, have a tendency to crash, are prone to viruses... I have never gotten a virus on a mac. The only benefit to having a PC is compatibility with much more programs than Mac, such as Maplestory. Having owned 8 PCs and 4 Macs, and gotten viruses on 6 of the 8 PCs from low browse MMOs and torrent sites that I have gotten none from on my Mac, and the fact that after spending 500$ more on a PC and comparing the speeds of the two computers and the Mac still runs faster, I have to side with Apple computers on this one.

But in all seriousness, I prefer CrunchBang Linux over both systems, so there is hardly a point to argue.

Apple has more moolah than the US Government. - Adrian - 2011-07-31

Ampule Wrote:Apple fanboy standard speech

You have never got a virus on your macs because nobody gives a pineapple about mac so they don't make viruses for them.
I haven't used a single anti virus since 2005 when i got this computer and not a single infection, it's called common sense.