SWOTApple SWOT Strengths o Apple Love: “The majority of IBM and compatible users ‘put up’ with their machines‚ but Apple’s customers ‘love’ their Macs” o Perception of being a “hip” alternative & cultural force o Multimedia & design capabilities/software o Now compatible with Windows/Microsoft Office suite‚ and supports plug and play “peripherals” such as printers designed for Wintel PCs o Intel allowed Macs to run Windows and thus remove a long-standing disadvantage o
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Apple Case 1. What were Apple’s competitive advantages? Apple was a hip alternative to other computer brands. It supported a plug-and-play peripheral‚ offered a cutting-edge‚ tightly integrated user experience. The Apple Mac Pro had a sleek metal case and featured high-end graphics capability. Apple had attractive design factors‚ enabled ease of use‚ had high security and was high-quality bundled software. 2. Analyze the dynamics of the PC industry. Are these dynamics favorable or problematic
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Apple changed its company name from Apple Computer to Apple Inc in 2007. And with this name change‚ the chief element of Apple strategy is to let consumer know‚ it is not just a computer company‚ but a company provide other products‚ such as iPod‚ iTunes‚ and iPhone. In Sculley Years‚ Apple’s chief element was to be versatile compare to IBM‚ and it will be the complete desktop solution with desktop publishing. Also‚ Mac wants to have a closer relationship with its customers‚ which is called love
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of empowering individuals and leading his vision one person-one computer‚ Apple succeeded to launch the first version of Apple II in 1977. It was the first computer non-professional people could use right out of the box. Leading to further development and the introducing of the Macintosh in 1984. Apple was very innovative and was leading technology when it came to Graphic User Interfaces. However the main issue why Apple was not globally successful was because of their own saying to want to create
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was still questionable and seems like be unethical by some people. Apple can make significant profit on the sale of its products considering the price of Apple’s products and what its supplier’s workers outside of the USA are getting paid. As we can see‚ in 2010 the wages of Foxconn worker was about 900 Yuan ($143 per month).Apple’s newest iPhone costs minimum of $200 with a wireless company contract.So.it is convenient for Apple to continue business with Foxconn as it still able to gain profit from
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Apple is not the most valuable company in the history of the world. It’s not even Microsoft‚ which was reported to have been toppled by Apple today. It’s IBM by a long shot. Apple’s $661 billion market share does not account for inflation. With inflation in account‚ IBM remains the historic winner with a 1967 value of $1.3 trillion. The Columbia Journalism Review put this into perspective today by calling out the press for their over zealousness in hoping to tell a story about Apple
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LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION SELECTED POEM IN ENGLISH BIS 3063 POEM ANALYSIS: AN APPLE OF DEEDS BY STEFANIE NATASHA RICH An apple Dropped on his head He discovered gravity! An apple Munched by him i-technologies was born Say hello to the world An apple Swallowed by everyone And the doctors cried out loud An apple Munched by her then him Oh my Goodbye Eden Say hello to the world So‚ an apple‚ anyone? Introduction Stephanie Natasha Rich is a Semester 8 TESL program
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Group Assignment APPLE COMPUTER Strategic Management (MRC2213) Prepared by Norhayati Sulaiman (MR111202) Ahmad Akmal Mohd Idris (MR121007) Nor Fadillah Md Ali (MR 11150) For Dato’ Dr. Mohd Padzil Bin Hashim International Business School UniversitiTeknologi Malaysia Introduction Apple Computer Inc was established by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs in April 1976. It all started after Wozniak made a box called Apple 1 computer‚ it has no keyboard and no power supply but it was
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Apple Inc. De Andre Washington MGT/230 12/07/2010 Instructor: Maggie Ellison-Lohkemper Apple Inc. Apple has had many successes since its beginning. It has been ranked first place among Fortune magazine
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Executive Summary Apple Computer’s 30-year history is full of highs and lows‚ which is what we would expect in a highly innovative company. They evolved throughout the years into an organization that is very much a representation of its leader‚ Steven Jobs. Apple made several hugely successful product introductions over the years. They have also completely fallen on their face on several occasions. They struggled mightily while Jobs was not a part of the organization. Apple reached a point where
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