Wilson English 101 Mac vs. PC Final Draft 24‚ February 2013 Mac vs. PC Bill Gates: “There may be a few….similarities.” Steve Jobs: “Similarities? Similarities? Try theft.” (from “Pirates of Silicon Valley”) Everyone knows of the popular household names Apple and Microsoft. Apple was started by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. They created the first Apple computer in Jobs’ parents garage in the 1970’s. They knew that they had created something great so they called their company Apple. Bill Gates
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Introduction It is clear that competing for sustainable and superior performance enhances a firm’s profitability. Equally‚ this same level of profitability depends largely on the attractiveness of the industry which is easily measured using the Porter’s 5 tools and more importantly‚ the position the firm takes within the industry to leverage on its strengths. To compete properly‚ a firm must address two fundamental questions. Should it focus on identifying a microcosm of the industry or serve the
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multinational corporation that creates consumer electronics‚ computer software‚ and a commercial server. Apple’s most popular inventions are the iPhone‚ iPod music player‚ and Macintosh computer line-up. (WHO)The inventers of Apple Inc. are Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.(WHERE) Apple Inc. was incorporated in January 3‚ 1977‚ in Cupertino‚ California. (WHEN)The inspiration came from when Mr. Wozniak attended a Homebrew Computer Club in 1975‚ he saw different types of computers; he decided to create
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter I Introduction 1 Chapter II Company Background 2 Chapter III Underlining Issues 17 Chapter IV Theoretical Base 19 Chapter V Analysis 25 Chapter VI Conclusion and Recommendation 34 Chapter VII Bibliography 36 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Cell phone or mobile phone is an electronic telecommunication device that has the same basic capabilities of conventional fixed-line telephone‚ but it can be taken anywhere (portable‚ mobile) and unnecessary connected
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affordable price made IBM pc a huge hit in market. IBM - Open source -- evolution of IBM clones Too many market players lead to price war‚ cost leadership Apple restricted itself to it’s MAC ecosystem‚ there by following differentiation. Post steve job’s exit from Apple‚ Sculley tried to move Apple into mainstream – cost leadership. It failed; Amelio proclaimed that Apple would return to its premium-price differentiation. 2. What is nature of sustainable competitive advantage? CA rests
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first GUI computer they made ‘ALTO’ was never sold to the public as it costs them around $10‚000. Steve Jobs‚ co-founder of Apple who visited PARC‚ decided that GUI on a computer was more useful than a text-based interface. Then Apple I and Apple II were just another less interested computers as other computer giants including IBM were taking over economical stand. For an economic success‚ Steve Jobs introduced Apple Lisa with GUI as similar as Xerox Alto computer. It was sold with costs as high
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relentlessly texting their thumbs off on iPhone’s‚ both products of Apple Inc. Apple is one of the most well-known companies when it comes to the making of cutting-edge technology. Apple Computer Inc. first came to be a company in 1976 when Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak released the Apple I in Cupertino‚ California. Until the nineties‚ the company produced some of the best personal computers that could be found on the market‚ including the Apple brand‚ Macintosh and Power Mac computers. However‚ they
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Also wondered‚ how did they get into it? There are many questions that answered by this movie. II. Summary The first scene shows that Steve Jobs (Noah Wyle) was completely different from Steve Wozniak (Joey Slotnick)‚ the narrator and comrade of Jobs. It also shows what motivated them to be what they are now. Later on‚ as the movie gets crucial‚ Steve Wozniak compared Bill Gates to the Evil Big Brother who ran everything based on the 1984 book‚ “Fire in the Valley” by Paul Freiberger and Michael
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References: Apple Inc. (2013). Annual report 2013. Retrieved from http://investor.apple.com/financials.cfm Guglielmo‚ C. (2012). Apple ’s secret plan for its cash stash. Forbes‚ (8). 116. Karlgaard‚ R. (2013). Steve Jobs Warns Apple Don ’t Be Greedy. Forbes‚ 191(1)‚ 34. LASHINSKY‚ A. (2012). HOW TIM COOK IS CHANGING APPLE. Fortune‚ 165(8)‚ 110-118. Lyons‚ D. (2010). Fortress Apple.(The Take)(Apple Inc.). Newsweek‚ (18).
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The free entreprise system helped Steve Jobs‚ a famous entrepreneur to start his own technology company‚ Apple Inc. and to make it become an influencial‚ popular company that still prospers these days. B. A free enterprise system provides individuals the opportunity to make their own economic decisions without restriction from the government. It allows the supply and demand of consumers to determine the success or failure of an economic endeavor. Free enterprise gives the opportunity to anyone
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