An old AirPort Express that had been languishing in a box on a shelf now feeds an old stereo system and an old pair of speakers in the basement that had been languishing on other shelves.

Pretty cool.

As soon as I reauthorize my old MacBook, the basement will be reinvigorated as a rec room. Bitchin’.

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The financial press is all agog over what we already knew. Apple is going to do just fine in this “recession.” Why? Because they sell stuff that works. All the Windows geeks and punditbots and fundtards don’t get why lots and lots of people are willing to switch to something that works instead of “the most popular.”

Just between us ranting drooling fanbois, anything that’s “the most popular” automatically makes me suspicious. There are lots of people who are happy with mediocre products and services. Nobody will happily buy something that is widely rumored to be capable of sucking peanut butter through a straw. Vista, for instance; and computers that run Vista; computers that offer you no option except Vista.

Let’s say you absolutely have to buy a new computer. One of those computers runs an operating system you’re unfamiliar with, but everybody says it’s pretty good. Some friends report liking it. The other computer runs an operating system that is widely held to SUCK. Assume the prices aren’t far different. Which one would you buy?

I have a friend who is a die-hard Windows user who says Vista sucks, and I don’t have many friends. I’m guessing everyone with more than three friends in the world knows somebody who uses Vista and thinks it sucks farts.

Apple isn’t getting that kind of press. Apple has 85% customer satisfaction with their products. That is, 85% of people who have bought Apple products are happy about it.

What’s weird is, the punditbots and fundtards refuse to believe what is manifestly true. Over on BusinessWeak, Peter Burrows reports that Apple is planning to build 40,000,000 iPhones over the next twelve months.

Peter says selling that many phones will “hinge on a successful introduction in several countries by the end of next year.” How about 22 countries, today, Pete?

Actually, Peter, if you look at the lines that still exist at stores that sell the iPhone, selling that many phones will largely hinge on building them and getting them to the stores.

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The Jerry Seinfeld ad campaign, if true, proves that Microsoft is utterly clueless and has zero chance of maintaining its dominance of the computer industry.

The reason Apple is selling piles and piles of Macs is only in part because of the “Get a Mac” ad campaign. There’s that iPod/iPhone “halo effect” thingy. Also the biggest problem for Microsoft is that OS X doesn’t suck.

Vista sucks. The Mojave consumer condescension videos don’t change that. Jerry Seinfeld can’t change that. The only way to correct the suckitude of your OS is to fix the software.

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Dear Dumbass punditbots and fundtards,

Apple will continue to grow its share of every market in which it competes. In fact that growth will continue to accelerate. Macs and iPhones are going sell more units faster every quarter as long as Apple’s “competitors” continue to build shoddy replicas of Apple products.

Competitors continue to believe they can compete with Apple products by changing the paint job and hiring celebrity spokesmen. That can’t make a dent in people telling one another at lunch, “I love my Mac/iPod/iPhone.”

Apple will continue to be the 800 pound gorilla of innovation. As long as all these companies focus their attention on imitating Apple, their products will continue to be imitations. Oh, and guess what happens when your flagship product is a knock-off. Not only do you look stupid, but your corporate identity becomes “loser.”

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No soup for you.