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| Here is my first essay I wrote for comp class. Suprisingly, I received the 2nd highest grade in the class. The teacher said that she was embarrassed to have given out this good a grades this early on. I got a 97%, and another guy in my class got a 98%. Anyway, I wrote my essay on Apple Computer, and their recent rise to mass popularity. This week is going by at a good pace. It's been about a month since I first started, and I can finally say I am getting used to this life that they call college. I'll be making one more trip home this weekend, and that'll be it for a few weeks. i'm going to see how long I can last.
WHY THE FRUIT SELLS
In the pocket-sized town of Cupertino, located in the heart of the Silicon Valley, sits the world headquarters of a computer company that started in a garage where two friends hoped to make a few extra bucks. Now, Apple Computer is one of the leading electronic companies in the country; and if that wasn’t enough, Apple has also pioneered the digital music industry, making it “cool” to legally buy music again. Apple is truly changing the world of technology forever - one Mac, iPod, and iTune at a time.
Perhaps the biggest driving force behind the Mac line is the utilization of Apple’s own Mac OS X operating system, which at its core features the very strong, stable, and secure, UNIX code base. This advantage of creating both an OS and several lines of computers specifically tailored for it helped Apple gain significant footing over virtually all of its competition. The marriage of these two essential products cuts back on the number of overlooked bugs within the operating system at each major public release update and provides an environment for the end-user that stays completely dependable. Today, Apple’s desktop line includes: the Mac mini for the entry-level customer or Apple newcomer, the iMac for the avid eBayer, the eMac for the educational student or teacher, and the Power Mac for the novice DV editor. Apple also features two great lines of laptop computers, both priced with the consumer in mind.
In 2001, the debut of the Apple iPod MP3 Player, tied in strategically to the grand opening of Apple’s on-line iTunes Music Store (iTMS). This store featured a then-impressive digital catalog of over 200,000 tracks available for on-line purchase. Released around the same time as Napster, Kazaa, and many other illegal online music download services were at their peak, Apple provided a easy, and legal way to download music, for just ninety-nine cents a track. The iTMS has now grown to be the second biggest online store on the globe, having sold over a half a billion songs from an unheard of 2,000,000-song library. Apple gurus and music lovers alike have become very enthusiastic about this digital concept, which has propelled this sleek piece of tech and its big brother, the iTMS, into the spotlight of every tech magazine, college campus, and retail shop in the country. Even today, Apple continues to struggle to keep up with the demand, having sold over 16 million iPods this year alone, retaining 74% of the MP3 player market share.
Perhaps the biggest differentiation between Apple and other computer companies is co-founder & CEO Steve Jobs’ close attention to detail, along with his ongoing desire to produce super aesthetically pleasing products. An Apple product immediately identifies itself out of a host of others because of its sleek design, and prominent display of a huge, sometime glowing, Apple logo somewhere on the machine. The added attention on quality shows in everything from a pair of Apple headphones, dubbed Earbuds, to large robust workstations.
It has been said many times that the iPod is what has caused the recent creative resurgence at Apple, with its success motivating the company to churn out many more hardware and software products than in recent years to take advantage of the iPod Halo Effect. Or, it may just be the “all or nothing” attitude of the very aggressive, and hard-nosed Steve Jobs. Whatever the case, there isn’t anything left for this company to do except to change the world of technology again, and again, and again.
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| Wow...this class is boring. For some reason, I decided it would be in my best interest to take a "Christian Beliefs" class my first semester here at SAU. And while I dont dislike my class load, I wish I had been a better picker. I really have a quite easy class load now that I think of it; and i'm also doing very well. I have "A's" in all of my classes, that I know of..but THIS CLASS IS SO BORING!! We are currently going over the question "Who is man?" & "How are we suppose to get along with God?"...is it bad that I really don't care? It also makes me even angrier because I don't plan to graduate from Southern, yet I still need to take a bible class.
Anywho, i'm again ready for this week to be over. After class tomorrow, me and Sarah are going to Knoxville for the weekend. I'm pretty excited because I am going to go see fromer Caedmon's Call guitarist Derek Webb in concert at New City Cafe and am going to get to spend Saturday with her family, and Sunday at Splash Country (water park) for Joshua's 16th. 42 minutes to go
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| This makes me laugh
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