Posted 8 years ago

This is a guest post by Stephen Johnston

Just like when any good celebrity worth their grits dies, we all go on a rampage to buy anything and everything that has to do with the late great entertainer. Oh yes Steve Jobs (R.I.P.) was a genius, but he was also a celebrity and an entertainer. A keynote delivered by him in a lot of ways was better than seeing Radiohead live in concert.

I've always had a love/hate relationship with Apple. In the late 80s they were the computers at school that I played Oregon Trail on. Then I would go home and play DOOM on my PC, which was much cooler at the time. Back then Apple was just a boring educational computer to me. I was always a PC user at heart, and although I wasn't enamored with Windows I would use any computer that allowed me to play X-Wing or Tie Fighter. And whatever happened to those?

Then began the Apple heyday, the early aughts, and I considered the new Apple to be something of an elitist brand. It was expensive, and I viewed it as something for people that lived on the coasts and kind of pretentious. I lived in Austin at the time, and to me it was like a BMW or Mercedes to my Honda Civic.

Now that I am old(er) I have lived on both coasts, want the fancy cars, and play my games on consoles; I can safely say that I am also on the Apple bandwagon. I'm currently typing this on my Macbook Pro which happens to be, perhaps the best computer I've ever owned. I don't own an iPad or iPhone yet, but I am beginning to fall out of love with Android and Google in general. I also don't own any Apple stock, but it is booming and people around me are constantly reminding me to buy in now because it is going to hit 1000.

I can't help but wonder if Apple stock is getting the same treatment as album sales that typically follow an entertainers death.

What do you think about Apple's stock / Apple in general? Are you with us, or against us? And before you say you’re against us don't forget about our iShark army with frickin lasers attached to their heads!