{"id":11923,"date":"2012-05-14T00:00:53","date_gmt":"2012-05-14T07:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technightowl.com\/?p=11923"},"modified":"2015-11-28T07:02:57","modified_gmt":"2015-11-28T14:02:57","slug":"newsletter-issue-650-they-want-to-design-apple-hardware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2012\/05\/newsletter-issue-650-they-want-to-design-apple-hardware\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter Issue #650: They Want to Design Apple Hardware"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Apple was struggling to stay afloat in the 1990s, tech pundits and so-called industry analysts went hog-wild telling them what they should do to stay in business. Now that Apple is amazingly successful, they haven&#8217;t stopped talking. To them, Apple&#8217;s ride on the gravy train is about to reach the end of the line, and they have to change real fast.<\/p>\n<p>The objections usually cover a narrow range, and thus are predictable. 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