gibbergibber - 12:17 pm on Jun 30, 2006 (gmt 0)

--It looks like we're all whipped up into a frenzy with every Google launch. --

It's very curious how the media gets so enamoured with companies that have only had maybe one or two hit products, it's very much like bands that get invited onto every talk show after they've only had one hit song.

I'd say the same applies to Apple, they have very little profit-wise to show for themselves apart from the iPod yet the media seems to hang on every word they say. The Mac computer continues to have a negligible market share, and even the much-hyped iTunes Music Store only sells the average iPod owner maybe one or two albums a year.

And before any Apple fans get annoyed, you could also say the same about Microsoft and Windows, the only major source of profits they've ever had is the OS. The Xbox has a very high profile, but even after profits from games it still loses MS literally hundreds of millions of dollars a year and would never be able to exist without the cash they get from Windows.