Apple are becoming a gadget company

[boyd1955]

Sad but true

 

[ECUpirate44]

You're just realizing this?

 

[Jiten]

Welcome to 2007.

 

[necromorph]

Jobs is probably turning in his grave.

 

[12dylan34]

Yeah, no kidding. Also, Apple is singular--It's a single entity. "Apple IS becoming a gadget company."

 

[benmrii]

Jobs is probably turning in his grave.

... ? He hasn't been dead or disconnected from Apple that long. This shift in priorities was something Tim Cook inherited from Jobs.

 

[LethalWolfe]

Jobs is probably turning in his grave.

Why? Under Jobs Apple went from Apple Computers to just Apple Inc. and Jobs was the one to get the ball rolling on the whole 'post PC' thing.

 

[mrsir2009]

Jobs is probably turning in his grave.

Not really, since he kinda turned Apple in this direction himself.

 

[nuckinfutz]

I "like" gadgets.

 

[jackc]

Macbook Pro is a gadget?

 

[kdarling]

Yeah, no kidding. Also, Apple is singular--It's a single entity. "Apple IS becoming a gadget company."

Welcome to the WORLD Wide Web, where we find variations even in English

In many places, especially the UK, entities made up of many people are referred to in the plural form.