Apple decides what it is going to do with its $100 billion in cash, announcing tomorrow via conferen - Polidicks

It isn't like they will take 100 000 000 000 dollars and spend it all on one thing. I am pretty sure Apple will do everything that everyone is saying all at once, with a huge amount of money left over. [editline]18th March 2012[/editline] They will buy a couple small tech startups, or some huge ones as well. They will donate some money. They will give out dividends. They will make new campuses and factories. They will make new stores in new markets (like China and other Asian countries). Etc.

Please God let it be a small business support fund of some kind. [b]I NEED A SLICE OF THAT PIE[/b]

give it all to NASA It'd be kinda cool, but useless. I think it's very hard to make a good choice when having $100 billion.

[QUOTE=Jacinth;35198463]They should start a space program.[/QUOTE] iSpace!

[QUOTE=Ven Kaeo;35198717]They could revitalise the economy in one fell swoop with that much money and still have 99 billion left to use. There are about 200,000,000 people in the United States between the ages of 18 and 25. Give each of them $2,000,000 with the stipulation that they buy a house (outright, not mortgage it) and an american car (outright or with a sizeable down payment). If the person is above either 40 or 50 a third stipulation should be that they retire (But not actually take their pensions) on the remainder of the money, because honestly you can live 40 or so years comfortable on 1.5mil if you play with it right. That opens up about 40,000,000 jobs in the United States which could be immediately filled since the unemployment rate is around 17% (30,000,000) Since that would create a job seeker market rather than an employer market, employers would have to start offering better incentives and wages to attract workers, since there are now more jobs than workers. It could also end up enabling the creation of new businesses or factories/jobs[/QUOTE] Your math is a little faulty. 200,000,000 times $2,000,000 is 400 trillion.

[QUOTE=MR-X;35197757]They can give me a million dollars. It would last my entire life.[/QUOTE] It would last a long time, especially if you take good care of it, but I know I couldn't store it all if I got that amount of money. Maybe set aside $900000 and use $100000 as you wish, KING!

Please be space program

[B]TO SPACE![/B]

iSpaceShip please. I'll buy a iSS

[QUOTE=ketchup v2;35197855]"hey apple dont spend your money on your company just blow it on something unrelated because i think companies should care more about compassion than profits"[/QUOTE] Frankly I don't see the problem with that mindset. It's not like we aren't allowed to have an opinion on what they spend their ridiculous amount of money on just because it isn't ours. [editline]19th March 2012[/editline] And them spending it on something worthwhile would make for a nice change

[QUOTE=Ven Kaeo;35198717]They could revitalise the economy in one fell swoop with that much money and still have 99 billion left to use. There are about 200,000,000 people in the United States between the ages of 18 and 25. Give each of them $2,000,000 with the stipulation that they buy a house (outright, not mortgage it) and an american car (outright or with a sizeable down payment). If the person is above either 40 or 50 a third stipulation should be that they retire (But not actually take their pensions) on the remainder of the money, because honestly you can live 40 or so years comfortable on 1.5mil if you play with it right. That opens up about 40,000,000 jobs in the United States which could be immediately filled since the unemployment rate is around 17% (30,000,000) Since that would create a job seeker market rather than an employer market, employers would have to start offering better incentives and wages to attract workers, since there are now more jobs than workers. It could also end up enabling the creation of new businesses or factories/jobs[/QUOTE] Your math appears to be a [B]little faulty[/B]

They could pay people to go to college. (Granted they work hard and get good scores)

[QUOTE=scout1;35201170]Your math appears to be a [B]little faulty[/B][/QUOTE] Why do you think the US is in debt? :v:

I think they will buy Greece or Poland.

-snip, already posted-

[QUOTE=PieClock;35198118]Give iPads to schools or something like that, I bet. They've been really into the education thing lately.[/QUOTE] Our school recently received a shipment of iPads. When I asked what they were for they didn't want to tell me. [editline]19th March 2012[/editline] Though I highly doubt that's related to this at all.

[img]http://th08.deviantart.net/fs24/300W/f/2008/007/d/e/The_Money_Bin_by_vikung_fu.jpg[/img] [editline]19th March 2012[/editline] It MUST happen.

When exactly is this for GMT+1 people?

[QUOTE=Djessey;35201667]When exactly is this for GMT+1 people?[/QUOTE] Around 2PM (~3 hours left)

They're quite obviously are going to spend it in hiring more lawyers for patenting and patent suing.

Biggest patent war company the world has ever seen :V:

[QUOTE=Upgrade123;35200843]Your math is a little faulty. 200,000,000 times $2,000,000 is 400 trillion.[/QUOTE] Fuck. [editline]19th March 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=scout1;35201170]Your math appears to be a [B]little faulty[/B][/QUOTE] Goddamnit

Give it to NASA

I hope they buy Google.

They're going to try and trademark the rest of the alphabet? the letter I was just the first step. Soon we'll all be paying royalties to Apple, or use sign language to avoid it Also, Google is worth well over 100 billion, Probably closer to 200

[QUOTE=PieClock;35198118]Give iPads to schools or something like that, I bet. They've been really into the education thing lately.[/QUOTE] They'd probably make them pay for it.

They should use the cash to make the iPad not cost an obscene amount.

[QUOTE=SCopE5000;35202166]I hope they buy Google.[/QUOTE] THE FUCK ARE YOU SAYING? DONT TELL ME YOU'RE SERIOUS ON THIS. That's the worst thing that could happen to this world.

I'm at school so I can't watch the vid. When they announce, please post here?

[QUOTE=ketchup v2;35197899]If Apple decided to throw that money in a fire pit it wouldn't be any of our business. They made it they can do whatever they want with it and the internet hate machine can deal with that.[/QUOTE] Actually that's not correct. I'm pretty sure that destroying currency is illegal in most civilized countries and the USA.