But instead of trying to destroy its margins on laptops, Apple found a way to continue to sell classy laptops while reinventing a category of device that Microsoft had failed at for years.

The iPad mini strikes the Macalope as the netbook idea of 2012. Because the important question here is this: Why would Apple ship a lower-margin device when sales of its higher-margin device aren't exactly hurting? In fact, there's evidence that that sales of its higher-margin device are .

And, sorry , Apple does need to respond to stylus-using freaks of nature like the Samsung Galaxy Note. Unless said response is simply to pause momentarily from rolling around in its pile of iPad money to laugh derisively.

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