WSJ Author Pummeled for Suggesting Apple (AAPL) Kill Off the Mac

WSJ writer Christopher Mims is getting beaten-up today for his article suggesting Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) should drop the Mac to focus on future products like the rumored iCar. Mims said he believes the company is being 'stretched thin.'

Below are some comments from readers about his suggestions:

"This is the stupidest article I have read in a long time..." - Horacio Milberg

"And Murdoch should kill of[f] WSJ to concentrate on Fox News?" - Chris Mante

"Dear WSJ Op/Ed folk: I've heard of slow Summer news days, but this takes the cake." - Jim Fulton

"Ah, the Mac is used to develop software for the iOS/watch devices... So your plan is to develop software on what? The watch... or maybe a PC?" - Todd Kueny

"You are nuts, Chris. <---- typed that on my Mac." - John Schwartz

"Dump Mims and bring back Walter Mossberg." - Charles Plushnick

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