At some level it's necessary for a company as tight and as focused as Apple is to maintain a cohesion in its corporate expanse. They could easily spend their money on growing the company in a myriad of ways. They could invest in pharmaceuticals or unicycles, but the farther afield they get from their core competencies the less likely they are to succeed, and the less likely they are to remain a single, cohesive company.
At the end of the day the key question remains: what is Apple other than just a big ol' wad of money? If Apple is something other than just an amalgam of various profitable enterprises then they should keep on being that instead of trying to be something they're not.
At some level it's necessary for a company as tight and as focused as Apple is to maintain a cohesion in its corporate expanse. They could easily spend their money on growing the company in a myriad of ways. They could invest in pharmaceuticals or unicycles, but the farther afield they get from their core competencies the less likely they are to succeed, and the less likely they are to remain a single, cohesive company.
At the end of the day the key question remains: what is Apple other than just a big ol' wad of money? If Apple is something other than just an amalgam of various profitable enterprises then they should keep on being that instead of trying to be something they're not.