Analysts don't understand Apple.
December 1, 2008
Analysts express unease with Apple's Black Friday | www.macnn.com
Analysts keep putting Apple in the same boat as other manufacturers and don't want to realize you can't. Apple is a unique company and has to be viewed differently.
Buying Dell not in the Apple scope of things.
November 25, 2008
Why Apple Should Buy Dell | lowendmac.com
It makes sense to buy Dell if Apple were any other computer company other than Apple. Look at market share, and ability to expand into markets where it is weak, but Its not in the cards.
Kentucky vs the Internet in a new Legal Battle
November 12, 2008
Kentucky's Legal Bet: A Case of Pushing the States' Rights Envelope | www.ecommercetimes.com
While Kentucky is concerned about the loss of revenue, but the suit opens Pandora's box on the entire structure of the internet and freedom of speech.
Studios Should Put Blu-ray Money Where It Counts Most - At Retail
November 11, 2008
Studios, consumer electronic firms to promote Blu-ray discs | www.latimes.com
Blu-ray is an impressive, but only an evolutionary, improvement in picture quality. It doesn’t offer lifestyle or use model changes, it costs more and has fewer titles available than standard DVD. Picture quality improvement is compelling to movie and video aficionados, but to the rest of, and most of, the world? In today’s economy most shoppers are looking for new value for their money, or at least more value.
November 11, 2008
Apple and Asustek reduce notebook outsourcing by 20-30% in 4Q08, says paper | www.digitimes.com
A slowdown may have already been factored into the 50% drop in Apple stock value. Is it real and could it go down some more? Also see: DRAM contract quotes drop another 10% for 1H November http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20081110PD213.html Taiwan PSU makers saw on-month drop in October http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20081110PD208.html VIS sees revenues decline in October http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20081110PD216.html LCD panel makers may suspend operations at some fabs, paper says http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20081110PB201.html Despite grim holiday outlook, 33% of buyers looking at Apple http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/11/10/despite-grim-holiday-outlook-33-of-buyers-looking-at-apple
I will have some Apple Chips with that iPhone
November 7, 2008
Apple's Furiously Fast Future | www.technewsworld.com
Also see Is Apple getting into the chip business? http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Apples-spat-IBM-may-mean/story.aspx?guid={8C8EBB0E-DB0F-4EAD-BFE4-8F605E8499C2} Will this allow Apple to be even more different in its product lines and did the Intel CPUs cause Jobs to move in this direction? Will Apple products be Apple only once again?
Store Closings Will Not Save Circuit City
November 4, 2008
UPDATED: Breaking: Circuit City Closing 155 Stores | consumerist.com
Momentum is pulling down CC fast. Closing these stores is certainly not going to stop that, and will likely accelerate it.
Windows 7 - get ready to spend lots of upgrade money.
November 4, 2008
Windows 7 Upgrade Chaos Looms | www.informationweek.com
Many business have held on to Windows XP for two reasons, the first was the instability of Vista and the second was to avoid the high cost of upgrades to be compatible. With Windows 7 they are going to be force in many cases to move up.
Circuit City will it follow Comp USA?
November 3, 2008
UPDATED: Breaking: Circuit City Closing 155 Stores | consumerist.com
At 8sm on 11/03/2008 CC will announce the closing of 155 Stores, will be this be enough to save the company or is it the start of a slide out of business?
Is AT&T dependent on Apple too much?
October 28, 2008
How AT&T Became Apple's Lap Dog | blog.wired.com
Apple and AT&T in two years will have to renew their contract, what if they don't.
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