Worse, this is not CIO magazine's own writers saying this, they
are quoting an analyst with Technology Business Research who
essentially is implying that "consumer confidence rebounded in the
second quarter, but only for Apple users". That is some "interesting"
professional analysis and fact-checking there.
For the doubters, read it yourself:
<http://www.cio.com/article/497823/Apple_Beats_Recession_Sells_More_Macs_Touts_Value_
>
At least a bad is an article in The Inquirer which touted IDC's
misguided
predictions for the quarter as established fact in an article, "Apple
tanks in
the pc market", just days before Apple released their financial report.
<http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1433741/apple-tanks-pc-market>
From: "t.piwowar" <[email protected]>
After all this is CIO magazine. They cater to bone heads.
Note their story on Apple's 2nd quarter 12% gain (while the industry
slumped 3%) is not attributed to anything Apple did: "But I don't
know how much of this is Apple's doing. The real change, I think, is
more of consumer confidence." That is horse shit. Consumer confidence
did not rebound in the 2nd quarter. If anything, people were cutting
back and looking at expenses carefully. A careful shopper is more
likely to buy the better product.
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