Good for your balancing input, Jerry. Thanks. Marta On Jul 2, 2004, at 12:18, Jerry Yeager wrote:
> I am amazed at all of the different takes on this announcement I have > heard. > > Lots of folks are going "Yippee! New G5 iMacs in September! Woohoo!" > > The thing that bothers me about the financial analysts view is the > claim that Apple is missing the back to school sales. Nonsense. That > seems to completely miss the trend that Apple has been focusing on > putting iBooks and Powerbooks in the school-going crowd, not iMacs -- > those are more for home users/workers. Lots of iBooks and Powerbooks > for sale from Apple. How could they miss that major direction push > from Apple? Other educational pushes from Apple are for using the > eMacs -- lots of those available as well. I think I would have a good > hard long chat with my financial advisor if they were expecting iMacs > to be the big seller for the school crowd, especially since Apple sold > more iPods than iMacs last year. > > Jerry > > > On Jul 02, 2004, at 11:55 AM, Jeff @ SLYN Systems wrote: > >> In addition to Rex's article from yesterday... >> ? >> >> By Carolyn Pritchard, CBS MarketWatch.com >> Last Update: 8:38 PM ET July 1, 2004 >> >> >> >> >> SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) - Apple Computer shares fell 6 percent in >> Thursday's after-hours trading session after the company said it was >> delaying its new iMac until September, missing the important >> back-to-school shopping season. >> >> Apple (AAPL: news, chart, profile) also said it had stopped taking >> orders for the current iMac models. >> >> Shares of the computer maker fell to $30.40 in late trade, down $1.90. >> >> "We planned to have our next generation iMac ready by the time the >> inventory of current iMac runs out in the next few weeks," the >> company said in a statement posted on its Apple store Web site. >> >> "But our planning was obviously less than perfect." >> >> The Cupertino, Calif.-based company was widely expected to launch a >> new version of the iMac at a technology conference this week, but it >> came to the World Wide Developers Conference empty-handed for >> observers who had hoped to see another big announcement in the >> keynote address by co-founder Steve Jobs. >> >> In fiscal 2003, iMac net sales fell to 1.1 million units and $1.24 >> billion, from 1.3 million units and $1.45 million in 2002. >> >> With total net sales of $6.21 billion in 2003, iMac sales accounted >> for 20 percent of Apple's revenue. >> >> ? >> Jeff Slyn, Owner >> SLYN Systems & Peripherals >> (502) 426-5469 >> serving Kentuckiana clients 7 days a week since 1985! >> > ----------------------------------- > Someday, I will come up with a clever signature line. I am not sure if > I will use it or not, but I will come up with one. > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be July 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
