Apple TV ads - how times have changed

2010-11-24 Thread Peter Bull
While watching Channel 7 last night an ad came on for the Mac Book Air. I had seen it quite a few times before, but it struck me that a years ago Wamuggers would excitedly post a message here that they had seen a TV ad for Mac computers. Back then, it seemed like the ads were only broadcast a

Re: Apple TV ads - how times have changed

2010-11-24 Thread Mark Secker
On 25/11/10 9:38 AM, Peter Bull pb...@bbnet.com.au wrote: While watching Channel 7 last night an ad came on for the Mac Book Air. I had seen it quite a few times before, but it struck me that a years ago Wamuggers would excitedly post a message here that they had seen a TV ad for Mac

Re: Apple TV ads - how times have changed

2010-11-24 Thread Rod Kevill
Hey Peter, according to Fortune Mags global listing of the top 500 companies, Apple comes in at 197... See http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/global500/2010/full_list/101_200.html Cheers, Rod On 25/11/10 10:17 AM, Mark Secker m...@biz.uwa.edu.au wrote: On 25/11/10 9:38

Re: Apple TV ads - how times have changed

2010-11-24 Thread Geoff and Kaye
On 25/11/2010, at 9:38 AM, Peter Bull wrote: While watching Channel 7 last night an ad came on for the Mac Book Air. I had seen it quite a few times before, but it struck me that a years ago Wamuggers would excitedly post a message here that they had seen a TV ad for Mac computers.

Re: Apple TV ads - how times have changed

2010-11-24 Thread cm
Hi Rod, It depends which measure you use. Peter is talking about market capitalization -- the product of the number of shares outstanding and the share price. Apple passed Microsoft earlier this year in terms of market capitalization but was at the time, still behind it in revenue and profit.

Re: Apple TV ads - how times have changed

2010-11-24 Thread Rod Kevill
Ahh - OK. But my first hit in Google for Market Capitalisation lists came up with Apple at 4th... See http://www.corporateinformation.com/Top-100.aspx?topcase=b Looks like Apple is 2nd biggest in US companies... Very interesting. Cheers, Rod On 25/11/10 10:45 AM, cm cm200...@gmail.com

Re: Apple TV ads - how times have changed

2010-11-24 Thread cm
They are probably using old numbers. Apple is rising so fast it's hard to keep up. So here's a link to warm your heart, and this article is from back in September when Apple was somewhere around $290 per share. Today it is $315 per share.