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To: jonkai who wrote (34916)	9/12/2002 10:45:08 PM
From: Sam Scrutchins	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 213182

jonkai and all, another put story from Schaeffer's: ) Schaeffer's Option Activity Watch: 1. Apple Computer (Nasdaq:AAPL) saw its put open interest for the front three months of options increase by 9,094 contracts yesterday to 59,808. The October 12.50 put seems to be responsible for this increase, with many large- block trades changing hands yesterday afternoon. During the two o'clock hour, trades of 100, 2,000, 2,000, 4,00 0, and 1,000 contracts executed at $0.40. The previous hour had trades of 200, 300, and 1,000 contracts hitting at $0.50. Open interest at this option increased by 9,011 contracts on volume of 10,666. The trades in the two o'clock hour occurred at the bid price, indicating that they were probably put sales. The trades before that occurred at the mid price, making it impossible (without directly contacting the exchange) to know if they were buys or sells. The only news from AAPL yesterday was the company's announcement to use the Mac OS X as its only operating system. It's doubtful this news caused these option plays. It's more likely that these put sales were institutional bets....

To: jonkai who wrote (34916)	9/13/2002 1:26:49 PM
From: Doren	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 213182

Sorry, I just don't buy it. 1)other reviews like from Barefeats are littered with notes saying they didn't use multi processor aware tests and didn't use altivec Barefeats is a known Mac centric site. I don't buy the implied PC bias in your statement here. 2) Mac NightOwl is also Mac centric. Please note that the Photoshop test is a suite of tests put together by Apple. 3) Yes, I'm talking one processor to one processor. And I'm also talking Athlon rather than Pentiums because anyone familiar with these processors knows that for the last few years Athlons have been stomping Pentiums in the FPU catagory. The very catagory that Steinberg tested. Mac centric sites routinely test a dual processor Mac against a single Pentium and proclaim victory. You rarely see a dual Athlon against a dual Mac. Basically you can find proof all over that one processor is faster than another. Most mean nothing. When a Mac Centric site says a PC processor is faster I tend to believe them. Conversely when a PC centric site says Macs are faster I tend to believe them. And some sites seem to be more free of bias than others such as DV, those generally have more credability with me. I also have experience with my own machines. I'm still primarily a Mac user, and have been one for 7 or so years. I have 11 Macs and 1 PC. But facts are facts. you are trying to build a mcDonalds across the street from another mcDonalds..... worse you are trying to charge more for kludgy burgers that takes twice the energy to cook then sell them to McDonald's customers who are know what the "real thing" is..... In any business some clients are more trouble than profitable. Dumb companies dump these clients. Smart companies raise the prices they charge these clients until the profit margin is acceptable. I sometimes DOUBLE the price I charged to problem customers. Most don't care at all and we both came away happy. Why not build some overpriced PC's for the curious??? What the heck would it hurt as long as Apple makes a profit? I can't understand why anyone would object to such a thing even if Apple is your whole life and you have an emotional bond to the PPC? Why the heck would you care as long as you could get your Mac with your PPC?