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To: Keith Feral who wrote (101865)	8/11/2010 11:11:23 AM
From: OrionX	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213182

"The warning is rather simple. Apple is kicking everyone's butt in the PC market. Intel is getting an avalanche of downgrades the past couple days. Apple gets a ding like everyone else, but the results will be stellar." I would add that Intel is still heavily tied to PCs and in the mobile space, where the real growth seems to be, it's QCOM, TXN, and ARM.

To: Keith Feral who wrote (101865)	8/11/2010 11:22:20 AM
From: iggyl	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213182

Text SizeBack to school PC sales slow except for Apple updated 09:20 am EDT, Wed August 11, 2010Apple, high-end PCs thrive in back to school sales UBS analyst Maynard Um today reported in an investment note that back to school sales were still slow but appeared to favor Apple. Checks at stores and staff showed that most stores were only seeing a "mild" bump in sales from students and that most of the heavy traffic was at Apple retail stores. The iPhone 4 and iPad were responsible for lineups, but the new iMac was also seeing strong demand. Notebook sales may also favor Apple, the researcher said. Although many netbooks are now at $300 and are getting heavier promos at aisle caps, more portable sales are skewing to mid- or high-end notebooks, with just 26 percent of systems costing less than than $450. Although iPads may affect netbooks, they're not likely to impact back to school sales as most students still need the performance and OS of a regular computer. Um anticipated a last-minute spike in back to school sales, helped in part by promos, but still predicted a slump in PC sales down to 9.7 percent for the whole industry versus the usual 12 percent. A corroborating report from JP Morgan had PC shipments plunging in July as companies like Acer, HP and Lenovo hadn't had strong sales earlier in the summer. In the second half of the year, Apple is expected to be the only computer builder targeting home users that succeeds where the most Windows success will come from enterprise business. Read more: electronista.com electronista.com

To: Keith Feral who wrote (101865)	8/11/2010 11:25:27 AM
From: manalagi	4 Recommendations Respond to of 213182

This is not Apple specific even though the stock is down 9 points. The entire market cannot sustain in this environment where the national debt is climbing to 14 trillion$ and unemployment is still over 10%. As we go towards the end of the year we will see a lot of selling to take advantage of the low capital gains which will end on 12/31/10. Does not matter if companies are kicking in high gears like Apple or Bidu. They are all swept by the low tides.

To: Keith Feral who wrote (101865)	8/11/2010 10:52:34 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Respond to of 213182

Daughter is going off to university this fall.. notebook will be a MacBookPro.. Apparently they are giving away a printer and iPod Touch with it.. She'll get the printer and MacBook and I get the Touch ... She already has an iPod Classic.. She lost the first one when it cost just under 500$ CDN with tax.. so she had to buy #2 herself.. If the MacBook survives the first year I'll probably give her the touch and take the classic ;O) I agree on Apple earnings... looking for entry :O) CSNY said Teach your children well.. :o) TBS