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Overall market regained early losses, way back in black. But, not AAPL...

Time for Steve to put on tie and coat. Serious investors are looking for a serious business opportunity - not gimmicky gadgets with short term shelf life.

Jan 16, 08 - 02:38 pm Comment from: JadisOne

Let the traders sell. I am liking the pullback to add more AAPL to my portfolio.

Apple would have hung the moon if they had released the new Mac Pro's yesterday instead of last week. People forget soooo quickly. Watch the keynote and you will see just how awesome the Macbook Air is. Will M$ give me permission to say "WOW"??
Just what if the same expectations applied to any other company on the planet?
You got the world changed again yesterday, and you people are sitting around cry'in about it yet again. Bunch 'o spoiled rotten olive juice drinkers.

What will the cryers say on the 22nd, when quarterly results go thru yet another even higher ceiling?

Jan 16, 08 - 02:42 pm Comment from: GmanMac

Beyond me what they were expecting from Apple that was to be so killer.

iPhone is killing, Leopard is killing, iPods are killing, iTunes is killing, Macbooks are killing.

Apple in general is blowing up.

Some commentators are criticizing Apple for coming out with TOO many new products too soon, wonder if it will have a negative impact on consumer' buying habits; others criticizing because Apple isn't coming out with a a game changer every 6 months.

They need to understand that Apple isn't just changing the game, it's writing the rules now.

Jan 16, 08 - 02:46 pm Comment from: TowerTone

"Yes, but what have you done for me lately? As in this afternoon?"

It's a game. It has nothing to do with reality.

Jan 16, 08 - 02:49 pm Comment from: January 24, 1984

I appreciate some of the thinking one encounters here. The voices of reason pushing back against the "OMG the stock price" crowd, and the bozos expecting alien-grade technology every few months.

What other company does as well?

Or even close?

Each product success will allow apple to gain further OS marketshare and eventually total world domination....and I will have a larger bank account...

Coat and tie?!? Gimmicky gagdets?!? Are you nuts?

Told ya, concerns and disappointments.

BUY, BUY, BUY. Before the market comes to its senses and the stock skyrockets. !!!!!!

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I see this as another buying opportunity.

I see it dropping to $155 over the next week, and then a nice surge forward at the end of the month when earnings and so forth are announced.

Jan 16, 08 - 03:11 pm Comment from: ericdano

Wait, Apple's stock is taking a beating, but after that crap fest that was CES, none of those other companies got hit? Most of them were showing things that were either concepts, or shipping sometime this year. Or Microsoft, which didn't announce anything.

I'm happy with MacWorld. New software for my iPhone, and AppleTV. Cool new notebook that will make some people happy. Movie rentals that are on par with PayPerView costs, plus you can download it to your iPod if you wanted to.

I don't see anything bad here. True, the fabled MacBookTouch didn't happen, but, the first steps are there (ie gesters on the MacBook Air).

<i>"Coat and tie?!? Gimmicky gagdets?!? Are you nuts?"<i>

Yeah, everyone is NUTS except for you Ultra Fanboys and Girls... Who wants reasonably priced equipment with lots of features? Give us overpriced "sexy, gorgeous, and elegant" computers...

Earth to Fanboys - after you get past the 8% of the Apple drollers, you have to start making reasonably priced functional computers. I want something that works and has lots of features at a fair price. I (and most of the world) could care less if it's "elegant".... IT'S A COMPUTER, not a fashion model....

The Macbook Air is fine... Price is at $799. That's about all it's worth...

Seriously, we go through this after every macworld. For some reason when Apple unveils a cool new app or gadget the stock tanks. Even after the release of the iPhone the stock dropped. I really don't understand why people freak out after MW.

Jan 16, 08 - 03:28 pm Comment from: Ampar

" I want something that works and has lots of features at a fair price."

Get a MacBook Pro and stop whining.

Jan 16, 08 - 03:33 pm Comment from: Geo B

The real shame is Apple could announce record profits, record sales and the cure for cancer - if their guidance for the next quarter is lower than expected by the so called analysts, the stock will go down. It's really sad but that's what it does.

I'm not sure if I'm supposed to plug other web sites here but the Apple Finance Board at this site does really good AAPL analysis:
http://www.macobserver.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=7

Good luck, I think I'll hold my stock after buying AAPL at $9

Man, you stink just like a shoeman!

Jan 16, 08 - 03:44 pm Comment from: DresdenSparrow

I hope this puppy sells like hot cakes, but I doubt it will.

I was part of the potential market, and I am not interested in the Air. Too big, and possible, dare I say, ugly |-:

That being said, all the things that drove AAPL up (iPhone sales, killer iMac/MB lineup, 10.5, iTunes) are all still there and racking in money.

And now Apple TV is getting viable and we Apple is behind it.

AAPL will be back up in no time.

My broker talks me out of this every time. I suggest that history suggests that I sell some stock just before MacWorld and buy back afterwords. He ALWAYS talks me out of it. Mind you, he's right the rest of the time.

Centris:
Seriously, we go through this after every macworld. For some reason when Apple unveils a cool new app or gadget the stock tanks. Even after the release of the iPhone the stock dropped. I really don't understand why people freak out after MW.

Jan 16, 08 - 03:56 pm Comment from: ChrissyOne

Thanks, Yep. You've made me $1 CDN.

Jan 16, 08 - 04:21 pm Comment from: Buster

"The Macbook Air is fine... Price is at $799. That's about all it's worth"

Nope.... Yep

@January 24, 1984
"and the bozos expecting alien-grade technology every few months."

Exactly. They forget that Apple has that little thing called the "Prime Directive" to worry about.

Jan 16, 08 - 04:37 pm Comment from: LinuxGuyAndMacProdigalSon

The article proves the absolute crushing stupidity of the Wall Street anal-ists and their supporting cast of pundits. So much in this article is kaka, but let us address only one point -- that Intel's problems mean Apple has a problem and should sink with Intel.

You see, Intel makes chips, but because the failure of Vista, the market could not support the heavy volume of supply that was readied for the Vista rollout. So the selling price of these chips has dropped.

How in the fscking hell does that cause a problem for Apple? By raising Apple's margins to the stratosphere, perhaps? By forcing huge earnings onto Apple's bottom line? Wow, what a problem for Apple!

Jan 16, 08 - 05:16 pm Comment from: Demon

I'd be looking at the next few days as a buying opportunity.

because all manner of hell is going to ensue:

Apple plans to host a webcast discussing first quarter financial results on January 22, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. PST / 5:00 p.m. EST.

This is what investors are waiting for with bated breath.

Jan 16, 08 - 05:31 pm Comment from: Hm...

Greenspan almost had it right: the market is filled with irrational exuberancebehaviour!

Apple's shares are taking a hit (in part) because the big funds are telling each-other to reduce their tech exposure. Hence the kind of selloff no individual investor could cause.

Which is a shame. There's nothing WRONG with Apple, they're just caught in a tough market in a tough year like everyone else. Expect a nice springback when the Street decides tech is a good bet again.

This is what investors are waiting for with bated breath.

That, or they'll be mobbing with torches and pitchforks. Depends who & when they bought.

Jan 17, 08 - 07:21 am Comment from: Brau

Not surprised to see stocks falling. Apple screwed their own customers by releasing Time Capsule before making good on past Airdisk backup promises, they screwed iPod owners by making them pay for software they already get for free, They launched a proprietary movie rental system via the locked down, ham fisted, AppleTV but that device has been slow to sell for good reason (and most Windows users won't download iTunes), they released the stylish MacBook Air (which is about all it has inside), and slyly released the 8 core Mac Pro towers during CES the week before to hide the fact they had no performance stats worth crowing about. Overall there was a very deflated response to their offerings across the board.

Now last year, that was something special. The iPhone, iPod Touch, Leopard, and Time Machine were all mind blowing. The only negative issue was the SDK debacle.

Oh well, good time to buy I guess. It can only get better. Or can it?