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JHirsch |
posted 09-16-1999 11:19 AM
 
Apple is continuing to improve in its niche. It has invested $12.5 million in Akamai Technologies, an Internet delivery service that also serves multimedia content on behalf of CNN to work with its Quicktime TV application. There will be content provided specifically for Quicktime TV by PIXAR, Disney, ABC, and ESPN among others. The application will have a heavy e-commerce slant to it, offering links to buying things that you have previewed through Quicktime TV. I agree with bobcobb, this is a company i'm gonna continue watching. Everything they do convinces me there is room for them in the marketplace. Jake |
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bobcobb |
posted 09-10-1999 06:39 PM
banka, I've heard that there is more than just a pretty color to the new generation Macs. Here is a quote from a recent article: "The new G4 computer, Jobs said, can perform a billion calculations a second, or a Gigaflop" That's some pretty powerful computing. Also, don't count out the way a product looks or its marketing. Many people scoff at it, but its something else that sets Apple apart from Microsoft. The new iBook has also gotten good reviews in the Wall Street Journal. Apple's Stock is at its highest ever, having doubled just since mid-april. I'm not saying that makes them a buy right now, if the stock takes a dip any time soon i'm gonna get in on it! bob |
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banka |
posted 08-23-1999 01:30 PM
Whether the lawsuit is with or without merit, I find it instructive that Apple's crown jewel is the shape and color of its boxes, rather than what's inside. |
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InvestorGuide Weekly Administrator |
posted 08-23-1999 11:35 AM
Apple filed a lawsuit against eMachines, a privately-held PC maker, alleging that eMachines had illegally copied the design of Apple's popular iMac computer with its just-launched eOne PC. http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19990819/tc/tech_apple_3.html |
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JHirsch |
posted 08-09-1999 01:48 PM
The new iBook and AirPort seem like a great addition to the iMac in its applicability to schools and the workplace. The iBook is a portable computer, that with the use of the Apple AirPort (made with help from Lucent Technologies) it can be networked with many other computers in the same room. Here is some info from the Apple homepage. It sounds pretty darn cool and useful to me. “AirPort offers a simple, affordable way to bring the Internet to every room in your home, or every desk in a classroom. Without cables, or additional phone lines, or complicated networking hardware. AirPort enables your whole family to be online at the same time-simultaneously surfing different web sites, accessing e-mail and swapping files-through a single Internet service account. I'm pretty high on Apple, I think it will continue to have a place in the computing market. |
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happyguy |
posted 08-04-1999 04:32 PM
AOL and Apple recently reached an agreement on AOL Instant Messenger technology. This agreement did come out as AOL and Microsoft were in the heated battle over the same technology. “In a joint statement, the two companies said their collaboration will allow Macintosh users to exchange messages online in real-time with friends, family and colleagues, as well as with 40 million existing AOL Instant Messenger users.” As far as I can tell this software already exists. I have AOL IM loaded on my Macintosh. With it I can communicate with AOL users and AOL IM users. So, I’m not really sure what this article was really announcing. It did say that the software would become more ‘seamless’ on the Macintosh computers. |
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dude |
posted 07-21-1999 12:16 PM
Apple has benefitted from, and will continue to benefit from, Microsoft. It's a strange relationship because Apple's OS competes with MSFT's OS, but MSFT's desktop applications run on the Mac. MSFT does make a lot of money selling software for the Mac, but I think if the antitrust folks weren't in the picture MSFT would pay less attention to providing software to Mac users. |
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happyguy |
posted 07-21-1999 09:50 AM
is this good news or bad news? "Microsoft is enticing Apple customers with a new software promotion, a junk e-mail filter, and a handful of other features for Mac lovers only." http://www.techweb.com/news/story/TWB19990721S0001 I guess it is good news because it tends to indicate that Microsoft believes Macs are here to stay (or that they want them to stay so they can pretend they have competitors). The thing is, if Microsoft applications take over all Macintoshes there may be less differentiation and people will just switch to PCs... Should happyguy be happy about this? |
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InvestorGuide Weekly Administrator |
posted 07-19-1999 08:48 AM
Some analysts can't accept it, but Apple's latest earnings report shows the company is financially strong again. http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/july1999/sw90716.htm However, Apple needs to develop another revolutionary product to sustain its surprising comeback. |
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JHirsch |
posted 07-18-1999 02:26 PM
smario, I have to agree with your positive thougths about Apple. They do seem to have a niche, and if they can just keep a part of the education market (I think the imac is really well suited and well priced for a wired classroom) they can do well. It seems they are also doing an adequate job of staying popular with musicians. A few nights ago Apple hosted a live concert by the Eurythmics(they've been gone for a while) using Apple's Quick Time 4. Also lots of artists such at nin (who have a new album coming out soon) and Dave Matthews are Mac lovers. I also have been a mac user since 1986 and i still have one. I just wish i would have gotten in on the stock back when the i-mac came out. I was kicking myself then, and i'm kicking myself now... just a bit harder Jake |
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smario |
posted 07-15-1999 10:30 AM
Good news for Apple yesterday (they keep on chugging). At the close yesterday, Apple turned in earnings of $0.69/share versus $0.50 in the year-earlier quarter and a nickel ahead of analysts' mean estimate of $0.64. Apple also initiated a share buyback. Furthermore, Apple increased its profits by 52% in the fiscal third quarter ended June 26 to $114 million (before a one-time gain) from $75 million (also before one-time items) a year ago. The quarter's results were driven by strong sales of Apple's popular iMac computer, as overall unit sales grew 40% from a year ago. CFO Fred Anderson said he expects fiscal Q4 units and sales to increase "slightly" from Q3 levels, and gross margin to remain about the same. He added that fiscal Q1 results should be "strong." |
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daffy |
posted 07-02-1999 10:47 AM
7/1: "Apple Computer said it has filed a suit against Future Power, Daewoo Group and Daewoo Telecom, alleging that a new PC launched by Future Power has copied the industrial design of Apple's consumer iMac. Future Power, a joint venture company backed by Korea-based Daewoo Telecom, a subsidiary of the Daewoo Group, introduced an all-in-one, sleek integrated PC called the E-Power that comes Internet-ready in five bright colours at the PC Expo trade show in New York for $799." I don't know whether the lawsuit is justified or not, but either way, it's sad. Apple used to be a technological innovator, and now they think their competitive advantage is the color of their boxes. Ask not for whom the bell tolls... it tolls for Apple. |
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vivid |
posted 06-11-1999 01:43 PM
pgr22, I'm assuming that when you say 'pretty good' you mean informative rather than positive. The article basically highlighted Apple's recent problems with delivering their new product (a next-generational laptop) to their customers, a big no no when trying to continue a comeback. Not a good sign. |
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pgr22 |
posted 06-10-1999 10:11 PM
Here's a pretty good article about Apple: http://www.msnbc.com/news/277439.asp |
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smario |
posted 05-25-1999 09:35 AM
In Red Herring's "Top 100 Companies of the Electronic Economy" article, they call Apple Computers "simply unimportant". Ouch. |
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