Maybe it was all the fault of Steve Jobs. When Apple’s stock was above $80, he was reported boasting to employees that the company’s market value, however briefly, had exceeded that of Dell. Maybe he should not have relished the experience and challenged the “fates.” Regardless, now it’s down below $70 a share, and folks […]

Although Apple isn’t giving us any specifics, it did admit in its conference call with financial analysts that some people are sitting on the sidelines awaiting an Intel-based Mac. Although sales of 1,254,000 Macs in the last quarter were 20% above the same quarter in 2004, some Wall Street analysts weren’t terribly pleased. They expected […]

To tell you the truth, sometimes I prefer to simply ignore the latest round of speculation about possible iPod killers. Wall Street, of course, can’t stop worrying. When Sony introduced a new line of music players a while back, Apple’s stock went down. Surely Sony would make a dent in the iPod’s dominance, right? Napster […]