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Tuesday July 22, 2008
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 Q3 was another banner earnings period for Apple, thanks in no small part to the runaway success of the iPhone 3G and the company's leap to the number three spot amongst PC manufacturers in the US.
Still, even with the marked success, the company is keeping its earnings predictions for future quarters fairly conservative. It's not difficult to see why--Apple is, essentially, the manufacturer of luxury products amidst broader economic expectations that just seem to keep going from bad to worse.
As always, the company is staying quiet with regards to future product announcements, and, as always, said fact hasn't kept analysts from speculating all over the place. Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster gladly tossed in his two cents, saying, "We believe Apple is readying new iPods and new portables that will apply downward margin pressure in the Sept. quarter and into FY09. We believe there is an 80% chance Apple will introduce redesigned MacBooks and possibly new MacBook Pros at lower price points."
As the number three manufacturer in the US, at least a little bit of the luxury tag seems to have been stripped from Apple's PCs. In this economic climate, a few well-timed price slashes would be very welcome indeed.
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July 22, 2008 2:12 PM
Forget about the iPod, check out the new Creative ZEN X-FI. wireless, the world's first X-FI player. Creative pioneered the mp3 player and invented the iPod interface, which Apple stole and now Creative is not recognized.
July 22, 2008 4:54 PM
@Davin: hahahahahahaha
Aw man, that's a good one. Tell me another?
Moving on. I'd be curious to see what happens if Apple really does cut prices on its products. The whole "you get more PC for your money buying elsewhere" argument is already paperthin, and a number of analysts (Ars did a great writeup of this) have proven that the comparison is tenuous at best. Apple's been doing very well with its product line lately, and even though we haven't seen significant revisions to the MacBook and Mac Pro lineup in ages, they're still gaining in market share. I'm almost afraid that Apple will change too much about its desktop/laptop architecture, considering its been so successful as of late.
August 17, 2008 10:01 PM
We still have yet to see these from Apple. I anticipate maybe after the holiday season they might make this happen. They have to get everyone's money who can afford it first, before they make the big "drop"