And I think I'll buy more Apple stock! It's the best news in a long time! Best, HHK Quoting Alan Thompson <alan at alanthompson.net>: > This is a good point - I really think this could be painful for Apple > - it could lower their margins, and especially hurt unit sales. > They will need to do a very large public information campaign > assuring pros and consumers alike that if they make an investment in > dead-end, very near-term unsupported hardware that they won't be > burned for it. > > I might just sell 1/2 of my AAPL position before some fancy analyst > figures this out and writes about it, then the rest following along > about their decreased confidence, yadda yadda on AAPL and its ability > to make the transition. Not to mention killing the halo effect with > lots of FUD. > > I really couldn't care less about the processor these days, but I'm > just worried about viability, application availability and the over > all momentum of the Apple OS as a platform. I really like OS X and I > would rather not use Windows. Prior to the mac, I used another > fantastic, now irrelevant platform - SGI. > > --alan > > On Jun 6, 2005, at 2:48 PM, John Griffin wrote: > > > Wait a few days and you will probably find the prices of both used > > and new Macs will take a real nosedive. > > --