____/ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on Thursday 24 April 2008 13:06 : \____
> <Quote>
> Signs of a consumer slowdown abound in the United States, but Apple
> customers appear not to have noticed.
>
> Buoyed by unusually strong Macintosh sales, the company grew notably
> faster than the rest of the computer market worldwide in the first
> three months of the year. Revenue increased 43 percent from the same
> period a year ago...
>
> Apple shipped 2.3 million Mac computers in the quarter, 51 percent
> more than in the quarter a year ago. Revenue on those computers
> increased 54 percent....
> </Quote>
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/24/technology/24apple.html
>
> Mac sales up 51% over a year ago. That's taking food from Ballmer's
> plate! He won't like that!
>
> Stock is up since slump in January, too. Today vs 1 year ago (source:
> Yahoo finance):
>
> MSFT 31.45 (today), 28.79 (1 yr ago), up 9%
> AAPL 162 (today), 93 (1 yr ago), up 74%
>
> Guess Ray Lopez 0.999 should have invested in Apple. Too bad.
Market diversity is good. If only Apple was not Microsoft's b* when it comes to
fonts, patents, OOXML, etc.
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