While it is a good thing that Apple is taking steps to protect its margins, we believe that Apple did this very reluctantly, as rising prices are a rarity in the PC industry. -Daniel Kunstler

 

While it is a good thing that Apple is taking steps to protect its margins, we believe that Apple did this very reluctantly, as rising prices are a rarity in the PC industry.


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They're aligning themselves with a very good name in the Internet space; the deal gives them a funnel for a pretty broad spectrum of products and services, even beyond their initial investment; and they're putting their toe in the waters of revenue sharing for Internet services. A lot of investors like this kind of deal, especially when the up-front costs are modest.

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So, that drives revenues down and at the same time they've got to spend to create demand over the course of the quarter because the December quarter is still quite important.

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The game was over, it was going to be a commodity product. And here, even in sort of this extremely price-competitive environment, they managed to improve their gross margin.

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It is a very difficult kind of transaction to stand up and cheer for.

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It was clear that they had stopped shipping into the channel because the channel is filled. Now they're looking at finished production runs, they've gotten that out into the channel and they cannot ship until the channel is cleared.

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