“Apple’s stock has continued to buck the trend on Wall Street, posting a 14%-plus gain in the four weeks since last month’s issue went to press,” Nate Pile, the editor of Nate’s Notes, explains. “And, while there is always the chance that a negative surprise will suddenly materialize for the company, I continue to believe that the company’s prospects are still the brightest they have ever been, especially when it comes to the company’s computer business.”
Pile writes, “In a nutshell, I believe that analysts are still dramatically underestimating the chances of Apple pulling off a major coup in this space by returning to double-digit market share ‘far sooner than anyone believes is possible.’ In anticipation of a great holiday season, AAPL is now a strong buy under $185 and a buy under $220.”
Source: Nate’s Notes Issue 155
I am long myself
AAPL is the real “surprising” stock, waaay above GOOG.
People will only realize that when it is as big as MSFT in 5 years.
I bought a thousand years ago wen they were under 10 bucks!
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Does this mean that Nate’s chauffeur is a Pile driver?
@TT…. total spit take bro.
Jim TIV
That reminds me of something my sister said once….
(OK, not really)
I don’t think the gentleman who predicted AAPL would go to $600 is underestimating it.
TT: Only if it’s shag.
Hey, Amp. I see what you did there….
Quite a play.
Was it laid wall to wall?
50% market share by 2010. I believe it.
I wonder if Nate’s brother’s name is Gomer?
> returning to double-digit market share ‘far sooner than anyone believes is possible.’
I think Apple is already passed the 10% mark in the U.S., starting the current quarter. At this point, no well-informed buyer is going to want a brand new computer with Windows Vista. I’d guess about 1 in 10 buyers are “well-informed” at this point. The only truly viable alternative is to buy a Mac (with apologies to the Linux folks).
“I wonder if Nate’s brother’s name is Gomer?”
talk about pile driving….
Hey, I heard he raises nuts.
My take?
by 2010:
MS=70% Apple=$25% Linux=
The full extent of the Apple resurgence presently underway will not be fully visible until it is viewed with hindsight…
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He may well be right.
I’d say something very positive is happening with Mac share.
Last week I flew through Chicago Midway and Pittsburgh, and the number of MacBooks and MacBook Pros was astounding.
I have never seen so much Apple hardware in my life, and it was not easy to pinpoint a common demographic among the users.
I did envy an old codger who was using a 17″ MacBook Pro. He couldn’t have cared less if our plane was late.
Well, TT, I was just trying to be “frank” with you.
Um, it won’t happen again.
:-p
In the spirit of the season, I will refer to my nemesis as “FrankenSenseless”.
I was a nemesis once
or was it senseless?
In between spit takes while reading TT and Ampar, I just finishing up helping my 41st switcher since bootcamp was released set up her macbook.
correction “I just finished helping… yadayada”
TT: Let’s just leave out the Frankenberries.
Jim – TIV: You rock!
Do we have to leave out his and Gloria’s son, Frank N. Steinem, too?
Wasn’t he in the lesbian remake of the Rocky Horror Picture Show sponsored by Snap-On Tools?
In the past month alone, three of my close windows friends have purchased Macs. I would say that the market share is over 10% already also… and given how PACKED the Apple stores tend to be in the NY area…
BTW – I fondled a new iPod Nano today, and was really impressed. I have packs of chewing gum that are bigger. Quite nice! I won’t give up my iPhone, but it is really nice!
Ampar-TT….stop it. You guys are killing me.
You know I’ve loved you since your Buster Hymen days. Good times?
My own anecdotal evidence. Before Thanksgiving, I was in O’Hare airport. I walked up and back from a Starbucks counter, passing ten or so gates on the way. I counted all the laptops in view. There were 15 PC laptops and 15 Macs. When it comes to the laptop market, Apple must have dented 10% share by now.
“Wasn’t he in the lesbian remake of the Rocky Horror Picture Show sponsored by Snap-On Tools?”
Yes, he was “Asshole!”, but was shaved and didn’t stick out….
Buster Hymen? Do you know Anita Cherry?
22% Apple,
41% Linux,
26% Microsoft
and
11% Google (Webkit) application server base folks
by 2010.
IIRC, NPD had US Mac notebook share in the 18% range recently.
“41% Linux”
Maybe in the server rooms.