Dealers angered by Apple retail news. dealers angered by apple retail news. Recent news, as yet unverified by Apple Computer Inc., that the company plans to open a string of retail stores, has angered Mac resellers who have been assured by the company that it had no plans to directly compete with them. Recent news, as yet unverified by Apple Computer Inc., that the company plans to open a string of retail stores, has angered Mac resellers who have been assured by the company that it had no plans to directly compete with them. A recent story in the San Jose Mercury news has it that Apple's first retail outlet will be located in Palo Alto, California. At an October 23 meeting of Apple Specialist store managers, Apple Senior VP, Tim Cook, assured retailers that the company would stay out of direct store front sales....

600MHz DDR Apple G4s?. 600mhz ddr apple g4s. According to The Register, Apple is nearly ready to drive up its dual-processor Power Mac G4 line to 600MHz. According to The Register, Apple is nearly ready to drive up its dual-processor Power Mac G4 line to 600MHz. In related news, Apple has updated its open-source Darwin operating system foundation to version 1.2.1, and, apparently, it comes with a wish list that includes development of x86 compatibility....

Apple CFO: 14 million iPods sold in fiscal Q1 2006. apple ipods 14 million sold. Cupertino (CA) - In today’s fiscal first quarter 2006 earnings report, Apple Computer CFO Peter Oppenheimer reported "the best quarter in Apple’s history," confirming revenue figures of $5.75 billion reported by CNBC earlier in the day. Stay in touch for more news from the Apple earnings report....

Apple sells eight million iPods in fiscal second quarter. apple sells another 8m ipods in q2fy2006. The news from Apple continues to sound a positive note, especially for a company many see as principally in the music industry. For the previous quarter, Apple sold 667,000 new Mac desktops - 59,000 more than for the second quarter of fiscal 2005 - and 587,000 new Mac portables - 125,000 more. In North and South America, the news is not bad, with sales growing by 8% per year. But in the wake of much worse news from Intel, which reported a drop in profit of 38% for its fiscal quarter just closed, over the prior year, financial analysts could very well end up putting their iPod earbuds back on, and singing a happy tune for Apple....

It's the correction which could spell trouble for Apple.. Cupertino (CA) - When a company’s doing well and rolling out new products, as is the case with Apple over the past four years, it has the luxury of timing the release of good news on a drop-by-drop basis, on its own terms. That report has typically been the prelude to all the other good news that falls thereafter, such as new product rollouts, some of which may come as soon as Monday. The problem is how both investors and customers react to the news that Apple may have failed to report the backdating of stock option grants to its key executives, perhaps CEO Steve Jobs among them. In September 2002, Apple stock traded for around $7.25 per share, according to Morningstar data....

Update: Apple Mac Pro gets a special Clovertown processor. apple macbook pro gets clovertown. According to Apple’s website, the new system is configurable with two Clovertown (Xeon 5300 series) processors, clocked at 3.0 GHz. Apple did not comment on this specific version of the processor, but said that the 3.0 GHz quad-core configuration is aimed at "pro software developers [as] a platform to prepare new versions of their applications for the future, when 8-core technology is more prevalent on the desktop." The Apple 3.0 GHz 2x quad-core system is available on the Mac store and is promised to ship within "3-5 business days". In a separate news, Apple announced that it has lowered the prices of some of its Cinema desktop LCDs....

Analyst opinion: Will Steve Jobs have to leave Apple?. will jobs have to leave apple. Last Month, the Mercury News ran several stories claiming that Steve Jobs was in the clear and the second pointing the finger at Apple’s ex-CFO Fred Anderson and ex-General Counsel Nancy Heinen as responsible they also reminded us that Apple’s own internal investigation had cleared Jobs, despite a sequence of events that looked really questionable, and analysis that suggested he was very ... This is likely to be a very public trial and, because Apple is not the entity taking the action, Apple can’t settle out to make the news go away. That may become problematic as the news from the trial(s) could eclipse Apple product coverage and damage sales. Leopard, its next OS, which was actually due last year, has been delayed until October, the newApple TV isn’t selling well, and there are a lot of doubts about the iPhone which could, as Apple’s very first phone, fall well short of customer expectations or be trumped by a competitive offering from a real phone company....

Macworld: Apple rumoured to launch iTunes movie rentals. CES is over and done with, leaving all eyes fixated on the looming Macworld convention as Apple fans ponder over what new gadgets will be unveiled.. San Francisco (CA) - CES is over and done with, leaving all eyes fixated on the looming Macworld convention as Apple fans ponder over what new gadgets will be unveiled. Based on widely circulating rumors, Apple is expected to show off a new laptop called the "Macbook Air" that is half the size of the current models. The addition of rentals would be big news, because Apple has prided itself on only offering one download option with no flexibility on iTunes....

Following our article with some advice on which Apple products you should stay away from right now, there is the necessity of an article of which Apple products you can buy – without having to worry that your shiny new device will be replaced.... Following our article with some advice on which Apple products you should stay away from right now, there is, of course, the necessity of an article of which Apple products you can buy – without having to worry that your shiny new device will be replaced within a few weeks. However, owning an Apple product always has an additional rewarding element when it is new, whether it is the guy next to you in airplane showing off an iPod or iPhone, someone in a Starbucks prominently displaying his MacBook Air or a friend who is proud of his Cinema display. Bragging rights come standard with newApples : To get the best overall emotional and practical experience, you certainly want to look for something that won’t be replaced next week. MacBook Air Apple’s ultra-thin, lightweight laptop is an entirely new product, thus attracting hordes of early adopters....

Reports emerged earlier this week that Cupertino based Apple has hired the dean of the Yale School of Management to lead a new project called "Apple University.". Reports emerged earlier this week that Cupertino-based Apple has hired the dean of the Yale School of Management to lead a new project called "Apple University.’’ Not many Apple announcements come completely out of the blue. While there is little to no information about the Apple University other than it’s an, “exciting new project,” Apple’s decision to pluck Joel Podolny from tenure at Yale SOM (and indeed his decision to leave this current position) means the “project” must be a little bit more than just a project. Apple is remaining quiet on the matter and has, so far, refused to comment on the news. We’re not sure if we should think it’s just a training ground for all the newApples the company hires....