Why discount further when the following items were already discounted drastically on the day of Mac mini introduction:

old price/new price keyboard or mouse: $59/$29 bluetooth+802.11g: $120/$90

"Name one (1) who has been historically accurate, to the extent that they can outperform my personal portfolio, which contains only solid companies that I believe in and who brands I use in my real life. Over the last 4 years (when I started really trading), I have been up 50-70%."

I like the fact that you have to write out "1" as if people here do not understand what "one" means. Real smooth.

And I am glad that your portfoliio is up - good for you. Plenty of other professionals have equally good records - go to Morningstar and find any mutual fund that do better than you - voila, there's a list of investment professionals better than you.

I also like the fact that you think majority of them are lucky to be on the upside. First, you do not about their portfolio. They may also be up 50%-70% like you, maybe more, maybe not. However, they are also earning six or seven figures. I hope you are too.

"Re: Display vs Monitor - beeble, I never thought of it like that. Great explanation!"

Wow, you are entertained by that? Boy, I will let the great beeble explain motherboard vs logic board that will just kill you.

1 out of 10 analysts in my opinion know what the heck they're talking about. The rest are all of bunch of idiots (and this guy is a classic example). Clueless and misinformed as always. What's scary though, is that if an idiot like this can cause such a commotion, it doesn't say much about the people that read his columns. Now that's scary!

An analyst said last week that Macs were selling well despite a sluggish market last month:

The lesson? I guess it would be to take these pundits with a grain of salt.

BRING YOUR OWN DISPLAY, KEYBOARD, MOUSE, STOCK ANALYST WHINE & CHEESE PARTY JERKS

Chill out, klinux...

Personally, I think I know more about Apple than this "analyst," but I'd make a lousy stock analyst because Apple is about the only stock I know a lot about.

Actually, the comments in the article sound more like someone trying to drive the AAPL price down so that "big clients" can be advised to buy more, before the price ultimately continues to go up beyond the current $35 to $45 range.

The second half of 2005 will no doubt have enough good news to more than offset any negative-spin pseudo- bad news from the first half.

• You already own a display -> Mac mini

• You don't own a display -> eMac

You have all the choice you need. And they're even nice and cheap. Funny, the better Apple's doing, the more analysts have to spread FUD to stick to their bashing habits. ;)

does html work on this thing?

Addressing your barrage inline below:

[you] I like the fact that you have to write out "1" as if people here do not understand what "one" means. Real smooth.

[me] That was not "smooth", it was for emphasis... as in name me one (1)... which you did NOT. So name me one (1)! ;-)

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[you] Plenty of other professionals have equally good records - go to Morningstar and find any mutual fund that do better than you - voila, there's a list of investment professionals better than you.

[me] I'm not a professional. It just irks me that professionals are paid to spew c*** to get their names published; and further their careers. I did not say there weren't any investment professionals or fund managers who could out-perform me. I said: name me one (1!) stock analyst (which is a pretty specific role which differs from the above) who personally had a better track record. Of course they exist. But mostly these are people who are paid to analyze their sector and comment on it at frequent intervals. They are most often too close to it and think they are too smart to just recommend solid, proven innovative companies and hold them. They feel compelled to constantly analyze the marketplace and make frequent repeated judgments based on limited information; rather than basing their opinions on a longer term view.

Bottom line: thank you for acknowledging my investment decisions - I know that a considerable amount of luck and market timing is involved. But my opinion is that analysts are paid to make noise, even when they should shut up. Are you an analyst?