News Bits: Apple Profit Soars, New Asus Notebooks, Alienware Offers SSD

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Apple's profit soars 73 percent

Apple announced that their Q3 profit rose 73 percent after record shipments of MacBook computers and iPhone shipments meeting expectations. The total profit was $818 million compared to $472 million during the same time period a year ago. Sales were up 24 percent to $5.41 billion.

Apple sold 270,000 iPhones in the first two days. iPod sales and Mac product sales exceeded expectations. The MacBook and the MacBook Pro were the company's most popular machines; Apple sold a total of 1.76 million Macs, representing an increase of 33 percent.

Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple said that the Q3 profit was the highest in the company's history.

Read More (WashingtonPost.com)


Fujitsu introduces 300GB 2.5-inch external hard drive

Fujitsu has put its new 300GB 2.5-inch hard drive into an external Calmee Moon enclosure according to an Engadgetreport. The drives are available in black and white themes. The enclosure is made of all aluminum and the drives feature a one-touch backup solution. Both USB and eSATA interfaces are featured. There is still no word on when these will be released but it should not be much longer for those in Korea.

Read More (Engadget.com)

Asus announces new notebooks

Asus on July 23 introduced several new Santa Rosa notebooks.

Asus F8sv-A1

• Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2.20GHz
• 14&quot; WXGA+
• 160GB HDD
• 2GB RAM
• 8600M-GT
• DVD+-R/W + Lightscribe
• 5.7lbs
• Internal Bluetooth
• 1.3mp swivel webcam
• $1599

Asus V2s-A1

• Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2.20GHz
• 14&quot; WXGA+
• 8600M-GS
• 160GB HDD
• 2GB RAM
• 1799

Asus V1S-A1

• Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2.20GHz
• 15.4&quot; WSXGA+
• 8600M-GT
• 160GB HDD
• 2GB RAM
• $1899

Thanks coriolis for submitting this bit

Link to forum discussion


Alienware offers SSD drives in notebooks

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Alienware is now offering their Area-51 M9750, Aurora M9700, and Area-51 m5550 with 32GB Solid State Disks (SSDs). Both the M9750 and M9700 can can house two of them in a RAID 0 (data striping) or RAID 1 (mirrored data) array.

Solid State Disks run quieter, consume less power, and perform better than traditional hard disk drives.

We reviewed the Alienware M9750 last week - read the review here.

• Area-51 m5550 review
• Aurora M9700 review

Full Press Release (BusinessWire.com)

 

Those systems look very impressive. Any idea where they are being retailed?

 

blah at any apple news as all of it is propaganda posted on their own site and is self serving only to themselves.

Nothing seems to mention on apples.com 'news' does it state apple stock lost 7Billion (YES, thats seven Billion!) as of Tues Jul 24th. Apple lied to media and originally hyped up 700,000 iphones sold yet 2 days ago AT&T had posted there was less than 150,000 activations of the iphone. Yeah, this AT&T news sent the apple stock in a down spiral to the tune of 7Billion. (-$8.81)
Go talk to a stock holder and ask them how they feel lol

Thats the biggest weekly loss of any electronic hardware ever. But apple wont post that on their website of tell any reporting media will they lololol

 

You DO know that the 150,000 activations was for the quarter than ended 2 days after the iPhone was released?

 

You dont know that!

Unless you know exactly when Apples fiscal year ends and begins you have no clue when the 3rd quarter ended.
If fiscal yr was Jan1 then thats easy as 3rd quarter really doesnt end til Sept30th

But considering the Washingtonpost article is talking about iphone activations and stock losses the 7Billion dump should have been notated.

I like how in the Washington post it says:
"Apple chief executive Steve Jobs called Apple's profit and revenue the highest third-quarter results in its history"
yeah, too bad he wont also say "Apples false reporting of initial iPhone sales has cause stock prices to fall more than 7Billion. Thats the biggest loss in apple history'

But as marketing and as self serving as Jobs is he only posts total gross sales to stroke who he needs to stoke.
Thou 'net' was up 818mill.... 'net' wholesale was down 7billion!

You do the math.

 

hmm profits up 73%, and yet my co workers STILL don't believe Apple gear is over priced.. I guess they LIKE being price gouged. heh

 

Announcing those new Asus laptops and releasing them are two separate things. Can't wait though.

 

5.7 lbs for a 14" laptop...ouch

 

8600M-GT for a 14" laptop... ouch

 

V1s-A1

hopefully released soon

 

He's got a point . main reason you want to buy a 14" laptop is for the portability and 5.7 pounds is really a lot for that size.

v1s looks awesome though.

 

It amazes me what crap the anti-Apple crowd will post. They'll spread any kind of FUD and lies just to make Apple look bad

Apple announced 270,000 iPhones were sold in the first 30 hours.

You really need to do your homework and look up your facts.

The $7b loss was weeks ago. How did it happen? It happened because a rumor site posted a false rumor and idiots jumped on it. Apple denied the rumor barely 2 hours later and, by the end of the day, the stock price had nearly regained all that was "lost".

You know whats even better?

The stock price now is even higher than it was then.

Apple is now worth more than HP, after having surpassed Dell LONG ago.

Apple is now worth $127b.

Get your facts straight please.

 

true, both of you do have a point . but i think it would be a nice alternative for those looking for a portable gaming notebook. the next best bet for a portable gaming notebook would be a 15.4" (in the US tho, cuz i believe zepto sells a 14" with the 8600M-GT), which is easily over 6lbs. except for the macbook pro, but this seems to be a bit cheaper and ideal for those planning to run windows excusively. a nice budget/ portable gaming notebook. i would gladly give up a fraction of a lb or so of a 14" notebook to get a 8600M-GT and still keep it weighing less than most of the 15.4" alternatives , but thats just me. i do wish it was somewhat lighter tho, but its all gravy baby

 

If there were one main criterion a consumer follows when purchasing a 14" laptop, manufacturers would offer only one 14" model. Thus, the main reason "you" want to buy a 14" laptop varies from "you" to "you", as proven by Dell and now HP and Apple.

Perhaps performance (specifically graphics) is most important to you, followed by weight. Then you would bear the extra 1/3lb and choose the new Asus F8sv-A1 over their other 14" Santa Rosa, the A8Sc.

14" Asus F8sv-A1 (5.7lb)
14" Asus A8Sc (5.25lb)
14" HP dv2500 (starts @ 5.29lb)
14" Dell Inspiron 1420 (starts @ 5.39lb)
14" Sony VAIO CR (5.49lb)
13" MacBook (5.1lb)

Go Jays!

 

its not FUD as you call it but factual. The only FUD here is Apple's inability to post the real net gains and losses and continues to spoon feed all the mac-bots so you all can continue to walk around thinking the jesus phone and puter box is somehow above god.

Maybe YOU should do some reading before you post.

But let me go ahead and prove how wrong you are. You may not wanna read this as it may be embrassing

This is way afterthefact and after the AT&T report had exposed that Apple had padded their original numbers of how many they sold for that opeining weekend.. In fact you probably got your quote from Engadget thats dated July 25th (yesterday)
You would have to have been totally under a rock if you didnt see or hear all the hype as to how Apple sold 700,000 iPhones on the first weekend (48hrs).
This new number of only 270,000 came about because of At&T and its announcement of how many activations it had for that specific weekend.
Googles your friend... go look up the FUD

Ok, lets see whos done their homework...

The Globe and Mail
Associated Press
July 24, 2007 at 5:41 PM EDT

SAN JOSE, Calif. — AT&T Inc. wiped some of the glow off Apple Inc.'s iPhone on Tuesday, releasing numbers that showed fewer people than expected signed up for service in the first two days of the multimedia cellphone's release.

AT&T — the iPhone's exclusive carrier — said it activated 146,000 iPhones on June 29 and 30, a number that disappointed investors

On Tuesday Jul 24th, Apple shares fell $8.81, or more than 6 per cent, to $134.89, wiping out more than $7-billion of Apple's market value.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070724.gtapple0724/BNStory/Technology


The incident your talking about is old news and that was surrounding a rumour of a iPhone delay. So YOU should go get your facts straight
This 7Billion stock dip is factual and just happened on Tues and its because of the result of AT&T's report.
What AT&T reported is not rumour and 7Billion stock dip is huge! Unless you work in or around the financial district of your city which i do you will not have any clue of what impact 7Billion is. TO put things in perspective the dot com crash of 2000 cost close to 15Billion in lost dollars! Now you figure the rest out.

Again, you have no clue as to how net worth is configured and how it can be munipulated.
I bet you dont know that Jobs owns 70% of AAPL.
Any fool can continiously buy their own stock to create greater net worth and promote its self worth when in reality its not really worth much at all. AAPL pays no dividends and any stock that doesnt pay dividends isnt worth the paper its written on.
Theres lots you need to learn yet.

 

Either way mikeymike it hasn't been exactly a bad thing to invest in Apple....

As soon as they released these 3rd quarter numbers their shares reached record highs.

 

Do I need to get the fire-extinguisher out here?

 

hopefully this change of subject will cool things down (but maybe not):

the v2s looks promising as well...CHOICES CHOICES!

 

Its only bad for the 36mill stocks traded prior to tuesdays fall. Imagine if you bought 100k AAPL shares on monday only to find out your investment just lost $900,000!!
Heres comes the bank to foreclose on your house lol

And you really gotta get further into understanding traded stocks and how they can be manipulated to truly understand it all.
Record high means nothing anymore as a principle owner like Jobs can buy (on paper) 100mill shares with a stroke of a pen which will drive up stock prices.
This is not to contest that Apple has a decent product but theres reasons why Jobs has had stock troubles in the past 3 yrs.
You may not know this but Jobs salary for the last few years has only been 1 US dollar. He has a bigger scheme that hes been criticized for and a lot of it surrounds stock growth manipulation to portray other than real net worth.
If you know any stock brokers or analysts the first thing they will tell you is to never invest in a premium stock that does not pay out dividends.
With the AAPL volume and single stock cost, the no dividend payout only means theres not enough profit afterall.
In all, so yes apple netted $818m minus almost one US dollar per diluted share. Even a long time AAPL holder will know this is not so jolly news.

 

The Asus F8sv-A1 looks nice, but as usual, its expensive.

 

well its around the comapl ifl90 price range, and its slightly smaller/ lighter. not light in its class, but compared to notebooks with similar features

 

Does any of these ASUS laptops have an LED screen?

 

Not from what I've seen.

 

No one mentioned anything about the Solid State Drive being offered by Alienware, so I guess it's up to me. They're only 32GB. Big freakin' deal!

 

Maybe call the whole fire department?

 

New ASUS notebooks.... *sigh* wish I had the time to wait for 'em >_<

 

I pulled out of Apple stocks right before the iPhone was about to go on sale. I do not listen to stock analysts with their lies. Now I am much happier I went with my instinct to get out of Apple when I did. Investing in Apple is idiotic for the long term.

 

I had to delete several posts from this thread due to pointless bickering. I am not blaming anyone in particular as I know that Apple-related issues can get heated when both sides of the camp comment. So let's try to keep this under control.

 

Good one. You lost out on a solid 10% gain.

 

aww chaz u ruined all the fun for the kids. Guess they'll have to go back to chatting about comparing fps, unmeasurable build quality, life changing mac wear and 3dmark scores
*sarcasm

 

Mikeymike, please have your facts straight a bit.

"
Nothing seems to mention on apples.com 'news' does it state apple stock lost 7Billion (YES, thats seven Billion!) as of Tues Jul 24th. Apple lied to media and originally hyped up 700,000 iphones sold yet 2 days ago AT&T had posted there was less than 150,000 activations of the iphone. Yeah, this AT&T news sent the apple stock in a down spiral to the tune of 7Billion. (-$8.81)"

Apple never lied to the media. Apple never told anyone they expected to sell 700'000 phones in the first 30 hours. Apple never said anything. Third-party Wall Street analysts said based on iPhone availability in Apple Stores and amount of customers at each Apple Store they expected over 500'000 in sales. They got their facts wrong. It has nothing to do with Apple lying to the media.

"I bet you dont know that Jobs owns 70% of AAPL."

I really didn't know that! Wait a second...Steve Jobs' total fortune is less than $6 billion US. If Apple's market value based on stock prices is over $100 billion US, and Jobs owns 70% of Apple, shouldn't he have at least $70 billion? I don't know where you're getting this number. Source please?

Apple's market value may have suddenly lost $7 billion US when AT&T reported low activation numbers, but does it really matter? Apple's stock price is higher than ever before (almost reaching $150 now). Apple went to $135.20 amid AT&T activation news, and right now they're sitting at $143 after yesterday's news of record profits and 270'000 iPhone sales in 30 hours. If any investor was scared enough to sell on news of low AT&T activation, they probably already sold their Apple shares when Engadget reported the iPhone was delayed.

Mikeymike, please. You claim you are not a Mac basher but you dislike everything Apple does (except for that iPod you have). You say Apple's stock price is horrible, the Macs are overpriced and bad build quality, the Apple Stores have bad lighting, Apple Store employees are horrible, what else?


And I'll just quote Pacmandelight on his post:

"I pulled out of Apple stocks right before the iPhone was about to go on sale. I do not listen to stock analysts with their lies. Now I am much happier I went with my instinct to get out of Apple when I did. Investing in Apple is idiotic for the long term."

Of course, that's your own choice and opinion, but I think its safe to invest in Apple in the long term, especially since there's no significant roadblocks standing in their way right now. Mac sales are increasing, iPod sales are still extremely high, I see no reason for Apple to go anywhere but up. I don't spend real money, but I like to invest "virtual money" using www.virtualstockexchange.com. You invest your "virtual money" in real companies and as the real company falls in the stock market, so do your virtual stocks. So its real investing with no money. Anyways, back on topic, I "bought" shares of AAPL in September 2006, back when it was $70. Its almost $150 a share now, meaning I've just about doubled my investment if I sold off my shares.

 

5.1 lbs for a 13.3" laptop... ouch

oh wait... that's my macbook .... x_X