In the business world these days, far too many companies are worried about this quarter’s bottom line, so they can make Wall Street analysts — a strange and often ignorant breed — content, along with their stockholders of course. If you tell them that your marketing strategy might not bear fruition for another couple of [...]

I am reminded that I probably said something of this sort three months ago, but here it is again: Before Apple released its quarterly financials Wednesday afternoon, those Wall Street analysts were suggesting that Mac sales would be up, but that iPod sales would be stagnant or take a dive. Once again, their crystal ball [...]

Although Apple isn’t giving us any specifics, it did admit in its conference call with financial analysts that some people are sitting on the sidelines awaiting an Intel-based Mac. Although sales of 1,254,000 Macs in the last quarter were 20% above the same quarter in 2004, some Wall Street analysts weren’t terribly pleased. They expected [...]