"Gene Munster, the noted Piper Jaffray Apple analyst, and his team visited Apple flagship stores in New York, Chicago and San Francisco to count iPhone, iPod and Mac sales."

As if those meant anything about the rest of the US, much less the world.

Gee, since back-to-school is a major time for computer sales, what's wrong with a dip in sales after school starts? I don't see a problem.

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Gene Munster, the noted Piper Jaffray Apple analyst, and his team visited Apple flagship stores in New York, Chicago and San Francisco to count iPhone, iPod and Mac sales.

Wow it must be nice. "Hey everyone let's go to the Apple Store to do some "research" on company time." LOL

I just wonder how many of those sales were to PJ researchers.

I've been following some of the discussions on TMO's Apple Finance Board--at least to the extent that I can understand what they're saying. (Three degrees from MIT don't help. ) One interesting thing that I've noted is that I haven't seen Wu or Munster mentioned very often by the serious traders. Perhaps those traders know something.

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TFA wrote:
Gene Munster, the noted Piper Jaffray Apple analyst,

In case there was any confusion with noted 50s TV character Herman Munster or noted Yankee Thurmon Munson...

Of course. We're all waiting for Leopard to come loaded on a new computer.

At least, I am.

Isn't this the same yahoo who said that Apple sold 700,000 iPhones on the very first weekend?

Yea, these analysts aren't very good.

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Isn't this the same yahoo who said that Apple sold 700,000 iPhones on the very first weekend?

Yea, these analysts aren't very good.

I'm not sure who said what, precisely, but, yes. It seemed to be a "Beat this!" contest, a verbal form of "Mine's bigger than yours!" One "analyst" would make a prediction of the number, then another would try to top him. (It's always guys--the women are probably too smart to get involved.) The result was that they made the real number, 275,000 (IIRC), seem like a failure.

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TFA wrote:
Gene Munster, the noted Piper Jaffray Apple analyst,

In case there was any confusion with noted 50s TV character Herman Munster or noted Yankee Thurmon Munson...

Minor correction: The Munsters ran from 1964-1966 (two seasons), so Herman was a "noted 60s TV character." FWIW, the other "creepy comedy," The Addams Family, ran the same two seasons. The shows finished within a week of each other.