Ah, this all makes me nostalgic for the 90s, what about you?

this is crazy talk!!!!! doubling the estimated share price...? Still, it makes for interesting reading!

I do believe that Apple will reach $100 a share, but I was thinking more of, you know, in 3-6 years. Not this Christmas or anything.

$100 per share is conservative!

Was at my local Apple Store yesterday - you would have thought it was Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving), the store was so busy. While I was waiting to return something (took about 10 minutes), the register next to me rang up sales for 12 iPods (one woman bought 3 minis and an iPod photo), 2 iMacs and a DP Powermac.

As I was walking out, I counted 20 people on line, waiting to pay. Over half were holding iPod boxes (the store had the minis and the 20GBs out, on display).

Incredible!

^^

Note to self: Shop online this year!

Not sure what Piper Jaffray meant. $100 by end of this year or within 12 months? $100 within 12 months is possible especially if Apple sold close to 5 million iPods (instead of 3.5-4 million) and an increased unit sales of Macs for this quarter.

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Whether or not Apple hits $100 per share, it's still mighty encouraging to hear a Wall Street analyst make such a statement. More encouraging still are reports that Apple's supply chain is meeting market demands. Analysts have said that Apple's going into the holiday season firing on all cylinders; let's just hope they manage to keep up with whatever product demands lie ahead.

Since Piper Jaffray gave estimated earnings for FY2006, I think they are projecting the $100 target for FY2006 or next October (which is when Apple starts its FY2006).

But who knows? Given this bandwagon craziness, Apple will probably hit $100 by the middle of January - pick one:
a. just before SF Expo when speculation (video tablet?, Tiger release date?, dual 3GHz G5?, Powerbook G5?, quad-G5 XServe, Garageband-related products?, iLife '05, iPod flash?) will be wild, or
b. just after Expo when they really announce at least one incredible product, or
c. when they report iPod and Mac sales and earnings for this quarter.

If you read some of the associated articles on this, they also report that 50% of Apple retail sales are now through their stores.

Man, I wish I'd bought the stock when it was down at 17. I really, really considered it. Dang.

(By the way, anyone else notice the lack of trolls on this topic?)

I've noticed a lack of trolls in general for quite some time now. It may be coincidence, but I have also noticed a rather steady flow of positive news stories lately.

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I've noticed a lack of trolls in general for quite some time now. It may be coincidence, but I have also noticed a rather steady flow of positive news stories lately.

All of this news is like seeing a really big wave on the beach. Pretending the wave isn't there or bitching about the disdvantages of getting wet won't change things.You either grab your surfboard and ride it, or stand there complaining and end up with your face in the sand.

Or maybe it's just the halo effect finally absorbing them all, one by one...

-Ken P

It was hard to try and find a “Halo effect” last quarter, when the iMac was totally absent from the product line-up … if Apple has a steady flow of components this quarter, sales figures will jump drastically, with the combination Holiday sales-backorders from last quarter …
I just hope Apple STILL then has trouble meeting demand …

((just sold my last shares of AAPL this morning and already regretting it …)

And yes, the outlook is for $100 by 2006, as I read this morning …

"... Still, he raised his 12-month forecast from $52 to $100..." The Guardian.

The halo effect should gather momentum as more of them move from awareness to commitment stage. What I mean is the 6%, 7% should increase over time. Is a pity, the survey did not include a time factor - average time an iPod user owned iPod before he bought a Mac.

My two cents:

iPod will be a great iMac G5 - iBook G4 seller, not as much a pro seller.

Apple desperately needs advertising iMac G5 on TV. The new Macintosh. Other than that will mean no 'halo effect' will exist. iPod itself doesn't aware anyone of Macs, especially now HP got the deal. Apple's gotta link iPod and iMac or iBook on TV and computer press to gain momentum and market share.