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Tuesday, March 21, 2006, 03:00 pm
Analyst predicts new Macs will arrive without media event
Going against the grain, analysts for UBS Investment Research on Tuesday issued a very brief research note, suggesting new Mac products in the June quarter, but predicting Apple is not likely to hold a special media event to introduce them.The reliability of the analyst's predictions are currently unknown.
"We continue to believe that Apple will introduce new Intel-based iBooks (important for education) and a larger MacBook Pro in the June quarter," analyst Ben Reitzes wrote. "We forecast Mac units to improve in fiscal third quarter (June) to -1 percent year-over-year from -9 percent year-over-year in fiscal second quarter."
Additionally, the analyst wrote, "We still believe that a new video iPod, download service and new iPods are coming this year by the fall."
Shares of Apple fell over 3 percent (or $2.07) in later afternoon trading to $61.92 as investors reacted to the UBS research note.
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Sheer nonsense. These releases bolster their stock and they'll let everyone know. If these lame-ass "analysts" are wrong, do they get fired?... One can only wish. 
Since there was a small news conference when the iBook came out I would expect Apple to invite a few of the press in to look at its replacement, with the 17 MBP thrown in if ready.
My guess is that the full video iPod will be released when ready and when there are agreements in place with the studios to download the movies - and a sufficient number of movies loaded into the servers. Actually I wouldn't be surprised if there hasn't been a lot of activity for a while on getting older movies into digital formats for transfer to the servers very rapidly.
Both WWDC and the Paris show would be good targets if the 30th Anniversary isn't getting the video iPod.
Give me a break.
Kasper and Co.,
Why do you guys even bother writing up this rubbish these analyst spew? If I remember correctly, this same guy predicted the iBook and Mac mini at Macworld with DVR and all that other nonsense that--is now obvious to all of us --was made up, false information. He also predicts new iPods twice in the same sentence! Read what it says. I guess he really believes Apple will release another iPod. OH MI GOD! Treat it as Gospal! UBS SAYS NEW MACS AND NEW IPODS COMING BUT LIKELY NO MEDIA EVENT AFTER SOME HARD THINKING AND EXPLOSIVE DIARIAH IN THE ANALYST WORLD HEADQUARTERS.
I can't believe investors are so stupid.
I can't believe investors are so stupid.
Analysts and and their money are soon parted. Same to investors too.
kind of annoying how appleinsider posts a new thing every time one of these people farts too.
My cat's breath smells like cat food.
(edit: removed meaningless analysis of this "news") 
kind of annoying how appleinsider posts a new thing every time one of these people farts too.
Exactly.. what's that smell? Oh yea, that's right
When your climbing up a tree and it's running down your knee
Diarrhoea, Diarrhoea, diarrhoea
When your sitting in the gutter and your eating bread and butter
Diarrhoea, Diarrhoea
When your walking in the the loft and your tread in something soft
Diarrhoea, diarrhoea
it isn't very fun when you've got a runny bum
Diarrhoea,
Diarrhoea
Shares of Apple fell over 3 percent (or $2.07) in later afternoon trading to $61.92 as investors reacted to the UBS research note.
um no. investors were reacting to the DRM bill ratified by the National Assembly of France today.
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I also predict that a new iPod will be released some time this year, and like the last iPod, it will also have video capabilities.