Andy Zaky

Stocks Will Continue to Erode In This Busted Economy

Adding to my comment above, I could understand how this can be overlooked. Sites such as yahoo finance sometimes incorrectly state their variables. This can be result of lag time in updating the variables. Apple was trading at about 3.5 times their book value when they were trading closer to $110.00.

Stocks Will Continue to Erode In This Busted Economy

Just thought I would point out that your book value for Apple is incorrect. How can their "tangible book value" be 3.6 when Apple currently trades at only 3.007 times its cash position. Apple has 24.5 billion in cash, and no debt. Unless their real estate holdings have negative value, then your book value is understated. Apple is probably trading closer to 2.2 times its book value right now.

Netflix May Dominate The Online Video World, But With What Business Model?

I guess you fail to understand that Apple owns 90% of the video download market right now.

Apple TV or XBox: Which Is the Living Room Winner?

The problem with Xbox 360 is that it's a video game console. Enough said. It simply doesn't appeal to a wide enough audiance. The average female is not going to buy an Xbox just so she play movies on her television set. She is far more likely to buy an AppleTV however.

Moreover, the interface on the Apple TV is far more appealing, efficient and eloquent than the Xbox 360's as the AppleTV is narrowly tailored for the purposes of delivering the wide breadth of media content to the end user. I've used both for media, and AppleTV simply kills Xbox on this front. You're comparing a high school football team to the NFL here.

Another problem with even thinking there's a contest between the two is that while Apple owns "merely" 70% of the legal music download market, it owns a staggering 90% of the video download market depsite its limited content. Why? Because iTunes basically craps on everything else.

Finally, and most importantly, people are not going to simply "leave" iTunes and their iPhone - Mac - AppleTv - iPod - iTunes ecosystem for the Xbox 360. If you own a 360, then I could undestand how one might go with this system. But if you own a Mac, iPod Touch, iPhone or use iTunes, you're far more likely to use an AppleTV.

If you're interested in the Apple TV and its potential impact on the video market, you could read my article on the subject published here at Seeking Alpha:

seekingalpha.com/artic...

Apple Will Flourish With or Without Steve Jobs

This is such a good article. My sentiments exactly. I just hope that the rest of Wall Street gets the picture