David Allen

What's So Special About RadioShack? - Barron's

The last time I was in a Radio Shack store was 5 years or so ago. My wife and I went there because she wanted a calculator, like my handy dandy Radio Shack Calculator, that requires no batteries.
"We don't have them anymore," sayeth the clerk. "Well, what do you have?" He showed me a calculator that required batteries. $20 or thereabouts. ok, I said, I'll take it. He proceeds to take out the batteries. "What the hell are yhou doing?" "The calculator doesn't come with batteries. They are extra." We went across the street to Fred Meyer and bought a Texas Instrument Calculator that requires NO batteries. COST: $8.95 PLUS TAX . . .Less than $10 total.

Apple's Interesting Challenge with Its Best Buy Deal

Microsoft thought it was going to kill Apple, but it didn't. I have been an owner of AAPL for five years. I use a PowerBook G4. So does my son. We both swear by Macs. If the market gets saturated with I-Phones, then Jobs will come up with something new, and more profitable.