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So, the Christmas ramp up is coming at my work. I'm starting to hear a lot about the next gen gaming wars, and working where I do, I've got quite a bit of insight into the consumerist culture. Who will win? Will Nintendo Wii bring home the bacon after catching up with X-Box 360 with sales in the last year? or will 360's matured online options develop into a thriving buying community? Will PS3 gimp forward like a antiquated aircraft carrier while more mobile, more informed consumers buzz on by ignoring it like a part of the landscape? More then likely.
If I were a betting man, and I am when it comes to the market. This Christmas, I'd bet on Apple. Looking across our local inventory, the iPod has become the the newest media replacing CDs. They are modular enough to be used like tapes in stereos. I would invest in apple but the stock is already grossly over valued. Also, Apple is becoming more profit motivated and less consumer-centric. This is evident by the massive profit margin the latest round of iPods push, and the decrease in quality. That is why this holiday season, Apple will be making a lot of money.
Compound this on top of the fact that Vista is a dead man walking and Apple now has the only commercial next-gen operating system that you can spend money on. It's practically bullet-proof and user friendly to a fault. The only downside to Apple's offerings is the limited hardware OSX will run on. But this actually appeals to a large section of McConsumers who like their choices limited and packaged.
All these variables add up to plenty of ways for Apple to be seriously profitable this holiday season. If you look at the past five years of AAPL, you can see an obvious exponential curve that is set to explode to infinity by the end of 2008. Of course this is just a coincidence. Stocks don't' follow such rules. But once someone becomes the main provider of the operating system that consumers use, a whole lot of power comes with it.
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| | Posted 9/29/2007 1:43 PM - 10 Views - 0 eProps - 0 comments
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