Forbes: Apple may sell 37 million iPods in 2005

Forbes put up a market analysis of Apple's stock yesterday based on bullish sale projections for iPods in 2005. The article notes "We expect the iPod to continue to be a foundation for growth in other parts of Apple's business..." and continues on to quote how many Apple products are in Amazon's electronics top 10 and computer top 10. While these predictions may make Apple stockholders happy, they are simply too trite to make much of a difference. Perhaps the most concrete way to convince a die hard New York City stock broker to inflate Apple's worth is to point out the number of people on the Subway with white headphones.

The article goes on to say: "Apple's domination in digital music is a critical piece to the story, but we do not believe the iPod is the only growth avenue for the company..." If this is the case, Apple will you please develop a cellphone, a real media center, and invest a bit more of your research budget on true open source projects?

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Forbes put up a market analysis of Apple's stock yesterday based on bullish sale projections for iPods in 2005. The article notes "We...

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The Jeremy

A media center software package would sell a lot more Mac Minis, especially when there's a PentiumM (or whatever) inside the box. You'd have the A/V hobbyists who currently are buying Windows MCE machines (or are interested in buying) buy Macs instead. Buying TiVo on-the-cheap is still a legitimate strategy. That company is beleagured despite being tops in its industry and would instantly be profitable from an Apple buyout because of the hardware discounts associated with the economies-of-scale Apple would bring to the table.

November 02 2005 at 5:47 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Ed Shull

I wouldn't put much faith in anything Forbes says.

November 02 2005 at 3:31 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Sean

While this may not excite you if you are not a stockholder, the more mainstream press items that say things like this, the easier it will be for people to try out a Mac. The biggest thing holding people back is that they don't want to go into uncharted territory. The more "proof" that you can just ride the wave into Mac-dom, as opposed to paddle up river to get there, the better it is for Apple, and for us all.

November 02 2005 at 2:25 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply