Type of Article: MacTech Blog

Apple granted ‘unibody’ design patent

Apple granted ‘unibody’ design patent

Posted by | Apr 21, 2011 | , |

Apple has been granted a patent (number 20110088838) for self fixturing assembly techniques used in creating the “unibody” design of many Macs, including the portable line.

A process, apparatus, and system for joining at least two work pieces together using at least two adhesives each having substantially different cure times. A first adhesive having a first cure time is used to form a first bond between the two workpieces, the first adhesive having a first cure time.

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Great companies, lousy stocks

Posted by | Apr 21, 2011 | , |

By Bill Gunderson
of Gunderson Capital Management (http://www.PWstreet.com)

I’m selling my book on-line. Thanks to Google AdWords, they are flying through cyberspace.

Does that mean I am telling my clients to rush out and buy Google?

Not a chance.

Johnson & Johnson make some of the most trusted health care products in the world. Surely there is room in my list of 157 Best Stocks Now for such an important part of our national life. No. Not if you want to make money.

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Greg’s bite: RIM’s PlayBook teardown

Greg’s bite: RIM’s PlayBook teardown

Posted by | Apr 20, 2011 | , |

By Greg Mills

As with most any piece of new electronic hardware, the iFixit site sends someone to stand in line to scoop up one unit for immediate teardown. They meticulously pry the darn thing open and prepare a parts list of the innards.  

They estimate the cost to assemble the device and what the parts list amounts to. Then they post pictures and cost to manufacture the new item for all the world to see (http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/BlackBerry-PlayBook-Teardown/5265/1).

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My predictions for Apple’s financial announcements

Posted by | Apr 20, 2011 | , |

Apple will announce its fiscal year 2011 second quarter results this afternoon. As always, I’m offering my predictions on what to expect.

For the quarter, analysts are predicting net earnings of US$5.35 per share on revenue of $23.27 billion, above Apple’s guidance of $4.90 profit per share on $22 billion of revenue. Apple’s year-ago results for the second fiscal quarter of 2010 included net earnings of $3.33 per share on revenue of $13.50 billion. Here’s my forecast:

iPhone unit sales: 17.7 million
iPod unit sales: 10.3 million
Mac unit sales: 3.7 million

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