Apple Reports $3.07 Billion Profit for Q2 2010, Best Non-Holiday Quarter Ever

[HyperZboy]

Totally know how you feel. Decided against getting into AAPL when they were $12/sh (pre split ). I finally did get some AAPL, but at a post-split price of $95.95.

They say trust your instincts and that's one time that I didn't and took and "expert's" advice, not buying Apple stock.

Even at Apple's lowest point, and even though I make fun of his infamous Reality Distortion Field, I just knew the man was driven and on a quest to save Apple and unlike every other person in the world at the time, believed he would succeed because it was clear to me he was both determined not only to save Apple, but to vindicate himself in the process.
Not a typical CEO, more like a mission!

You'd have to say now, in hindsight, he accomplished all of that and more, even if Apple never sold another device from this day on.

 

[AtlasBoy]

As of this post, AAPL is up $15.17 in open trading. As a stock holder I would like to tell all the haters to say what you want but AAPL is on fire right now so they must be doing something right. If you don't like their products don't buy them. End of story. Meanwhile I'm laughing at you all the way to the bank.

 

[gwynne]

http://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/2010/04/21/apple-earnings-wrap-up-ipad-apples-next-cash-machine/

At the same time, Apple continues to expand its distribution by adding 40-50 new Apple Stores in calendar 2010...

Just an aside, but I wonder if this will begin to spell the end of the stellar in-store customer service I've been getting (at my local Apple store at least). "Victims of their own success" kind of thing.

 

[xIGmanIx]

que all the posts about how they have AAPL stock and are rich Good for major share holders but i would like to see some of that revenue allocated to better hardware offerings. I don't think they would fragment their line by offering other platforms (mini tower, business class laptops to include BD, docking stations, etc). Otherwise, this to me just confirms they have higher than industry standard margins seeing as they are in 5th place for PC sales.

 

[flottenheimer]

"... and we have several more extraordinary products in the pipeline for this year".

Oh yes!

 

[whooleytoo]

Good to see the international sales so high (any idea what they were last quarter?).

For selfish reasons, I hope the international percentage keeps growing. The more revenue Apple gets from outside the US, the less we'll have to wait for new products and services.

 

[Dooger]

Tsk tsk. I presume that since you've had to resort to ad hominem attack, you must be out of any kind of substantive argument. Your love of Apple makes you want to believe so bad that you're willing to shoot your mouth off about an area where you are simply clueless. I mean, seriously... you simply have no idea what in the world you are talking about. Your contribution to the subject is simply pointless. In fact, worse than pointless since it's an area of tech about which you simply have no knowledge, not even a vague concept.

But by all means, keep posting if it makes you feel better, exercises your love for all things Apple, and you don't mind looking stupid (more stupid). But pardon me if I don't waste my time replying to any more of your blathering.

Christ you really love wheeling out your ad hominem attack phrase, but I gotta say I agree with all you are saying. I'm a surgeon working in the UK and Ireland and I can't see how the iPad will make much difference to the stationary computers we have in our wards. In fact, our microbiologists are in outright opposition to the idea of medical staff carrying a touchscreen device the size of an iPad around a hospital as they (rightly) believe it can act as a vector for MRSA, C. Diff and many other potent pathogens.

 

[firewood]

--accessing patient records. Yes, I stated this. The problem is that IT and I haven't been able to get it to work yet. I already do this with my MacBook Pro and it works, but using the VPN and Citrix server is painfully slow.

Exactly what is slow about this secure remote application viewing method? The VPN login? Citrix connect time? UI latency? Screen redraw speed?

The Citrix/VPN and Wyse/VMWare View solutions would seem to allow someone to use almost any legacy medical application with zero additional software development, securely, and without any patient data kept on their iPad.

 

[rdowns]

Good to see the international sales so high (any idea what they were last quarter?).

For selfish reasons, I hope the international percentage keeps growing. The more revenue Apple gets from outside the US, the less we'll have to wait for new products and services.

Here you go.

 

[DeepIn2U]

Great sales and revenue and profits ! Very happy at the status of Apple.

I'm saddened at the lack of focus for the Mac. Is there a day coming where a NEW OS, and new computer design paradigm is to replace the Mac & Mac OS just like Apple did with the Lisa?

I want to see further BIG developments in OS X & the Mac; I just got here and I'm loving the experience. I have a large 20" Dell screen and it NEVER looked so good using this Mac Mini.

I SERIOUSLY doubt that the iPhone sales where 8% or more ahead of the market; either in the USA or worldwide.

we'll see about RIM's sales numbers if they're over or under 8.1 million for the quarter.

 

[DeepIn2U]

Christ you really love wheeling out your ad hominem attack phrase, but I gotta say I agree with all you are saying. I'm a surgeon working in the UK and Ireland and I can't see how the iPad will make much difference to the stationary computers we have in our wards. In fact, our microbiologists are in outright opposition to the idea of medical staff carrying a touchscreen device the size of an iPad around a hospital as they (rightly) believe it can act as a vector for MRSA, C. Diff and many other potent pathogens.

Really?! So the smokers in your staff that walk outside in the hospital gowns/uniforms/whatever those green/blue paper uniforms are called and walking back in don't carry pathogens?! Riiiiight! I highly doubt ALL doctors at your hospital walk into a closed doorway, get sprayed down with some gas like in a sci-fi show and then into the op room.

There is ALWAYS something called latex gloves or coatings that could alleviate or reduce your fears by say 50%. The reduction in costs ALONE of hardware, let alone the service costs - that the hospital pays just to be on the ready and on-call support must keep the government tax payers happy!!

Exactly what is slow about this secure remote application viewing method? The VPN login? Citrix connect time? UI latency? Screen redraw speed?

The Citrix/VPN and Wyse/VMWare View solutions would seem to allow someone to use almost any legacy medical application with zero additional software development, securely, and without any patient data kept on their iPad.

Yeah Citrix MetaFrame is slow upon initial connection ... and to be honest is worse than legacy than Mainframe RS600 sessions are ... VMWare or Parallels server solutions really should replace these.

Brings me to ponder ... will Parallels or VMWare have something specific to the iPad.

 

[LagunaSol]

we'll see about RIM's sales numbers if they're over or under 8.1 million for the quarter.

You mean like the Curve, where you buy one right now at Verizon for $29.99 and get one free?

RIM can't over-inflate its sales numbers with giveaways forever...

 

[MattG]

So what things can a netbook do _well_ ?

Rather than retype it all, I'm just going to repost HyperZBoy's post.

"Q: Does the iPad compete with netbooks?
A: It's a no-brainer that someone would opt for the iPad over the netbook. The netbook doesn't do anything well."

Same question answered with Steve Jobs Reality Distortion Field disabled...

A netbook's WIFI isn't buggy & works at Princeton U, unlike the iPad.

A netbook can surf the internet including Flash sites, which make up a high percentage of internet sites, unlike the iPad.

A netbook can also run 2 programs at once in multiple windows and multi-task.

A netbook has a camera and USB.

So yeah, it's a no-brainer alright. Oh, and the iPad is more expensive too!

PS: Before the fanboys pounce, I do like the iPad and will probably eventually get one in revision B or C when some of above things are fixed, but it's just amazing how Apple manages to so quickly dispense with reality even in financial statements!
I can't think of too many other companies that have groupies show up at their Financial Reports! LOL
It really is unbelievable that that question went unchallenged when it's answered in such a patently false manner.

PPS: If you quote more than 10 people in a thread here & take them to task, guess what?
You have WAAAAAAAY too much time on your hands! LOL

 

[Dooger]

Really?! So the smokers in your staff that walk outside in the hospital gowns/uniforms/whatever those green/blue paper uniforms are called and walking back in don't carry pathogens?! Riiiiight! I highly doubt ALL doctors at your hospital walk into a closed doorway, get sprayed down with some gas like in a sci-fi show and then into the op room.

There is ALWAYS something called latex gloves or coatings that could alleviate or reduce your fears by say 50%. The reduction in costs ALONE of hardware, let alone the service costs - that the hospital pays just to be on the ready and on-call support must keep the government tax happy!!

Mmm,kay. Where to start?
I'll get the pedantry out of the way first. Latex gloves are contraindicated in UK hospitals due to the relatively high prevalence of latex allergy and the fact that there's a nitrile option widely available. I'd be surprised if the same doesn't apply across the pond.

Disposable covers are a possibility but there's no evidence that they adequately prevent the spread of disease. Additionally, even if an anti-infective covering was developed, we don't yet know to what extent it would hamper usage of this "magical" device. Ever tried using a touchscreen with nitrile gloves? God knows iPad data input is fiddly enough without a disposable cover.

As for your observations re smokers, you've no idea what you're talking about, maybe you should back away and leave this to the professionals. MRSA doesn't swoop into the wards carried by a smoker's turbulence, it's on our skin, and most of us are carriers (we were quoted 75% of hospital workers in a lecture last year). Contact with susceptible patients (extremes of age, immunocompromised, systemic illness etc) risks passing on a potentially severe infection. The microbiologists have a fairly good idea about how to reduce the chances of human-to-human transmission of contact infections and any devices that come into contact with patients must be either disposable or be able to withstand a rigorous sterilisation regime, which usually includes autoclaving. Do you seriously think the iPad could? Are you suggesting that we forgo the microbiological evidence gathering and just deploy iPads willy-nilly?

Hence the objections to using a touchscreen device that is carried around a hospital. A smoker returning from outside isn't at a higher risk of passing on a contact infection unless he/she doesnt exercise proper infection control on resumption of duties, but this applies to everyone anyway. So lay off the smokers!