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What Color's the Ink? (4/8/98)
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Reach for those thinking caps and magic 8-balls, because the time has arrived-- our quarterly "Beat the Analysts" contest is on once again. Next Wednesday, Apple is scheduled to announce its financial results for the second quarter, revealing once and for all whether they were able to sustain the surprise profit they reported at the end of the first quarter. Analysts have been uncharacteristically optimistic, predicting a profit ranging anywhere from $20-$100 million, despite Apple's insistence that people not expect any black ink in this, their most historically yucky, quarter.
So, the deal is the same as last time: you tell us what your own personal prediction is for Apple's Q2 results. If you're the cautious type who likes to think these things through, may we suggest a second look at Eric Yang's excellent detailed prediction of Apple's Q2 numbers over at Mac Evolution (complete with downloadable spreadsheet to try it yourself)? Or, if you belong more to the AtAT school of "eeney meeney miney mo," throw that caution to the wind and guess wildly. When the actual numbers are released, the closest guess wins a fabulous prize from our Baffling Vault of Antiquity.™ (Yes, you may be proud to own Mac OS 8.1, but just imagine how your Mac-using friends will drool with envy when you show them the crown jewel of our entire collection-- a shrinkwrapped copy of System 6.0.7!)
So what's your guess? The last time we held this contest for Q4 '97 (faithful viewers will recall that Steve ruined our fun last quarter by announcing the profit before we could start the contest), the most pessimistic guess took home the gold. So is your glass half-empty or half-full? Go on and enter your prediction. Are ya feeling lucky, punk?
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 4/8/98 episode: April 8, 1998: As the formal announcement of Apple's Q2 finances draws ever closer, AtAT launches the quarterly "Beat the Analysts" contest. Meanwhile, Apple's new developer program has Mac developers seeing red, and the cryogenically frozen head of Walt Disney appears to have close ties with a certain billionaire 'round Redmond way...
Other scenes from that episode: 609: Natives Getting Restless (4/8/98) Oof, we wanted to hold off on discussing Apple's new Developer Program (announced this week) until some actual developers had voiced their opinions, because we weren't sure the new pricing structure was as painful as it sounded to us... 610: Mickey's In On It (4/8/98) For a company who's allegedly planning on buying Apple, Disney's not doing a very good job of making Mac users feel welcome. In particular, Disney's Daily Blast, an online service for kids that provides "over 100 differenct activities daily," doesn't support the Mac...
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