Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) makes amazing machines with the best design and the most clever marketing. However Apple does it, the company wraps the entire package from conception to post-sale in a way not many other companies can. Dare I say, no other company. That does come at a price, however. Apple prides itself in not making commodity equipment, even though the hardware used under the hood of many of their products is indeed commodity goods.Apple retail prices are significantly higher than the competition (if you want to call it that). In other words, Apple's products demand higher prices based on what I referenced in the first paragraph. Somehow, the company is so successful that it can grow its business - with higher prices in most cases - than the competition, and even in dire economic times. But, the company is not superhuman. Apple's Mac sales are nosediving just like the rest of the PC industry, signaling that even Apple is not immune to the incredibly harsh recession we're all in at the moment.
The end of 2007 was especially good for 
Google's plan for netbook PCs moves higher into the clouds
Closing Bell: Stock bulls and dollar death (DDRX,GMCR, PEET, SBUX, EBAY, CI, TECD)
So long peak oil, here comes peak uranium
