Did anybody else notice that Jobs in his keynote addressed why they’re switching to Intel, and now however many weeks later the analysts put pen to paper and write down what he said as the reason they think they’re switching?

They’re analysts. They’re smarter than us. Examples:

“I believe this is a purely negotiating move by Apple to grab some attention and headlines and to point out that they’re feeling underappreciated by IBM” - Evin Krewell, editor in chief of the Microprocessor Report, quoted in the Mercury News, May 24, 2005, a few days before Apple announced a switch from IBM to Intel processors.

“You just wouldn’t do that. You wouldn’t do something that disruptive.” - analyst Tim Bajarin, quoted in the Mercury News, May 24, 2005, a few days before Apple announced a switch from IBM to Intel processors.

“Stick a fork in ‘em - this Apple is cooked.” Robert Thomson, Financial Post, 2/20/2003

“For those who love Apple’s products, this is all just so typical. This company has made an art of innovation — from the personal computer itself to the point-and-click operating system — only to invariably surrender the high sales ground to the boring knock-off artists who copy Apple’s best ideas into a new and slightly cheaper model. So it’s not surprising Wall Street is already bracing for another disappointment.” - Steve Maich, Macleans.ca, 2005/05/09

Count David Goldstein, president of the Dallas-based growth-strategy consulting firm Channel Marketing Corp., among the critics of Apple’s retail plans. “It makes absolutely no sense whatsoever for them to open retail stores,” he says. - May 01, 2001 Macworld Magazine

I collect quotes like these, to remind myself why trusting analysts about anything is generally unwise.

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