Apple 8086
The whole world knows that Apple officially announced it’s first Intel-based products today. Simultaneously, Apple stock closed at a price of $80.86 (it has traded up to $81.89 in the aftermarket, but that doesn’t count.) I once had a Compaq Deskpro with an Intel 8086 microprocessor. What a delicious number trick – I wonder how Jobs got Nasdaq to clear the final trade of the day at $80.86.
But Brad, that would be illegal
I once designed a PCB for a i8086 coprocessor for Apple IIe.
Here’s that 8086 number again:
The value of Steve Job’s Apple shares:
http://www.macnn.com/articles/06/01/14/jobs.stock.vests.in.march/
Now that’s just a little creepy. Morpheus, give me the red pill, please.