Since we're all just making assertions about what caused Apple's stock price to go up, I'm not going to argue further on this point. However, I do disagree wit

Since we're all just making assertions about what caused Apple's stock price to go up, I'm not going to argue further on this point. However, I do disagree with Apple being called the 'Mercedes' of the consumer PC market. If anything, it's the Scion. ;-)