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Daily Debrief: Apple continues to under-promise and over-deliver
Created: 07/22/2008
Video description: Quarter after quarter, Apple seems to roll out its strategy of under-promising and then ultimately over-delivering. In Tuesday's edition of the Daily Debrief, CNET News reporters Kara Tsuboi and Tom Krazit discuss the Q2 earnings report and what product revisions Apple will release in the second half of 2008. Here's a hint: hold off on buying that MacBook or iPod Touch.

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