Professional analysts are getting in their final set of predictions prior to the unveiling of Apple's fiscal third-quarter 2012 earnings next week, and inadvertently showing a lack of consensus in their views. Some are predicting the company to hit near-record highs for a third quarter, while others are cutting estimates amid reports of lower-than-expected sales in the US, in part due to the late-in-the-quarter introduction of refreshed notebooks and the supply constraints that accompanied them.
