The day after Christmas is as good a time as any to go over the $200 mark for the first time and now Apple (AAPL, disclaimer: I own stock) is part of the 200 club. I’ve been watching here and there this morning waiting to see this happen.

Apparently news that Apple cut a deal to get to the Apple rumor site Think Secret shutdown has had no bearing on the stock price, nor the fact that Leopard crashes more than Vista (for me anyway, YMMV).

2007 has been an outstanding year for AAPL stock performance, making the list of top tech performers for the year at +116%. Apple was beaten by Amazon +120% and Gamestop +121%.