apple could gain momentum in their higher margin product lines this year. shorting could be risky, but possible because they didn't seem to plan the transition very well.
If the global environment stays put - oil price stay around the same price, gold stay around the same level, etc., then the market will have a chance to breakout to the upside in general.
Provided that happen, momentum stocks like AAPL will be in play and can easily push to make more new highs.
Remember that you can never guess what Jobs will do next