Apple Reports Record Mac Sales
Apple Inc reported yesterday that sales of Macintosh desktop and laptop computers were up 33 percent over the same period last year, delivering over 1.7 million units in the company’s third quarter. This is in addition to the 9.8 million iPods the company sold during the same period, an increase of 21 percent from a year ago, according to a press release on the Apple web site.
The positive news comes on the heels of a disappointing first weekend of iPhone activations, which send the company’s stock into a downfall, losing almost 6 percent in a single trading session. Some estimates had pegged activations as high as 500,000 in the first weekend of availability, starting June 29th. However, AT&T announced last week that number was actually closer to 150,000.
In the same press release, Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO stated, “iPhone is off to a great start—we hope to sell our one-millionth iPhone by the end of its first full quarter of sales—and our new product pipeline is very strong.”
Posted by Leigh Fatzinger OnMessage Blog
July 27th, 2007 at 10:22 pm
I get the feeling that since Ipod and now Iphone are getting so popular, consumer gain more and more trust in Apple and thus go more for their Macs.