Katie Marsal and Kasper JadeMac maker Apple Inc. saw retail sales of Mac units grow a solid 62 percent year-over-year for the month of April, which included a 94 percent spike in notebook sales thanks to solid MacBook and MacBook Pro momentum, as well as increased distribution.
"Checks for Macs have been solid, backing our 25 percent unit growth estimate for [the company's fiscal third quarter] which should also see support from recently updated MacBooks," the analyst wrote in a one-page memo to clients.
Reitzes added that iPod sales were down 3 percent for the month of April, but noted the "difficult compare" to the year-ago period in which iPod unit sales were up 33 percent.
"While below the 19 percent (9.6 million units) we are modelling for [the] fiscal third quarter, [the NPD] data doesn’t include international sales which could help support growth," he wrote. "We also believe new products later in the year should drive future improvement."
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I'd also add that some (not many, but some) people are likely to be holding off on a new iPod in favor of an iPhone.
And not to mention the iPod hasn't been significantly updated in bloody ages. Existing owners won't upgrade untile there's something to upgrade to.
and they have now stopped mentioning DESKTOPS. If Apple sold a $1200 desktop without a screen but with full access to the hard drive, optical, and video card, they'd probably see growth in that area as well.
and they have now stopped mentioning DESKTOPS. If Apple sold a $1200 desktop without a screen but with full access to the hard drive, optical, and video card, they'd probably see growth in that area as well.
Is this a complaint about Apple not publishing their implementation of Intel's EFI specification?
http://www.uefi.org/specs/
Join and see if that helps.
and they have now stopped mentioning DESKTOPS. If Apple sold a $1200 desktop without a screen but with full access to the hard drive, optical, and video card, they'd probably see growth in that area as well.
Well, sure they'd see growth in that area, since the area doesn't exist. If they sold ONE of these, it would be infinite growth!
Man, now I'm just pissed I didn't patent the whole headless iMac and Mac SemiPro discussions. I'd be rich by now!
And what does it mean "Thanks to MacBook and MacBook Pro momentum" What else would it be thanks to, since there is no other laptops? Or is it that it could be "Thanks to Apple not offering a headless iMac, so people are deciding to just go with a lame laptop until they can afford a real computer"?