Tag Archive | "Macs"
Apple on track to sell 4.3 million Macs during holiday quarter
Despite the fact that the iPhone accounts for the bulk of Apple’s profits, Mac sales continue to grow quarter after quarter. John Paczkowski writes for All Things D: The latest domestic sales data from NPD shows Apple on pace to sell between 4.1 million and 4.3 million Macs in the December quarter. Which would make [...]
Continue reading...iOS Internet share grows 216% in one year
Friday, December 3, 2010
Comments Off
The vast majority of Internet traffic is still generated by PC’s these days, and while iOS internet share is insanely low by comparison, the year to year increase is astonishing – 216.3% to be exactly via NetApplications
Continue reading...New survey points to huge holiday shopping season for Apple
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Comments Off
This week kicks off the busiest shopping time of the year and Apple, surprise surprise, is poised to have a monster holiday quarter with its new lineup of Mac notebooks (why hello, MacBook Air) and, of course, it’s impressive lineup of iOS devices leading the way. According to a recent survey of 2,812 people, ChangeWave [...]
Continue reading...Apple on pace to sell upwards of 4.3 million Macs this holiday quarter – Report
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Comments Off
Over the past few quarters, Apple has consistently set Mac sales records and the current holiday quarter may ultimately prove to be the Mac’s most successful yet. According to recent data compiled by the NPD group, Mac sales are trending up 20% year over year, a figure which puts Apple on pace to sell anywhere [...]
Continue reading...Rogue Amoeba CEO Paul Kafasis talks about being on Apple’s OSX white list
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Comments Off
A while back, MacObserver conducted an engaging interviewwith Rogue Amoeba CEO Paul Kafasis. Rogue Amoeba is the company behind quality audio apps such as Audio Hijack Pro, Pulsar, Airfoil, and Nicecast, and the interview is especially worth reading because it provides a fresh perspective on Apple from a company still primarily focused on Mac development. There’s [...]
Continue reading...Data indicates Apple on pace to sell upwards of 3.7 million Macs this quarter
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Comments Off
While stories about the iPhone and iPad generally occupy most of the Apple news cycle, the Mac continues to trudge along relatively unnoticed, amassing millions of units sold quarter after quarter. During the last quarter, Apple announced that it had sold over 3.47 million Macs, a new quarterly record and a 33% increase from the [...]
Continue reading...Autodesk bringing AutoCAD back to the Mac
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Comments Off
The New York Times reports: In the latest sign of that comeback, Autodesk plans to announce on Tuesday that it is bringing its flagship AutoCAD design and engineering software to the Mac for the first time in nearly two decades. The return of AutoCAD to the Mac could help Apple sustain its momentum in the [...]
Continue reading...Breaking down Apple’s record setting Mac sales
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Comments Off
Apple announced yesterday that it sold 3.47 million Macs during the quarter gone by, representing a “new quarterly record and a 33 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter.” This achievement is all the more remarkable given that it took place during a non-holiday quarter. Breaking down the 3.47 million figure, Apple sold 1 million desktops [...]
Continue reading...Apple delivers blockbuster earnings, again
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Apple today reported its earnings for the third fiscal quarter of 2010 and posted earnings of $3.51 a share on revenue of $15.7 billion, an all-time record for Apple. The consensus on Wall St. anticipated EPS of $3.11 on revenue of $14.75 billion. By way of comparison, during the Q3 of 2009, Apple’s earnings checked [...]
Continue reading...Report: iPad not cannibalizing Mac sales
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Comments Off
Despite what some analysts may have anticipated, recently released data from the NPD group reveals strong iPad sales are not, in fact, cannibalizing Mac sales. On the contrary, Mac sales continue to increase and may very well may set a new quarterly record when Apple announces its earnings for the current quarter. Specifically, NPD’s data [...]
Continue reading...Is Dan Lyons the best Newsweek can do?
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Newsweek tech writer Dan Lyons and Apple aren’t exactly the best of friends. Apple has given Lyons, who you might also know as the Fake Steve Jobs, absolutely no access to Apple since he assumed tech editing duties at the publication in 2008. In other words, Newsweek has never gotten a pre-release Apple product to [...]
Continue reading...MacTech to hold conference for IT Pros and Mac developers in November
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Comments Off
With the iPhone supplanting the Mac as the darling child of this year’s WWDC, some are also lamenting the disappearance of the IT Track which previously focused on technologies such as Xserve, Xsan, Final Cut Server and more. The lack of an IT Track within this years show will mean IT pros on the platform [...]
Continue reading...Google revamps new employee computer policy; Windows now out of the equation
Monday, May 31, 2010
Comments Off
While Steve Ballmer was busy taking solace in the fact that 94 out of 100 computer purchases are Windows PCs, Google updated its employee computer policy to explicitly exclude Windows machines due to security concerns. Whereas new employees were once given a choice between Linux, Windows, or Mac OS, Windows is now effectively out of [...]
Continue reading...Analyst: Weekly iPad sales double that of Mac sales
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Comments Off
In a research note issued to clients today, RBC analyst Mike Abramsky wrote that iPad demand is on track to accelerate in light of upcoming international launches and continued strong sales in the US. For the June quarter, Abramsky anticipates iPad sales of 2.5 million, up from his previous estimate of 1.8 million. To put [...]
Continue reading...NPD data shows Mac sales up 33% year over year while iPod sales slump – iPad to blame?
Monday, May 17, 2010
Fortune highlights a recent investor report from Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster and in short, April looks to have been a great month for Apple with Mac sales up an impressive 33% year over year, well above the 19% increase expected by Wall Street. Munster anticipates that Apple will report Mac sales of 3.1 to 3.2 [...]
Continue reading...Apple Revenues broken down by hardware
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Comments Off
Mac sales are increasing slowly but surely. iPod sales are seasonal. And the iPhone is a certified beast. via Macworld
Continue reading...
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Comments Off