Hot Mac Deals Sale  FREE Shipping“The latest NPD sales data shows Mac sales increased 36 percent year-over-year in the month of January, which could mean a strong 2.8 million sales for Apple in the first quarter of calendar 2010,” AppleInsider reports.

“In a new note to investors Tuesday, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster provided the latest NPD Group data for January, the first month of the company’s March quarter,” AppleInsider reports. “The 36 percent growth over 2009 implies a range of 2.6 million to 2.8 million Mac sales could be possible in the three month frame. Munster said Wall Street expects Apple to sell 2.6 million Macs.”

AppleInsider reports, “Apple is expected to refresh its MacBook Pro notebooks this quarter, which could also offer a boost to sales in the next few months. Munster noted that just one month of Mac sales makes the quarter difficult to forecast.”

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MacDailyNews Note: In 2008, Apple shipped 2.289 million Macs during the company’s fiscal second quarter, a record for the quarter.