UBS analyst Ben Reitzes, in his latest research note says that, “Apple is ramping up its distribution. Reitzes said Macs will be available in 8,000 purchase points, up from 5,800. That statistic includes 200 Best Buys by year end, up from 58 today. If this expansion is successful Mac market share could increase,” Larry Dignan blogs for ZDNet.
Dignan reports, “In fiscal 2007, UBS is projecting Apple to ship 6,720,000 total Macintosh units, up from 5,302,000 in 2006. In 2008, Apple is projected to ship 8,437,000 units. That’s a huge difference from the 3,290,000 Macs shipped in 2004.”
Full article here.
yes, yes, yes
Meanwhile, Staples in Canada is dropping the MacBook from their stores. However given the stunning lack of knowledge dispayed at my loacal store, it’s a wonder thay sold any!
@macaholic
Do you know the specific reason why they dropped the MacBook? Any hint it might be the quality control issue with the glass? (That’s what has delayed MY purchase, at least.)
In Australia I’ve lost count how many stores are now carrying a full range range of Macs. The latest one is Dick Smith Electronics (which is like Radio Shack). In fact my wife says everyone carries a Mac range. And without a doubt in this country at least it was the ipod that led to this development.
One and all, I’m telling you that with the 6G iPod coming out later this year, the new iPhone(s), the updated MacBooks, the UltraThinMac, the new iMac enclosure, Leopard, and whatnot AAPL will absolutely explode by Christmas!
Oh Midlothian, I believe you!
But say it again!
And the Intel-native CS3 apps will definitely boost Mac sales as the word gets out how blazing, freaking fast it is. Kudos to Adobe. I did a non-scientific app boot/doc open test on my 2.16 Ghz C2D iMac.
Double-clicking on an ID CS2 document with ID closed:
25 seconds to full open
Double-clicking on an ID CS3 document with ID closed:
5 seconds to full open
Oh Midlothian, I believe you TOO!
Look, Toto. We really ARE back in Kansas now!
Say it again, Midlothian. Say it again, PLEASE!!!
Ya think all those “I’m a Mac .. I’m a PC” ads may have contributed to this great news ?
The ads on this site are getting stranger. Plus size women’s clothes? What’s next? Adam & Eve adult toys? At least that would be Apple related – sort of.
I also saw one for the Zune. Yeah, big audience here for that!
Macs are proliferating here like crazy. Its been a revolution in the last 12 months. More stores are carrying Macs, after previously just carrying the iPod.
My spies in Nokia also tell me that the IT now has fully accepted Macs into the corporate system (running Tiger … not necessarily Windows), though they are not widespread just yet. Before, it was forbidden to connect into the IT network … no longer.
And a Mac reseller friend fo mine here is eternally complaining about lack of stock in everything (excpet iPods). Reported that the new CS has unleased sales of Mac Pros big time, but can’t get the supply.
Frustrating to him.
This is stellar news because the way the iPod took over the MP3 player world was by having extremely broad distribution. If Apple can pull this off for Macs then they can reach markets that they had a hard time to sell to in the past.
Who can trust Best Buy employees for anything, even with training? Apple needs their own trained employees there.
Buy slow drying paint at best buy, it is lovely to watch drying!!!
Interesting prediction for fiscal 2007 because I recall that switchtoamac.com predicted that Apple would sell between 6.6 and 6.8 million Macs for fiscal 2007 but did so way back on October 19, 2007.
http://switchtoamac.com/site/prediction-of-164-million-macs-for-q4-2006-misses-by-only-30000.html
Ben Reitzes’ prediction falls right smack in the middle of that prediction all be it 7 months later.
Interesting
I meant to say October 19, 2006
The 2007 estimate is too low. Apple will break 7M Macs sold for the year. 6.7M only represents 26% unit growth over 2006, but Apple is going to exceed 30% unit growth.