“Macintosh sales were up sharply in February, according to a brief report on the latest NPD data posted Monday at flyonthewall.com (registration required),” Philip Elmer-DeWitt blogs for Fortune.
“The report shows growth in Mac unit sales up 60 percent from 2007 and growth in dollar terms up 66 percent,” Elmer-DeWitt reports.
Full article here.
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National Purchase Diary
“Macbook Air sales appear to be additive to total sales, rather than
replacing Macbook Pro sales,” he said. “We believe a new set of
corporate customers make up a meaningful portion of MacBook Air
buyers.”
and yet we STILL have people, Apple fans, posting here, who still don’t get it. the Air is selling well, right now, at this moment.
people, it is, even as i type, the top seller on the online store. it is a HUGE hit.
wake up people.
Beryllium, sometimes letters as names are just names and not acronyms or abbreviations. NPD Group is the name of the company. They used to refer to the National Product Diary, but all references to that seem to have been removed from their site, and their is no trademark on file for that.
Regarding the tipping point…I’ve always felt that there were 2 points. The first was when developers would develop for the Mac as much as Windows…maybe not as much software on the Mac (lack of crapware), but buying a Mac wouldn’t limit you in any way in terms of software choice….I think we’re there. For me, buying a Windows based PC now would mean that I couldn’t run much of the software I want to.
The second tipping point is where starting a new job would mean IT would ask you if you wanted PC or Mac. I’m starting to see that happen more and more too.
The tipping point has happened already, it was iPhone, and it was last fall. Not the announcement (they can’t pull it off), not its arrival (watch this bomb) but several months in when it was clear it didn’t suck The at&t;deal solidified Apple’s image as respectable, big, corporate, American. So when the Air breezed in it turned out to be a blast.
Just a few pieces in the puzzle, there are many more. Steve Jobs being a big wheel at Disney boosts mindshare, those who recall may take note that Steve’s reason for canning the Newton was that one company couldn’t do two operating systems.
NPD = No, Please, Don’t – judging by some of the above comments that will be well understood.
Nice one Zune Tang® – unfortunately the market share in the US is about 14% for Apple…..and growing!
Mac on that, suck dorks!
Nice one Zune Tang® – unfortunately the market share in the US is about 14% for Apple…..and growing!
Mac on that, suck dorks!
Nice one Zune Tang® – unfortunately the market share in the US is about 14% for Apple…..and growing!
Mac on that, suck dorks!
Nice one Zune Tang® – unfortunately the market share in the US is about 14% for Apple…..and growing!
Mac on that, suck dorks!
Nice one Zune Tang® – unfortunately the market share in the US is about 14% for Apple…..and growing!
Mac on that, suck dorks!
Nice one Zune Tang® – unfortunately the market share in the US is about 14% for Apple…..and growing!
Mac on that, suck dorks!
Beryllium is a cancer-causing agent.
I don’t understand why people don’t get the MacBook Air. I have a PowerBook G4 12 inch. I last used the optical drive (combo) to upgrade to Leopard. Before that, I can’t even remember. If I need to move files and can’t do so wirelessly, I use a USB drive. Why carry a bunch of CDs with me?
My iTunes and iPhoto libraries are on my 20″ iMac. I copy some photos to my PowerBook, but I keep music on my iPod or iPhone. I don’t need 5,000+ songs on my PowerBook – it’s my WORK laptop. And for work, I don’t need all the bells and whistles.
I do, however, need a laptop that is extremely portable, like, say a MacBook Air.
What? Up only 60% and not 90%, panic panic panic, tank the stock, tank the stock, tank the stock, sell sell sell, you stupid shit investors, sell.
Gee! Doesn’t anyone think an eight-core MacPro might have had something to do with all of this. Just visit a MacPro forum, and you can see people have been waiting for this machine, . . . sometimes for more than a year. And the cheapest model goes for around $2,300.
Gee! Doesn’t anyone think an eight-core MacPro might have had something to do with all of this. Just visit a MacPro forum, and you can see people have been waiting for this machine, . . . sometimes for more than a year. And the cheapest model goes for around $2,300.
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Well, considering that the chart that accompanies this article (click the link,) shows that 64% of February’s sales were notebooks. No, I don’t think this increase was largely due to the Mac Pro.
I think people are missing one of the biggest reason: the fall of the dollar. I know dozens of people who flew from Europe to USA to as much as possible including a Mac. I think many of the Macs sold in the US went to foreigners.
oh those greasy blooming foreigners !
how dare they touch our beloved macs !!!!???
I’m thinking about organizing a super-short and super-cheap Mac Packet Tour.
London (Paris, or Berlin) to New York, with an eight-hour stay in New York before the return flight leaves (ca. four hours in the Apple Store).
No hotel costs (you can snooze in the plane).
No restaurant costs if you bring sandwiches with you.
You’re back in Europe within a day.
Hardly any time for jet-lag to set in.
If you do it on a Saturday, you can relax at home on the Sunday, and show off your new MacBook Air to your colleagues on the Monday.
[Reminder: ALL Apple products cost about 50% more in Europe than in the U.S..]
LMAO @ BIG AL