“Apple said Wednesday it shipped nearly 2.3 million Macs in the first three months of the year, boosting sales by 51% over the same quarter in 2007 — its biggest year-to-year gain in almost two decades,” Gregg Keizer reports for Computerworld.
“The numbers impressed Ezra Gottheil, an analyst at Technology Business Research (TBR). ‘The downturn in the U.S. economy, which might be expected to affect high-end consumer products like Macs, had no discernable effect on Apple,’ said Gottheil, who added that the company seemed ‘unfazed’ by the sluggish American economy,” Keizer reports. “‘Totaling its Americas revenue with that of its retail stores, more than 80% of which are in the U.S., revenue increased 43% year to year, and units sold increased [by] 52.5%,’ Gottheil said in an e-mail. ‘TBR believes Apple has established itself as a real and often better choice for consumer purchasers of higher-end PCs.'”
Keizer reports, “Worldwide, Apple sold 856,000 desktops during the quarter, the second in its 2008 fiscal year, and 1.4 million notebooks — year-to-year increases of 37% and 61%, respectively. The total of 2.29 million Macs was just slightly less than the record 2.32 million sold during the last three months of 2007.”
More in the full article here.
Hmmmm….ya think!
“…real and often better choice for consumer purchasers of higher-end PCs.’ “
A great synopsis of what Apple’s real market is! This guy gets it!
Thurrott’s got some comment on the figures, but I don’t think I can be bothered to read him.
But I did read his piece about how he actually enjoyed getting shafted by Microsoft over his MSN music purchases. Hilarious. Thurrott’s like Zune Tang but for real.
It doesn’t hurt that many people are disgusted by MS’s binary abortion also known as Vista.
“he actually enjoyed getting shafted by Microsoft”
He’s a human Popsicle.
What would the numbers be if the economy was flying high? Astronomical!
Just maybe the economy isn’t really as sluggish as typically reported.
Does Wu have any comments???…Don’t hold your breath for his apologies for being wrong in downgrading Apple on Monday. Crawl out of your hole in three months, Wu. Nobody listens to you anymore.
Hey AmTech, why don’t you get rid of Shaw Wu?!?! Clearly he’s not a real analyst and is only there to manipulate the market. His days of having any credibility, and ability to manipulate, are numbered if he keeps playing the boy who cried wolf game much longer.
Spark,
Very smart observation.