“Despite the red ink flowing from retailers and PC makers, Apple is expected to ride out its second fiscal quarter ending in March with respectable numbers nearly in line with its performance last year,” Prince McLean reports for AppleInsider.
“Citing its own market research and numbers from NPD, research analyst Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray has released a report estimating Mac shipments at 2 to 2.2 million units for the three-month period ending March, in line with the Street consensus of 2.2 million units… That’s -6% growth compared to the nearly 2.3 million Macs Apple sold in its year-ago quarter,” McLean reports. “Despite the lack of growth in Mac sales over last year, the report stated ‘We believe this data will be perceived as a neutral or a slight positive given the uncertainty surrounding the Mar-08 quarter.'”
McLean reports, “The report also targeted iPod sales of 9 to 10 million units; Street consensus is 9.5 million. This reflects growth of -15% to -6% over last year’s sales of 10.6 million iPods… iPhone sales are forecast to reach 4.4 million, representing significant growth over last year’s first quarter sales of 1.7 million… Apple TV is similarly expected to again sell more than three times its sales in the year ago quarter”
McLean reports, “Combined, Apple’s total Q2 sales are expected to achieve 4.8% year over year growth.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Of course, if Apple were to release new iMacs and/or Mac minis soon…
