Oricchio’s theories:
1. The new Mac Book Pro [sic] also came out about the same time.
MacDailyNews Take: Correct (except for the product name).
2. Apple lowered the prices of their Macs (ding, ding, ding!)
MacDailyNews Take: They did?
3. Could it be that people thought they wanted an iPad, saw what it couldn’t do and just said, ‘What the hell, I’ll just buy a Mac’ instead? Could it be that as great as iPad’s sales were that a lot of people found it was a short enough walk to just spend the money and get an exponentially more powerful device?
MacDailyNews Take: Wrong. Sure some people might have gone iPad to Mac, but not enough to goose April Mac sales so dramatically. We’ll hazard a guess that, based on her explanation, Renee doesn’t have an iPad nor is it likely that she’s ever spend any time at all, certainly not more than 5 minutes, with an iPad. What’s more likely to have affected Mac sales is that people waited a bit on their Mac purchases to see what iPad could do before figuring out which Mac model would best complement their new iPads. We’re still working that one out ourselves.
4. A lot of people are upgrading their PC’s, after waiting three years for Windows 7. Perhaps, again, at that moment of truth when making the purchase that a significant number of people said, “What the hell, I’m buying a Mac after all.”
MacDailyNews Take: Hope springs eternal that computer buyers will finally wise up en masse.
Oricchio writes, “Bottomline [sic]: the Mac is doing well because it is a time-tested beloved product. We’re still slogging our way through this “jobless recovery.” People are starting to spend a little money again. But they are doing so much more cautiously and wisely. It makes sense to invest in a product you know and trust. I think that’s why Mac sales are up (and the price drop didn’t hurt, Cupertino!).”
MacDailyNews Take: Good enough “bottomline” theory, but what “price drop” is she talking about?
@DLMeyer,
“Just remember the “PC Tax” imposed by A/V vendors and pimply-faced kids willing to clean up the mess the A/V apps miss.”
Best post of the day, cheers!
I bought a black MacBook in 2007, sold it on eBay last week for £490 and have just bought a 13″ MacBook Pro (which, if I can say so, is probably the most beautiful(?) machine I’ve ever used – no more creaky plastic case) for £999.
So I’ve basically paid £509 for a wicked fast, stunningly designed MacBook Pro (watch%20...%20unfortunately%20the%20iPad%20hasn't%20been%20released%20in%20the%20UK%20yet,%20but%20I'm%20only%2015%20minutes%20away%20from%20the%20%20Store%20img%20src=http://www.macdailynews.com/images/smileys/grin.gif)
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Roll on May 28th…
“I’ll take one iPad 32GB Wi-Fi 3G please, my good man!”
@splashman:
The reason this year’s tax season is resulting in more sales: big, big tax refunds courtesy of the much-maligned stimulus bill. The Dems gave lower and middle class people HUGE tax refunds as part of the bill. Not a big fan of Obama or the Congress but that’s a fact. And for most of those people, myself included, they were probably shocked that suddenly they had an extra 3 or 4 figures of cash they weren’t planning on.
I meant to say “tax cuts” instead of “tax refunds” as part of the bill.
Answer: XP Pro was end-of-lifed not too long ago. Just wait until government is “allowed” to buy Macs!
I first considered it in 2007 and finally bought one in 2009
As recent as that was, I still thought I would need to install Windoze on it. Still thinking some programs wouldnt be compatible or something… duh?.
Anyway, I think many people are just now coming around to the realization that Macs can do all they need and is a much more pleasant experience.
@Jamie,
Just one?
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You can record your vocals and your instrument and edit them. You can add all the effects you want to have a phenomenal home studio recording.
http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/acai-berry-trim-amp-detox-review-don039t-buy-until-you-read-this-review-2091904.html
You can record your vocals and your instrument and edit them. You can add all the effects you want to have a phenomenal home studio recording.
http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/acai-berry-trim-amp-detox-review-don039t-buy-until-you-read-this-review-2091904.html