“Apple could break a record this quarter by selling as many as 4.6 million Macs, according to the latest forecast from Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster,” Lance Whitney reports for CNET.
“Based on robust demand for OS X Lion and July’s refreshed MacBook Airs and Mac Minis, Munster is callling for Mac sales of between 4.4 million and 4.6 million for the quarter ending this month, with an expected target of 4.5 million, in line with Wall Street estimates,” Whitney reports. “Hitting 4.5 million for the current quarter would score a new record for Mac sales and a 16 percent gain from a year ago.”
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The number of Macs registered on our campus network has doubled from last year to 20% of the total devices on campus. I’ve seen MacBook Pros everywhere. I’d have to say that, anecdotally, this prediction may not be too much of a stretch.
This is the first time I have seen anyone report or post only 20% are Macs in more than a year. Most universities are reporting numbers as high as 80% Mac. I know some fields are Windows only, but, that has changed in most. When you walk around campus are you really only seeing 1 Mac and 4 of something else? Most young people want a Mac and will use Parallel or VMware if they need to run Windows.
Twenty percent seems incredibly low. Are you referring to a college campus?
Given they sold 3.89M macs in 2010 Q4 and normal mac growth is usually around 25% isn’t this stating the obvious?