Analyst: Mac Sales Grew Over 100% In January
The firm based its numbers on recent NPD data which had implied that "year-over-year growth in Mac unit sales accelerated in January to 101 percent, up from 55 percent in December." More specifically, Mac notebook sales jumped 194% year over year in January.
Additionally, the average selling price (ASP) for Macs appears to be increasing, which consequently is increasing revenues for Apple.
"Mac ASPs grew 4 percent in January on a year-over-year basis and 1 percent sequentially," wrote analyst Andy Hargreaves. "Apple's ability to maintain stable ASPs is a strong indicator of its brand equity and consumer demand, in our view."
While the numbers are hardly official, Hargreaves did note that over the past eight quarters, the first month of NPD data has been between 7% and 9% of Apple's reported quarterly Mac unit sales. Apple's last official quarterly earnings showed 28 percent growth in Mac sales.
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This does equate to market share increases right?
Wow, mac grew in the face of vista, surprise surprise.
This does equate to market share increases right?
Assuming the market didn't also grow at a rate of over 100%, then yes.
If true, those are some very impressive figures with a major OS release pending! You'd have expected a dip as people delayed their Mac purchase until 10.5 is released.
I wonder if most of it happened after macworld, when people realized it'll probably be a few more months till anything major came out.
If true, those are some very impressive figures with a major OS release pending! You'd have expected a dip as people delayed their Mac purchase until 10.5 is released.
yeah you're right.
wow, that is some amazing numbers! i hope they continue to rise, but i think the ASPs should decrease some though
While their prices are more than those of Windows PCs, obviously that's not scaring off people who (obviously) would rather start learning an OS from scratch than deal with Windows Vista and that's shocking in itself.
I can't wait to buy a Mac at home myself again...:D
WTF was Microsoft thinking with redesigning Vista and Office 2007 and abandoning the old look and feel of both? I'd love to be a fly on the wall in Redmond lately...:rolleyes:
and those nice revenue from mac purchase, will mostly go right into the R&D for iphone, ipod, :apple: TV, etc etc... there aren't gonna be much left for mac R&D:mad: :(
Sounds like the guy who would kill their own children because, hey, they're gonna die someday right? :eek: (That sounds much harsher than simply saying you're a glass is half-empty kinda guy, but it's conveying the same point).
Today it is up over 4% and will get an added blip on this news.
Accumulate.
Rocketman
Sounds like the guy who would kill their own children because, hey, they're gonna die someday right? :eek: (That sounds much harsher than simply saying you're a glass is half-empty kinda guy, but it's conveying the same point).
Woa, I think there is going to be a demand for Macs for quite a while. I mean, using that aditude, why even research anything, something better will always come up.
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