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Apple's October Mac Sales Lining Up for Record 5 Million+ Units in Quarter

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AppleInsider reports on a new research note from Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster sharing data on U.S. Mac sales for the month of October from NPD. According to NPD's data, Apple's October Mac sales were up 19% year-over-year, putting the company on target to reach analyst estimates in the range of 5.1-5.3 million units for the full quarter.
Analyst Gene Munster with Piper Jaffray shared the latest domestic sales data from the NPD Group on Monday, which showed Mac sales up 19 percent year over year in the month of October. As sales continue to pick up leading up to Christmas, he sees Apple selling between 5.1 million and 5.3 million Macs during the December quarter.

Those numbers would represent year over year growth of between 23 percent and 28 percent. Consensus on Wall Street has called for Apple to report sales of about 5.2 million Macs during the quarter.
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Apple last quarter reported sales of 4.89 million Macs, by far a company record. The company also guided toward record revenue and earnings for the current quarter, spurring analysts to push their Mac estimates to over 5 million.

As for the iPod, NPD reports that U.S. unit shipments are down about 18% year-over-year as consumers continue to shift away from dedicated music players and instead utilize smartphones for their portable music needs. But even that 18% decline appears to be smaller than anticipated, with analysts currently predicting a 20% drop for the full quarter. Based on the data, Munster suggests that Apple is on pace to sell approximately 16 million iPods in what is easily the company's biggest-selling quarter for the iPod each year.

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iOrlando

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oh yeah, Apple still sells Macs...I tend to forget with all the iPhone and iPad focus.
 
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SandynJosh

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These Mac sales have to be coming at the expense of some other Windows computers...and this don't even count the Windows sales losses to the iPads. Apple is eating a whole lot of other company's lunches!
 
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splashman

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What's different about Mac sales

Keep in mind that a Mac sale is different from a Wintel sale. Wintels are interchangeable within the Windows ecosystem. 50%+ of Macs are sold to people who've never used a Mac before, and every one of those new-to-the-Mac people are switching ecosystems. And once people are in the Mac ecosystem, they are unlikely to switch again any time soon. The iPhone/iPad/iPod halo effect contributes greatly to the ecosystem lock-in effect.

So these sales numbers should really be frightening to Microsoft and their beleaguered "partners" (low-margin hardware OEMs).
 
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TMay

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So, ARM makes the low(er) power 7 which could with a few other components, like GPS, WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0, and touchscreen, uprate the iPod Nano to more profitable niche below the Touch.

Don't know if it is worth doing, but if the nano can keep generating profits, why not.
 
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The MBP 13" is heavier and has lower resolution than the Vaio SA, so no sale.

Plus, you can't get Blu Ray on the Mac.
 
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splashman

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cube said:
The MBP 13" is heavier and has lower resolution than the Vaio SA, so no sale.

Plus, you can't get Blu Ray on the Mac.
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Haha, right on, dude! And don't forget, the MBP doesn't have a 3-D display, a chrome roll bar, or a floppy drive. APPLE FAIL! SONY RULZ! LOLOLOLOLOL
 
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All I care about in this is when will the iMac be updated? I just got the "ok" to get one, but it looks like it might not be to far from a refresh and I dont want to get one a few weeks before that happens!

But I really, really want one now......
 
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ppilone

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cube said:
The MBP 13" is heavier and has lower resolution than the Vaio SA, so no sale.

Plus, you can't get Blu Ray on the Mac.
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I'm holding off my next Mac purchase because I'm waiting for Apple to drop the SuperDrive from the MBP.
 
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Amazing how many people I bump into who still ask, "Does the Mac run Microsoft Office?" *lol/groan*

We had it first people, and its respective applications even earlier.
 
Small White Car

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cube said:
Nonstandard prohibitively expensive storage.
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See, I have resolved to only buy SSD boot-drive computers from now on. That's a new standard I've set for myself.

You, on the other hand, have resolved to buy the cheapest thing you can no matter what the sacrifice.

So, yeah. Apple doesn't make a computer for someone with your priorities. They're not interested in that. This isn't news.
 
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cube

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Small White Car said:
See, I have resolved to only buy SSD boot-drive computers from now on. That's a new standard I've set for myself.

You, on the other hand, have resolved to buy the cheapest thing you can no matter what the sacrifice.

So, yeah. Apple doesn't make a computer for someone with your priorities. They're not interested in that. This isn't news.
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A 480GB SSD for the MBA costs about double than a 2.5" SSD of the same size.
That is not being cheap, that is being reasonable.

The Aspire S3 gets it right.

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Glideslope said:
Blue Ray? Stream HD Baby. Disks are dying. :apple:
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Disc is far from dead.
 
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