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Apple's Mac Sales Up 25% Year-Over-Year in Q4 2017

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Apple today announced financial results for the fourth fiscal quarter (third calendar quarter) of 2017, unveiling impressive Mac sales.

Apple sold 5.39 million Macs during the quarter, up from 4.89 million in the year-ago quarter, marking an 10 percent increase in shipments.

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Mac revenue came in at $7.17 billion, up from $5.74 billion in the year-ago quarter, marking 25 percent growth. Overall revenue is likely up thanks to an increased price tag for the MacBook Pro, which saw prices raised in 2016 with the debut of Touch Bar models.

Apple this summer refreshed much of its Mac lineup, introducing new MacBook, MacBook Pro, and iMac models with Kaby Lake processors. At the end of this year, Apple plans to introduce the iMac Pro for its professional user base, and there are future plans to unveil a modular high-end Mac Pro, both of which should further boost Mac sales in the years to come.

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Fan rejoice, Apple is still killing it and selling great, expensive computers :rolleyes: Would like to see a comparison to overall computer YoY sales (declined?) ?!
 
Hard to believe, but these ate facts. So they always find a way to make products more expensive and popular
 
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I wish they would put more into the computer market. I would actually prefer larger laptops - the always smaller and lighter mantra is fine for the MacBook Airs but for the MacBook Pro I want solid performance and more weight is not bad. I like the weight and feel of my old 2010 MacBook Pro. What I would like is more battery, more ports, more memory, more processors, more system storage (SSD), a big bright screen and real function keys. The keyboard on the 2010 MBP is also better than the newer units - a matter of feel although the dust collection under keys is a problem Apple needs to work on which could also make it waterproof if done right.
 
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Kulfon said:
. So they always find a way to make products more expensive and popular
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What does this even mean? Apple releases a product and their intentions is to make it more "popular"? Or, they make a product that is manufactured to the highest quality and it performs efficiently, And then the consumer chooses to make the decision based on what they spend their money on, which determines the success of Apples product(s). That sounds more logical.
 
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No surprise after how long they let the hardware languish without upgrades. (and still are for some of the products)
 
Don't expect to see price reductions any time soon. As long as Macs keep selling like this, there is no incentive to make them more reasonable in price for a given performance level. Same with iPhones.
 
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I hope we see some form of 32 GB config in 2018.
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But Apple dropped in the overall market . We saw the story a few weeks ago.
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That story was based on the assumption that Apple shipped 4.6 million Macs, when they actually shipped 5.4 million. So they're actually up 10.2%, when Gartner thought they were down 5.6%. Assuming Gartner's other numbers are close to correct, this also means Apple jumped up to fourth rank.
 
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chucker23n1 said:
I hope we see some form of 32 GB config in 2018.
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That story was based on the assumption that Apple shipped 4.6 million Macs, when they actually shipped 5.4 million. So they're actually up 10.2%, when Gartner thought they were down 5.6%. Assuming Gartner's other numbers are close to correct, this also means Apple jumped up to fourth rank.
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Does this also mean he was right about the other manufacturers ?

Wait , I'm referring to this https://www.macrumors.com/2017/04/11/q1-2017-worldwide-mac-sales-up-amid-pc-decline/
 
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Yeah I was part of that, we'll sort of, well no. Bought a Grade A MacBook Pro Mid 2012 15" i7 2.6 Ghz under $700. The last of the upgradable laptops and I couldn't be happier.

Nothing their selling today catches my interest so it looks like I'll be here for a while until a new CEO is installed and they return to usable laptop without dongles.
 
It'll be interesting to see how Mac sales hold up now we have iOS 11 and all those powerful productivity tools for iPad users.

I'm still betting the future of Mac is iPad.
 
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Yeah I was part of that, we'll sort of, well no. Bought a Grade A MacBook Pro Mid 2012 15" i7 2.6 Ghz under $700. The last of the upgradable laptops and I couldn't be happier.

Nothing their selling today catches my interest so it looks like I'll be here for a while until a new CEO is installed and they return to usable laptop without dongles.
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Hahahahahaah! Cook has brought Apple to new levels of wealth and shown them into a new and highly profitable chapter. There's nearly nothing he could do to be replaced right now.
 
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