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Apple's Q2 2006 Financial Results

Peace said:
Next quarter's gonna see improvements in the laptop AND desktop sales but I don't think the iPod can sustain a 60% growth for much longer..And that's a big chunk of Apple's revenues..
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We'll see about that. I'm sure Apple has some cool toys from its ipod division in the works. Whether these will be successful is anyone's guess, but do expect Apple to diversify its offerings (real video ipod, ipod phone, etc.) and offer more products to keep growing the business.
 
hoppo99 said:
But I'm sure they'll come a time when you will want to and Apple have to make sure that it is an iPod you upgrade to rather than a competing music player. Obviously if you've bought many songs on iTMS then it helps to force your hand...
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I would think that the time and effort to upload songs from one's CD collection into iTunes would be more of a factor than the ## of songs purchased. Can you imagine uploading 20+ GB of music onto another player's software solution? :eek:
 
WildCowboy said:
And here are some slightly older numbers to illustrate the levels Apple is getting back to:

1Q2000 - 1,377,000
2Q2000 - 1,043,000
3Q2000 - 1,016,000
4Q2000 - 1,122,000

1Q2001 - 659,000
2Q2001 - 751,000
3Q2001 - 827,000
4Q2001 - 850,000
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Someone (you) should do this in a timeline with "major product releases" and determine "Apple value added" products.

Since they have a 50 acre campus and a telco facility in the works, the least you could do is tell Apple what works :)

Rocketman
 
dejo said:
Yeah, probably didn't realize that Apple's fiscal year starts around October and confused it with the calendar quarters.
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Yep, September-December is Q1 for Apple, but I thought most people would read it in terms of the calendar year so I wrote it like that.
 
Rocketman said:
The article states this is the first time Windows is allowed to run on Macs.

Nope. Apple "allowed" VPC for years.
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VPC is not the same thing. With VPC, everything was emulated using virtual hardware. With Boot Camp, Windows is actually running on and actually using the installed physical hardware. This IS the first time Windows has run on Mac hardware.
 
mklos said:
I refuse to upgrade my iPod Mini until Apple releases another aluminum iPod! I'm not going to buy something that has to have a metal cage around it just so it doesn't scratch all to hell. Christ, my Silver iPod Mini has been dropped numerous times, thrown around, slides around in my pocket with other items and there is only 1 tiny scratch on the PLASTIC display cover. The aluminum is good as new. Dumbest thing Apple ever did was make the iPod Nano out of plastic!!!
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I completely agree with this. The anodized aluminum on the iPod minis was amazing. I'm guessing Apple used plastic in the nanos to keep the iPod economy strong. In a way, they're betting that your iPod will scratch and you'll want to buy a nano tube or some third party case. The aluminum almost certainly costs more to produce and weighs a bit more than the plastic too. Kind of lame but Apple is a business afterall. :cool:

Here's hoping for an aluminum iPod in the next year :eek:
 
bmoorhouse said:
VPC is not the same thing. With VPC, everything was emulated using virtual hardware. With Boot Camp, Windows is actually running on and actually using the installed physical hardware. This IS the first time Windows has run on Mac hardware.
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Could the Quadra 610 DOS Compatible not run Windows? Of course, we had the Orange Micro boards in our shop back then. That wasn't really Mac hardware.

Maybe they meant the first time "without a co-processor board."
 
weldon said:
Could the Quadra 610 DOS Compatible not run Windows? Of course, we had the Orange Micro boards in our shop back then. That wasn't really Mac hardware.

Maybe they meant the first time "without a co-processor board."
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Actually, you are right. I forgot about the Quadras with the co-processor boards. It's been a long time, but couldn't you actually switch between systems without shutting down on those?
 
Play Ultimate said:
I would think that the time and effort to upload songs from one's CD collection into iTunes would be more of a factor than the ## of songs purchased. Can you imagine uploading 20+ GB of music onto another player's software solution? :eek:
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I don't see what the problem would be as long as you ripped as mp3.
 
bmoorhouse said:
Actually, you are right. I forgot about the Quadras with the co-processor boards. It's been a long time, but couldn't you actually switch between systems without shutting down on those?
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I think so. The OrangePC board was like having another computer in a Nubus slot (remember those?). The Mac had to be on to deliver power to the card, but otherwise was almost completely separate. The board had its own RAM I think. I'm not quite sure how the DOS Compatible board from Apple worked though.
 
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