Report: Mac sales up 60% in February

I’d saying going “Intel” was all they needed.

i think the offer of 180 days with no interest when financed through apple’s website (juniper visa loan) right around tax time was a huge part of it

I think ipod-i-phone and i-tunes made people think apple again.

Munster comments show me that “he knows nothing about Apple”!!! Absolutely nothing.. Every time a great piece of news is out. His default counter is iPod sales. And he knows nothing about the growth in the iPod touch sales. I dont know what he is trying to do.. but he isnt that bright

Two important facts that analysts always seem to overlook (or ignore?)

1: The sales of the iPod couldn’t go on increasing as they have in the last 5 years. For the simple reason that if they did, then in about ten years every person on the planet would have an iPod in his/her pocket. Not very likely when so many of them can’t even afford enough to eat.

2: The millions of iPhones sold are never factored in as iPod sales. But of course, if you buy an iPhone, you’re not going to buy an iPod. You’ve already got one - and a very good one - on the iPhone.

to Anonymous…

yes “maybe” we are in a mini-recession however the markets are always looking ahead , the recession is already
priced in the markets and it’s only a matter of a short time before we will be moving higher . I think we should see a general market upside in the 2nd quarter, probably toward the end.. this coincides with Macworld .. for Apple this means possiby 3g iPhones, more iPhone carriers deals, new touch models and maybe a “one more thing”
but even without that one more thing Apple in June is going to rock our world ..

We just had Sun come in, and the reps from Sun ALL had Mac powerbooks.. Woohoo!! Yep, they ran Solaris 10 on VmWare fusion and used Open Office on all the Macs. Macs are beginning to go mainstream!!

I think AAPL is a $600 stock in 3 years. Just my opinion. Apple should easily have a market cap 2x MSFT. They provide superior software and OS solutions, AND they make the hardware. I think that justifies the 2x MSFT.

Good to hear the grow of Apple computer since I own 5 different models already.

But we all from ASIA even most hunger for the official launch of iPhone, we love either 2G, 2.5G or latest 3G model.

We are patiently waiting for this good news from APPLE announcement.

hey ph…witt, nothing negative to say this time?

At last large numbers of people are coming to realize (what old macheads knew all along) that the Mac Os is simply superior to windows. This difference in technology prowess between Microsoft and the new Apple is so clear: Zune vs. iPod Touch, Windows Mobile vs. iPhone, Vista vs. Leopard. People think that Apple is a dwarf next to Msft’s. juggernaut but Apple’s revenues were over half Msft’s last year (which is not so small and the think the gap is going to close up). Apple stock up 1500% last five years, Msft. up 30%.

And wait to the new iPhone iPod Touch apps. coming out after the SDK release. People are salivating to try out the apps. especially I think the accelerometer games. As people like John Doerr (google, amazon financier) believe it’s the birth of new platform as big or bigger than the PC.

Compared to what you are getting, out of the box, Macs are fantastic. It is encouraging to see that consumers will actually spend more money for a product that is a better value/ higher quality. In the race for the bottom in the PC industry, and the cell phone industry, folks said that would not happen. Sorry Charlie.

I am responsible for one less iPod sale, I bought a iPhone at twice the cost and given a revenue stream to apple from at&t that the iPod does’t produce. Tw o months later I bought a top of the line desk top mac. Now I want to buy my wifew an iPhone when they increase the speed of the downloads.

my friends, sorry about my english, but, have you imaging what happen whem iphone arrives in Brasil???whe LOVE and want Iphone now…i talk for about 50.000.000 (million) brazilans, crazy for iphone…

Can you say BLOW OUT QUARTER!!!! Thats what Apple is going to have just on the MAC numbers alone, forget about all the othjer great stuff and products. The MAC number is the cash cow and 60% increase, WOW!!!! 200 here we come baby!!!!

The stock is down because we are in a recession fools, and it will probably be a serious one. Once the public realizes this, *all* consumer spending will go down, especially $1000-$3000 laptops, as good as they may be. It will take 2+ years before the stock gets and stays above $200. Don’t say I didn’t warn you…

I think Richard nailed it ! I’ve worked in consumer electronics for 30 years and have never seen anything approach what Apple is accomplishing.

BTW …The Airbook is selling very very well …..

Expect to see some flight to quality. Mac sales up and Apple’s piggy-bank is full of cash.

well I just got back from my local sam’s club
last week there was a shortage of some colors ipods shuffle and minis.. today not only they have no shuffles left at all but also 8gb touch and the 80gb classic while the 16gb touch is in very short supply.. I was told less than 10 left.
And this past weekend I was at an Apple store , the only other store in this very large mall, as busy and with almost as many smiles and excited customers as the Apple store was build a bear .. and I am not kidding, other stores had people , not as much as those 2,
the amount of shopping bags coming out of those 2 stores beat all others hands down..

Milk it! You worked so hard to put the negative spin into the tale that I think you must have an intellectual hernia from the effort. Otherwise, no problem. Just don’t be so blatant next time.

The beat goes on. Apple sales are strong and the street was wrong! To beat the stock down like it did after the history making last blow out quarter, and now Apple will be back stronger and better than before! Better start accentuating the positive or you will find that the positives far outweigh the negatives on this stock. Back and through the $200 mark by years end.

You have to understand the Media, they were instructed or just them to put negative on the columns so that market still continue to go down.
All politics man..politics….
After the election, watch it everything will be back.

Why do the mac fans even read this site? There was nothing negative about the ipod comment. Same story every Mac article. “Mac can do no wrong!!!”. lame

ipods and iPhones are HUGE revenue sources… but the 7-8% market share of the PC market is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much more important then a f***ing ipod number. think of Apple as a Microsoft, HP, Dell, Sony, Research in Motion, Motorola, and a Media Distribution company all rolled into one. I LOVE how low the stock is now because i have been literally pouring my life savings into the stock because that Apple store by my house in L.A. is PACKED and i mean PACKED any time and every day of the week. They arn’t selling high heels or t-shirts. They are selling entire Digital ecosystems and its hilarious nobody see’s this freight train coming.

Why do you have to add the IPOD twist to the story? You just couldn’t be happy with the MAC headlines, you had to find something negative.

Well, the story is the MAC!!! The IPOD was already forecasted lower by apple in January. They will BLOW AWAY earnings this qtr just on the MAC sales alone.