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Estimated 1.8 Million Macs sold during Q4 '06
Forget about iPods, for a moment. MacDailyNews reports that Apple sold a healthy 1.8 million Macs during the "holiday quarter" ending 2006 and of that number, about 1.1 million units were laptops. This apparently beat Apple's "already aggressive targets", with strong sales at the Apple store. Due to these strong sales Goldman Sachs estimates the fiscal 2007 per share earnings at $2.85, slightly higher than the "Street consensus" of $2.76. Let's pause for a moment for a hearty fanboy squee at the news of Apple's further progress towards total world domination. And, oh yes, the iPod sold very nicely too.
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Thijs van der Vossen said 3:05PM on 1-02-2007
Now let's only hope they'll improve the quality of those laptop screens. I've received 3 MBPs with faulty panels so far, waiting for the 4rd...
See http://www.fngtps.com/2006/11/apple-quality-control-broken
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Bambino said 3:06PM on 1-02-2007
w00t! Very sweet! Congratulations, Apple!
I myself got a Core 2 Duo black MacBook and it's sincerely one of the best decisions I made last year (wow, I can finally say that!). I am completely and utterly in love with it!!
I gotta thank you guys here at TUAW for helping me with my decision. I've been reading this blog for around a year and a half now... perhaps a bit more? Many thanks!
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Josh said 5:21PM on 1-02-2007
Actually, the link doesn't say Apple sold 1.8 million Macs. It says that a Goldman Sachs report projects that Apple sold 1.8 million Macs.
An estimate that high is good news, to be sure, but your headline and post are inaccurate.
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Shrike said 6:28PM on 1-02-2007
Ehrm... Isn't this heading a bit misleading. Reading the article it seems like the 1.8 million number is just Goldman Sachs' sales estimation, which isn't all that credible. Analysts tend to be quite off the mark on these things.
They might be right, but until Apple says so I wouldn't post an article saying so.
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