Filed under: Apple Financial, Apple
Mac sales spike in April
It may be the cruelest month, but for Mac buyers apparently April was hotter than the middle of summer, AppleInsider reports. An analyst note from Lehman Brothers quotes NPD data with a 50% year-over-year boost in Mac sales last month, combined with a 15% bump in iPod unit sales for the same period versus the year-ago data.Granted, in April of last year we didn't yet have Leopard to entice buyers, and the product line was beginning to seem a trifle long in the tooth, but what's impressive to me about this sales surge is that it smiles in the face of economic uncertainty, increased cost of living and general fiscal heebie-jeebies. Do Macs make people feel more secure and happier, or do they just seem like a more stable and dependable choice versus buying a new PC and having to roll forward to Vista?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Allan said 3:52PM on 5-20-2008
I'm not sure if it's my annoying corporate proxy or the site... but the AppleInsider link does nothing for me.
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Allan said 3:53PM on 5-20-2008
That is, the content link... not the Read one at the bottom - that's OK. The "cruelest month" link also does nothing on my end.
K said 3:53PM on 5-20-2008
same for me, no go for both
Michael Rose said 4:03PM on 5-20-2008
Oops! Firefox 3 RC1 vs. our content management system... and the loser is me. Links fixed, thanks for the heads-up.
Luigi193 said 3:56PM on 5-20-2008
Yeah... thats a javascript void link:
javascript:void(0);/*1211311269329*/
I don't think that was meant to happen!!!
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Michael said 4:01PM on 5-20-2008
"The "cruelest month" link also does nothing on my end."
It's a quotation from the Wasteland (albeit Eliot spelt the word "cruellest" with two Ls). In fact, it's how the poem begins:
"April is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land ..."
http://www.bartleby.com/201/1.html
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Justin LaPre said 5:13PM on 5-20-2008
This sudden spike seems to coincidence nicely with the Economic Stimulus payments don't you think?
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Nathan said 6:00PM on 5-20-2008
Mr. LaPre stole my response.
3 simple words --
Economic. Stimulus. Checks.
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ZeRo said 6:56PM on 5-20-2008
Great leopard sales are up, get a life.
p.s
I bought a macbook today, should be arriving tommorow.. for those curious, i just bought it to see what all the fuss was about.
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Josh Frasier said 6:59PM on 5-20-2008
The "recession" is made up! The economy is as strong as ever! My life is getting better everyday. I think the media is just making the whole thing up. It wouldn't be the first time they embellished a little.
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