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Mac sales spike in April

by Michael Rose May 20th 2008 at 3:30PM

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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Josh Frasier

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.

May 20 2008 at 6:59 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ZeRo

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.

May 20 2008 at 6:56 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Nathan

Mr. LaPre stole my response.

3 simple words --

Economic. Stimulus. Checks.

May 20 2008 at 5:59 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Justin LaPre

This sudden spike seems to coincidence nicely with the Economic Stimulus payments don't you think?

May 20 2008 at 5:12 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Michael

"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

May 20 2008 at 4:01 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Luigi193

Yeah... thats a javascript void link:
javascript:void(0);/*1211311269329*/

I don't think that was meant to happen!!!

May 20 2008 at 3:56 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Allan

I'm not sure if it's my annoying corporate proxy or the site... but the AppleInsider link does nothing for me.

May 20 2008 at 3:52 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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