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Other World Computing at Macworld iWorld 2012

by Steven Sande (Jan 27th, 2012)

If there's one company at Macworld | iWorld 2012 that epitomizes the leading edge of Apple accessories, it's Other World Computing (OWC). At this year's event, the company is showcasing a number of new or soon-to-be-released products for Mac and iPad. In the Mac realm, OWC is about to release two ...

Apple making huge strides into government, enterprise and small business

by Michael Grothaus (May 23rd, 2011)

On Friday, Needham analyst Charlie Wolf released a research note stating that Apple had made some huge advancements into the government, enterprise and small business markets in the US -- sectors typically dominated by Windows PC sales. Total shipments of Macs increased 66 percent in the first ...

NPD: Mac sales up 47% in March

by Mike Schramm (Apr 18th, 2011)

The numbers are out on NPD's March report for computer sales, and our favorite Apple analyst, Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster, said MacBook Pro sales continued to drive Mac sales overall, boosting them up to a 47 percent year-over-year-growth. Munster says that despite an overall drop in the amount ...

Mac growth outpaces market for 19 straight quarters

by Steven Sande (Feb 17th, 2011)

If you've been following Apple's quarterly financial calls for the past several years, you know that many of the new products -- iPhone and iPad, specifically -- have been selling like the proverbial hotcakes. But you might be surprised to know that Apple's 27 year-old Macintosh personal computer ...

Apple could sell record-breaking 4.3 million Macs this holiday

by Michael Grothaus (Dec 14th, 2010)

Sometime in January Apple will hold their FY2011 Q1 earnings call, and you will be sure to hear these words: "The quarter that just ended was the best quarter in Apple's history." It's something many of us have gotten used to hearing as Apple has said it (or a derivative of it, adding "non-holiday" ...

Mac sales growth continues to surge ahead of PCs 3 to 1

by Sam Abuelsamid (Nov 23rd, 2010)

In a pattern that has become very familiar to watchers of the computer market in the last few years, sales of Macs have grown at three times the rate of computers powered by other operating systems. According to a report issued by IDC, Apple computer sales jumped 28.5 percent in the July-September ...

MacBook makeovers bring new life to a couple of old laptops

by Steven Sande (Aug 24th, 2010)

Last weekend provided not one, but two opportunities for me to do some upgrades to some "old" MacBooks to bring 'em up to workable condition. To start with, one client of mine wanted to get rid of an unused MacBook, so I decided to purchase it from her as a machine for training. The other client ...

Gene Munster: 2010 is the "Year of the Mac," sales up significantly

by Steven Sande (Jan 19th, 2010)

When Gene Munster talks, people listen. The Piper Jaffray analyst delivered one of his missives this morning stating that his analysis of Mac retail sales in the U.S., based on numbers tracked by NPD Group, are up about 26% year-over-year for the December quarter. This is higher than the average ...

Apple beats Q2 estimates

by Dave Caolo (Apr 20th, 2006)

Yesterday was Apple's Q2 financial conference call, and it's safe to say things went well. Apple generated $410 million (47 cents per share) in the 2nd quarter of 2006, up from $290 million (34 cents a share) as this time last year. Wall Street's projection was 43 cents per share. iPod sales ...

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