Portables, retail, iPod drive Apple 4Q
updated 04:50 pm EDT, Wed October 18, 2006
Apple's 4Q by the numbers
Apple today posted a profit of $546 million on strong shipments of Mac portables and a very strong retail quarter. The company said that its overall Mac shipments increased by 30 percent over the year-ago quarter to 1.61 million and that its Mac sales from its own retail division increased by 60 percent from the year-ago quarter. The company saw an increase of 56 percent in portable sales from year ago quarter, while desktop sales rose by a meager 4 percent. The company had very strong Mac shipments in virtually all of its operating segments, except Japan, where it saw a 13 percent decrease in unit shipments from the year-ago quarter (iPod, though, helped it grow 28 percent in revenue from the year-ago quarter). The company saw a 23 percent increase in CPU sales from the year-ago quarter in the Americas and a strong 32 percent increase in Europe. iPod sales increased by 35 percent from the year ago quarter, but average selling price decreased.
going out on a limb
10/18, 05:21pm reply
I'm going to go out on a limb and predict that any revisions coming down the pike for the stock options backdating will be minor (less than $25m total).
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crappy desktop numbers
10/18, 06:12pm reply
wow, with the mac pro, apple still can't increase their desktop numbers. maybe it's time to sell a normal desktop machine for 1500$.
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Keep in mind..
10/19, 01:28am reply
Keep in mind, the upgrade cycle for apple is often slower or faster than apples' product update cycle. The video card in my 4 year old powermac G4 recently died, so i'll have to upgrade at some point soon. Most people would just buy a new video card, but if i did that i'd have to buy a new monitor and get rid fo my clear 17 inc hADC monitor. Not everyone can just pow get new stuff. That's not how their marketshare grows. Give it time.
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