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08/29/2007, 11:20am, EDT

Wednesday, August 29th

Apple seizes one in six laptop sales

Apple share prices rocketed upward when the company began shipping its iPhone in late June, but a study suggesting that the computer maker now sells more than one in six laptops in the U.S. may serve to remind industry watchers that iPhones are only part of the bigger picture. Apple reported record breaking Mac sales in late July when disclosing the financial results of its third quarter. The company's primary source of revenue remains its Macintosh computers -- of which Apple shipped a whopping 1.76 million in a three-month period for an all-time quarterly record and a 33 percent jump over the same time a year prior. Apple grew at four times the rate of the estimated industry standard, selling more than 1.1 million portables for almost $1.6 billion in revenue. The survey from NPD Group says MacBook and MacBook Pro notebooks accounted for 17.6 percent of June's unit sales, representing a jump of more than 3 percent over Apple's May figures when the company sold 14.3 percent of all U.S. portables, according to PCWorld.


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08/29, 11:33am, EDT
it's amazing the roller coaster AAPL has been on lately... up $5 one day, down $5 the next, up $5 the following... too bad I'm not a day trader, I could make a lot of money on the swings in AAPL...
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re:roller coaster
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08/29, 1:00pm, EDT
only thing is, the whole tech sector and stocks in general are fluctuating like this pretty wildly over the past few weeks. Hopefully it will stabilize by the next round of tech sector earnings cycles.
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Unfair!
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08/29, 1:19pm, EDT
What right does apple have in seizing anything, let alone a laptop sale. So, someone's walking through the mall, and an Apple employee is just going to jump out and take his laptop?

Can we sue over this???
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Now THAT'S funny!...
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08/29, 4:55pm, EDT
Too bad I didn't think of that, Testudo!

Good one!

Peace!
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true apple fan!
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08/30, 2:51pm, EDT
Way to go, testudo ... always thinking different ;)
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typical negative twist...
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08/30, 6:16pm, EDT
don't expect a positive header like:

Sales of Apple computer break all time record or Apple sells more computers then "those other guys" or Apple sells 135,000 computers a week for the quarter instead the most unflattering wording will be used hey does mexrdoch own macnn too?? it's a right wing conspiracy!!
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hey !!!
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08/30, 6:17pm, EDT
you edited my post!!
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