http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/24/office.black.friday.deal/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0811/officemac-blackfriday-24.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft's Mac Business Unit has announced 75-percent-off pricing for Office 2008 for Mac: Special Media Edition during the Black Friday sales period that kicks off the holiday shopping season. The discount will be available online during Thursday and Friday only from Apple, Amazon.com and BestBuy Online. Apple will also offer the deal at its retail stores on Friday. For customers that miss the B... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/24/office.black.friday.deal/ Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/21/retail.sells.476k.macs/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/sanlitun.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple on Monday posted its most impressive June quarter so far, with the company's retail front showing a 58-percent increase in sales and 32 million visitors, up 10 million from the year ago quarter. Sales of Macs through the stores sat at 476,000, up 44-percent from the year-ago quarter. The average revenue per store ñ based on a mean of 211 stores ñ was seen to be $6.8 million.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/21/retail.sells.476k.macs/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/30/apple.notebook.sales/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0803/macbook-unbox.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />DisplaySearch has published its latest quarterly Notebook PC Shipment and Forecast Report, which shows that the notebook PC market grew 35% year over year in the first quarter of 2008 to 31 million units. Apple, Asus, Dell, HP and Lenovo all significantly outpaced the year over market growth, with Apple posting 61 percent unit growth from 891,000 units to 1.43 million units. That growth gave Apple... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/30/apple.notebook.sales/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/16/iphone.3g.teardown/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0806/iphone3g.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The iPhone 3G carries a lower price, but it also costs about half as much to make, according to a report in the EETimes. The report says tests by teardown specialist Portelligent put the bill of materials for the new model as low as $100. That should help offset the 3Gís lower $199 price point. Portelligent estimates that based on materials alone, Appleís gross profit on the iPhone 3G totals about... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/16/iphone.3g.teardown/ Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/29/dell.revenue.up/ <img align='left' src='http://images3.macnn.com/esta/content/0805/dellmininotebook.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Dell has reported fiscal first quarter revenue of $16 billion, a 9 percent year-over-year increase. While net earnings of $0.38 cents per share represent a 12 percent increase, operating income was down 4 percent compared to the year-ago quarter. In a statement, Dell officials said that the results were driven by "better-than-industry growth of commercial and consumer products and services, and lo... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/29/dell.revenue.up/ Thu, 29 May 2008 21:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/05/amtech/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0805/applelogo-black.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu has reversed a prior downgrade on share's of Apple Inc, changing his rating on the stock to from Neutral to Buy. Wu's downgrade came right before Apple's blowout March quarter, in which the company announced record revenues on surging Mac sales. Barrons quotes Wu: "We overestimated the potential negative reaction on the quarter and in hindsight should h... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/05/amtech/ Mon, 05 May 2008 17:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/25/apple.blocks.ipod.sales/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0711/iphone-germany.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple is reportedly blocking sales of the iPod to 11 UK-based e-business firms that are purchasing the device from suppliers in the US in order to sell it at a £15 discount. According to The Register, the "grey iPods" breach the sales agreement between Apple and the e-stores, which normally states that companies selling Apple products either get supply direct from Apple or through legitimate third... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/25/apple.blocks.ipod.sales/ Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/21/munster.ipod/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0803/16-ipod-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster estimates that Apple sold 10 to 10.5 million iPods in its fiscal second quater (January, February and March). Munster views this data point as a "slight positive, given recent Street chatter of a very weak iPod number for the quarter." The Piper Jaffray analysis looks at the percentage contribution in NPD data from each month of the quarter in past March quarters... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/21/munster.ipod/ Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/18/apple.shares.up.45/ <img align='left' src='0' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Shares of Apple Computer Inc. are up $6.51 to $161 near the end of trading on friday, representing a gain of 4.21 percent. The uptick could be due, at least in part, to strong market share gains posted by the company in recent surveys from various research firms. Apple saw the biggest gain among the top 5 vendors in the U.S. market according to Gartner, enjoying strong retail sales coupled with "d... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/18/apple.shares.up.45/ Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/10/macbook.buffs.aapl/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0803/macbookair.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Due to stronger-than-expected MacBook shipments, J. P. Morgan Securities today raised its second quarter estimates for Apple, saying that the above factor made up for slower iPod and iPhone sales. Thanks to the boost in portable sales, J.P. Morgan raised both Apple's second-quarter and 2008 yearly profit estimates from $1.05 and $4.94 per share, to $1.09 and $5.04 per share, respectively, accordin... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/10/macbook.buffs.aapl/ Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:35:00 GMT