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Apple Reaches 12% Market Share In U.S. Notebooks

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the growing-tree dept.

bonch writes "Apple's U.S. notebook market share has doubled to 12% after shipping 1.33 million Macs in the quarter. Apple also shipped 8.11 million iPods, topping analyst estimates, for a net income of $472 million. Remember when Apple was dying?" From the article: "The iPod shipments appeared to calm investors worried that growth in that red-hot business was slowing and Apple's results topped what analysts had said was a conservative forecast. Shares of Apple were down some 24 percent since early May. 'Apple looked good,' said Jane Snorek, technology analyst with First American Funds. 'The PC numbers were great, too.'"

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  1. Re:Stock by apoc06 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    a) apple is in a different boat than your average consumer electronic giant.

    ipod sales dont/ wont dry up, because the majority of apple fans buy the latest apple product with less thought than they would from a different company. when apple announces a new ipod, those who own the previous model upgrade. this is only the case when dealing with apple. if sony announces a new model of walkman, those who bought one last year don't immediately upgrade. if treo or blackberry comes out with a new model those with last years' model don't immediately upgrade. plus there is always an influx of those consumers that have been on the fence; they want to buy their first ipod, but they know there will be a new model debuting soon and are waiting for that one.

    b) of course macs are overpriced. this is apple afterall. when have apple products EVER been cheaply priced? the mac mini was close, but even that was expensive compared to a comparable PC. you forget how rabid apple fans are. within the next year, i guarantee that apple will release their next model of mac equipped with a new style, an incremental processor speed increase, a blu-ray player/ burner, and whatever new mac tech theyve been r&d'ing for the last year. the hardcore mac fans will look to upgrade to this new bleeding edge/ must have tech and you will see a new flow of sales. apple "newness" never goes away for the hardcore.