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Corporate Mac Sales Surge 66%

Posted by Roblimo on from the one-mouse-button-is-all-the-enterprise-really-needs dept.

syngularyx writes "Mac sales in the enterprise during Apple's last fiscal quarter grew a whopping 66 percent, significantly outpacing the rest of the PC market, which grew just 4.5 percent in the enterprise. The data from Apple's previous fiscal quarter was highlighted on Friday by analyst Charlie Wolf with Needham & Company. He said though he originally viewed success in the enterprise as a "one-quarter blip," it now appears to be a "durable platform" for Apple." What makes this especially interesting is that Apple apparently isn't looking for corporate sales, and considers them "collateral success" rather than an indication that they should market specifically to corporate buyers.

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  1. Corporate sales? by TheRaven64 · · Score: 4, Funny

    You mean that there are now three businesses using Macs? Amazing!

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    1. Re:Corporate sales? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      No dummy.

      Obviously the growth from 2 to 3 Macs would be an increase of 50%.

      The only logical answer is Apple sold 5 Macs to business as opposed to 3 last quarter.

    2. Re:Corporate sales? by Richard_at_work · · Score: 4, Funny

      Heh, its ironic - I'm currently sat in an office where all the computers (a dozen or so) are Macs - iMac 27" to be precise.

      The irony is that they are all running Windows 7, not one is running OSX. Business owner bought them because they looked cool, but the business is a .Net software development house.

  2. Re:Bring-your-own platform by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'd rather have a virus than Symantec!

  3. That's great! by hartba · · Score: 0, Funny

    So you're saying they sold 5 macs instead of their usual 3? Go Apple!

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  4. Re:IT hates apple by maztuhblastah · · Score: 4, Funny

    You just know you fucked up when migrating away from Lotus Notes results in a worse experience.

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