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Sales of Macintosh computers continue to grow year-to-year, but their rate of growth is slowing, Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster reported Monday in a note issued to clients. Based on data released at midday by the NPD Group , Munster estimates that Apple will sell 2.8 to 2.9 million Macs ...
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Analyst: Apple’s year-over-year Mac sales up 30%, iPod sales up 8% this quarter
MacDailyNews —
... Elmer-DeWitt reports for Fortune. "The Mac numbers represent year-to-year unit growth of 29% to 34%," Elmer-DeWitt reports. "Munster’s estimate of 11 million iPods for the quarter represents a year-to-year increase of 8%... comfortably ahead of the Street’s 6% [consensus estimate]," Elmer-DeWitt reports. Munster expects "Earnings per share of $1.19 (versus guidance of EPS $1.00)" on "Revenues of $8.5 billion (versus guidance of $7.8 billion)," Elmer-DeWitt reports. Full article here .
IDC analyst confirms enterprise users are switching to Mac
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence —
... Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster, in a note issued to clients yesterday, estimated "that Apple will sell 2.8 to 2.9 million Macs and 11 million iPods [and 4.1 million iPhones] in its fourth fiscal quarter, which ends Sept. 30... based on data released at midday by the NPD Group," Philip Elmer-DeWitt also reports for Fortune. ...
Wall Street mayhem delivers undeserved thrashing to AAPL
MacBytes.com —
... year-over-year Mac sales growth of 44 percent, which would translate to more than 3 million Macs. Last week Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster weighed in with slightly lower numbers (unusual, since Munster is typically the most optimistic Apple analyst). Nevertheless, he foresees year-over-year growth in the 30 percent range, with Mac sales hitting somewhere between 2.8 million and 2.9 million. Though not as impressive as July’s numbers, Mac sales have grown so much over the past two years – 3 million Macs would nearly double the number sold in the September quarter two years ago ...
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