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Munster: Apple on track to sell 2.7 million Macs in Q4
Munster: Apple on track to sell 2.7 million Macs in Q4
Based on U.S. retail sales data released Monday afternoon by the NPD Group, Apple (AAPL) is on track to sell 2.7 to 2.8 million Macs and 9.5 to 10.5 million iPods in its fourth fiscal quarter, according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster. Mac unit sales came in up 2% year over year in July, ...
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China Unicom buys 5 million iPhones from Apple, ready for sale in September - International ...
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Analyst: Apple on track to sell upwards of 2.8 million Macs this quarter
MacDailyNews — ... the quarter given ~50% of Mac sales in the quarter typically happen in the month of Sept.'" Elmer-DeWitt reports, "He adds that international sales are growing faster than domestic for both Macs and iPods, which is why he expects reported sales to be slightly higher than NPD's numbers would suggest. He also notes that July 2008 was a particularly good month for the Mac, with unit sales up 43% over July '07, so achieving 2% growth over that is no mean feat." More in the full article here . MacDailyNews Note: Apple shipped a total of ...

Apple expected to sell 2.7 million Macs in fall quarter
AppleInsider — ... Published: 09:00 PM EST Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster reports Apple is on track to sell between 2.7 and 2.8 million Macs in its fourth fiscal quarter, based on retail data released by NPD Group. NPD has pegged Apple's July sales as a 2% rise over last year, which Munster says implies 3% to 7% growth for the full quarter when factoring in back to school sales, according to a report published by Fortune . "With just one month of data," Munster wrote, "it is way too early to make a call on the quarter given ~50% of Mac sales in the quarter typically happen in the month ...

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