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appleinsider.com - 2/25/2009

Premium-priced MacBook Pros top sales at Apple retail stores

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Despite repeated calls from industry watchers for Apple to cut prices on its computer line, a new study reveals that sales of the company's premium-priced MacBook Pros are topping all other Macs at the majority of U.S.-based Apple stores.

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pcmag.com - 2/27/2009

Apple MacBook Pro 17-inch (Unibody) - Full Review - Reviews by PC Magazine

— pcmag.com — Apple review, Apple commentary, Apple news... Everything Apple Part media center, part workstation, the Apple MacBook Pro... 17-inch has been revered over the years by a nation of professional photographers and film editors, not to mention average media ... (more) Apple MacBook Pro 17-inch (Unibody) - Full Review - ...

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prmac.com - 3/2/2009

MacService Announces SSD Drive Upgrades for the MacBook & MacBook Pro

— prmac.com — MacService has announced new Solid State Drive upgrades for the MacBook and MacBook Pro. You can now... upgrade your MacBook to a super-fast 120GB or 250GB SSD. All prices include free roundtrip shipping, installation, data transfer and a laptop shipping container. (more) MacService Announces SSD Drive Upgrades for the MacBook ...

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macworld.com - 2/24/2009

MCE offers second internal hard drive for new MacBooks, MacBook Pros

— macworld.com — MCE is offering its OptiBay internal hard drive for new "unibody" MacBooks and MacBook Pros.... (more) MCE offers second internal hard drive for new MacBooks, ...

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MacBook Pro Sales Spike Suggests Slow February for Apple
Wired: Gadget Lab — ... last week; I'd imagine many were eagerly awaiting that particular model. Here's what I find more interesting: The MacBook is typically Apple's biggest seller. If the MacBook Pro was able to surpass the MacBook in sales, it suggests February is shaping up to be another slow month for Mac sales overall. In January, Mac sales were off 6 percent compared to a year ago. Apple Computer Sales Slowing, No Discounting on Mac Books, Yet [ChannelCheckers via AppleInsider] Photo: Jonathan Snyder/Wired.com ...

Netbook, Schmetbook: Premium-priced MacBook Pros top sales at Apple Retail Stores
MacDailyNews — ... three-fourths of the stores polled, reported that their best selling Mac this month was the MacBook Pro, which ranges in price from $2000 to $2800. Only four of the fifteen stores questioned identified a system other than the MacBook Pro as their top seller." "With 87% of stores doing nothing price-wise to compel consumers into buy a new Mac, Channel Checkers concluded that demand for Macs remains strong enough to support Apple's premium pricing model," Lane reports. Full article here .

Netbooks, Schmetbooks: Premium-priced MacBook Pros top sales at Apple Retail Stores
MacDailyNews — ... three-fourths of the stores polled, reported that their best selling Mac this month was the MacBook Pro, which ranges in price from $2000 to $2800. Only four of the fifteen stores questioned identified a system other than the MacBook Pro as their top seller." "With 87% of stores doing nothing price-wise to compel consumers into buy a new Mac, Channel Checkers concluded that demand for Macs remains strong enough to support Apple's premium pricing model," Lane reports. Full article here .

High-End Notebooks Top Sales in Apple Retail Outlets
Cult of Mac — ... the firm said. “However, despite the slower sales, demand remains strong enough that Apple does not need to discount products on a wide scale basis.” With recent industry analysts expecting Apple sales for the quarter ending in March to be around 2 million units, down just 6% from last year’s record-setting pace, the steady popularity of the company’s high-end notebooks is a bright spot in an otherwise gloomy economic picture. Via AppleInsider

Survey shows MacBook Pro top seller at Apple Stores
Infinite Loop — ... as many other companies have been doing, but it does indirectly give us some information about what Apple's revenues, gross margin, and average Mac selling price may be. As further coverage by AppleInsider notes, some of the stores surveyed that didn't report the MacBook Pro as the top seller may have been offering discounts on other models, which makes the MacBook Pro look like even more of a winner. (It should be noted, too, that the 17" MacBook Pro was just shipped, so that could also be a major reason why people were buying over the last couple of weeks.) Even ...