Comments on: February Mac Sales: Insanely Not Great

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By: John Lawrence

John Lawrence — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:28:23 +0000

Without the recent release of the new Macs, results would have been very dismal this quarter. Add to the economic woes to the fact so many were waiting for the upgraded versions to appear and it would have been a shocking decrease for that Apple faithful. Now, we’ll see a moderate decrease that is pretty damn impressive given that Apple is maintaining margins and still selling decent numbers. If you factor out the no margin netbooks, the Apple numbers are indeed excellent.

By: George Slusher

George Slusher — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:19:25 +0000

This reads like a “quickie” by John, who is usually much more astute. Why didn’t he mention what Mike Lane and James Lombardo did? I’ve read several others saying the same things on various sites, so it’s not like those factors were unknown.

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By: James Lombardo

James Lombardo — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:42:31 +0000

In January, Apple notified its sales channel that there would be longer time for delivery of iMacs. EVERYBODY in the Apple blogosphere knew that it meant new computers were coming.

As word spread, people held off buying until the new iMacs were introduced in March. Now, Apple has raised its build rate due to strong demand.

That is one reason why Mac sales were lower in February.

By: Mark Ashton

Mark Ashton — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:33:44 +0000

What you don’t mention is that PC sales actually went UP from the same month last year. People are buying PC’s even in the down economy.

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By: Mike Lane

Mike Lane — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:22:44 +0000

NDP data is pretty worthless when it comes to Apple as a significantly large portion of Apple’s sales come through unmeasurable channels, namely their own stores and Apple website online sales, which are not reported/closely held. NDP can might be used in this case as part of a general trend, but are totally unreliable as to definitive results.