October 21st, 2008
298,000
That’s how many people (half of 596,000) bought a Mac at an Apple retail location who have never owned a Mac before. Three hundred thousand people just last quarter, shopping at Apple’s 247 retail locations, who have embraced the Mac way of life.
That’s about 2,400 Macs per store, per quarter. Overall, Apple sold 2.6 million Macs this summer.
It’s amazing. So many people are switching, Apple is having record-breaking quarters (read the full transcript of today’s quarterly earnings call).
That, and with 13 million iPhones in the hands of users – more than 10 million sold this year alone – an increasing number of people are switching to the Apple way of doing things. More Macs, more iPhones (about 7 million last quarter), even more iPods (11 million sold).
Says Steve Jobs:
We don’t yet know how this economic downturn will affect Apple. But we’re armed with the strongest product line in our history, the most talented employees and the best customers in our industry. And $25 billion of cash safely in the bank with zero debt.
Who can argue with that? And zero debt? Apple is living the Dave Ramsey lifestyle and they probably don’t even know it yet.
Those 300k new users? Let’s embrace them, and welcome them with open arms. Their life is about to get a whole lot more fun.
Posted by davelawrence8 at 8:51 pm on October 21st, 2008. Categories: apple. Tags: AAPL, apple, financial, iphone, ipod, mac, quarterly, retail, sales, steve jobs. Subscribe via RSS.
August 27th, 2008
Browsing through Apple’s App Store, I lucked out on a program I’ve been meaning to try: Catamount’s PocketMoney. Previously available for $9.99, Catamount dropped the price to $0.99 for a few days only, and I snatched it up as soon as I saw it. How could I resist? Catamount was a dedicated Newton app developer. They’ve ported their PocketMoney finance manager to everything from the Palm to the PocketPC, and it only made sense for them to bring their piggy bank to the iPhone.
More… »
Posted by davelawrence8 at 5:08 am on August 27th, 2008. Categories: ipod/iphone, software. Tags: app store, apple, catamount, finance, financial, iphone, messagepad, newton, pocketmoney, sale, software. Subscribe via RSS.
July 22nd, 2008
Here we go again.
After Apple’s third quarter 2008 conference call, Apple chief financial officer Peter Oppenheimer hinted at “product transitions” – and BOOM, everyone goes nuts over What That Means.
It could mean something as simple as Macbooks being $200 cheaper (imagine that!), but that wouldn’t be as exciting. Oh dear, no. Instead, the Newton 2.0 engines – also known by Macbook Touch, now – have fired on all cylinders and are charging ahead.
Which is cool. This thing has been around as long as…well, as long as this blog, actually, and probably before.
It’s not enough that everyone loses their friggin’ minds after the financial results and AAPL shares fall like a stroke victim. No, we have to dig up this dry-bone skeleton.
Drop Mac prices, drop iPod prices – hell, start giving MobileMe away (you sure as hell can’t sell it). But don’t drop Mac tablet rumors again.
Although those new patent pictures…
Posted by davelawrence8 at 6:46 pm on July 22nd, 2008. Categories: rumors. Tags: AAPL, apple, financial, mac tablet, macbook touch, newton, newton 2.0, oppenheimer, quarterly, rumor. Subscribe via RSS.
