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- wonderchemist, on 04/23/2008, -1/+53Summary for the lazy:
Apple sold 2,289,000 Macs (51 percent unit growth), 10,644,000 iPods (1 percent unit growth), and 1,703,000 iPhones. - nickzee, on 04/23/2008, -2/+24Pretty strong macbook sales while the market is in a downturn
- TheFinaleofSeem, on 04/23/2008, -7/+27Massive growth in Mac sales over the year-ago quarter. Very nice! Apple is gaining marketshare at an increasing rate. It'll be interesting to see how far they can go with it. I'd be happy to see Apple snag enough marketshare to ensure proper ports of nearly all Windows software, probably around the 15-20% range.
- BrainInAJar, on 04/23/2008, -3/+21apple doesn't now nor have they ever had 'loss leaders' to entice people to look at the brand. Apple is a luxury brand, like Lexus or BMW where having a "poor man's" mac would do more harm than good for brand image
- mnederlanden, on 04/23/2008, -6/+22pple makes good omputers.
- usingpond, on 04/23/2008, -1/+15People are going to have a choice. Everyday people, not just nerds and designers. This means that Microsoft share will eventually tumble. I mean come on, who's ever heard of a switch to Windows?
- MurphyMac, on 04/23/2008, -6/+16All about the Macs - you are so right. Everyone keeps forgetting that.
- Surefly, on 04/23/2008, -1/+11tfu
- TheFinaleofSeem, on 04/23/2008, -2/+11Whoa, who built a time machine and brought this guy back from 1998?
- Urkel, on 04/23/2008, -6/+14I'm not trying to be a jerk here, but I've never understood the excitement over stuff like this by non-stock holders. If the profits aren't trickling back to the customer then why the heck is everyone celebrating?
New Mac revisions, new products I can understand people getting pumped. But the profits of a company that works on a fixed pricing structure and is slow to refresh product specs? How does it benefit us as CONSUMERS that Apple is even more profitable due to our infatuation with them?
My $1500 2006 Gen1 Macbook needs to be replaced soon and the option in 2008 is essentially $1500 for the exact same product with only the slightest of speed/size bumps. Clearly Apple is profiting because they aren't sharing the wealth with their customers in the form of lower prices or increased options. So why are people excited over this? - deadbaby, on 04/23/2008, -0/+8Let's say for the sake of argument that Apple makes $300 off a MacBook sale. If they sold a $700 laptop they might only make $100. They'd have to sell 3 times as many to make the same profit plus makeup whatever amount of the MacBook market the $700 laptop cannibalized. If MacBook sales were poor they would consider it, but they are not, so they won't.
- apersaud, on 04/23/2008, -1/+9"We're delighted to report 43 percent revenue growth and the strongest March quarter revenue and earnings in Apple's history," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO.
And yet the stock is down afterhours. I don't get these investors.. - asskicker32, on 04/23/2008, -8/+15...their quality would suffer and their brand would suffer as a result of that. Right?
- asskicker32, on 04/23/2008, -1/+8Stock was up on expectations. Stock is down now but look, it was $118 6 weeks ago. I dont think 35% since then and 14% in the past two weeks is bad.
- bigsteve, on 04/23/2008, -1/+8Why, because you want one? Apple's $1100 model is consistently grow in adoption. There's no shorage of demand at the current price point. Econ 101....
- usingpond, on 04/23/2008, -2/+8Massive Mac growth. No surprise there. I wonder what Dell's growth looks like?
- xoineg, on 04/23/2008, -0/+6dont forget the BIG investors making a profit and selling so it goes down...then buy again at a cheaper price and then make a profit again....
- BrendanSheehan, on 04/24/2008, -0/+63.5 times that of the PC industry. Best Mac growth % year over year in 20 years they said on the conference call.
- piratearggghhh, on 04/23/2008, -0/+6My point is - they have something in the high-end and the lower end. Missing is the mid-range where a majority of the population generally buy. The article is about the growth and importance of the Mac and if they want to capture a bigger chunk of market share, they'll need something that caters to people who want something more than an iMac but less than the Mac Pro (like me). THere's no denying it's an awesome machine so no need to be defensive about it.
- ayeroxor, on 04/23/2008, -3/+8Submitter is one of the lazy. Is it too much to ask submitters to even proofread the first word of the summary?
- tabledesk, on 04/23/2008, -0/+5As stupid as your comment is, I did just jump on the bandwagon via stock. They are on the fast track right now.
- scruffles, on 04/24/2008, -1/+6I'll buy stocks based on percentage growth. You buy based on units sold. We'll see who does better.
- nakile, on 04/23/2008, -2/+7I don't know about you all, but the next few years are going to be interesting. Apple is getting more and more praise everyday, no one seems to like Vista, and Linux is becoming a very capable OS.
I really have no idea what's going to happen. - cthellis, on 04/24/2008, -0/+4So, wait... While Dell posted good unit growth (finally regaining some of the ground they've been losing wholesale to HP), we're supposed to be impressed that for the past few years, they continually post less profit than Apple on far more revenue? (Back in '05 it was about 90% the profit off 4x the revenue. Now it's 35-40% the profit off 2.5x the revenue.)
Come back when Dell's growth means something. - MacParrot, on 04/24/2008, -0/+4It must be very difficult to be a 12 year old and so stupid. You have my sympathy
- MacParrot, on 04/24/2008, -0/+4SHHHHHH! jabberwolf makes the same stupid non-topical vomments (yes I know how I spelled it) in every Mac post.
- BrainInAJar, on 04/23/2008, -1/+5except there is a certain tipping point for this sort of thing ( not even talking about macs here, though they'd likely have it too ) where growth increases exponentially
- bjstiktrix, on 04/23/2008, -0/+4they guided down for the coming months...
- tabledesk, on 04/23/2008, -3/+7If you read the article or skimmed the numbers you'd see that this quarter's growth is totally inconsistent with the 'recession.'
MOAR POWER - BrendanSheehan, on 04/24/2008, -0/+4Who said anything about that happening? They don't even have double digits yet, I wouldn't be worried about that. But any growth they do have should just help to motivate the competition and bring the quality of both hardware and software up all round.
- usingpond, on 04/24/2008, -1/+5Why do you say that? Does your argument go past this point?
- BrainInAJar, on 04/24/2008, -0/+4That's just the thing though... they don't want "normal people" ( aka cheapskates ) to afford them.
They. Are. A. Luxury. Brand.
If every crackhead drove around in a Lexus, even a "low-end" Lexus, you wouldn't be tempted to spend $50,000 on one. - piratearggghhh, on 04/23/2008, -5/+9Apple needs a mid range computer. The iMac doesn't have enough muscle, especially in the video card department for more intensive things and the Mac Pro is priced too high. Let's see a $1000 loaded tower like I can get from any PC manufacturer and I'll probably get one. Right now anyone can get a pretty loaded quad core Dell with a coupon for under $1000.
- tnoy, on 04/23/2008, -2/+6As much as I like OS X, having a single hardware and software vendor would be the absolute worst thing to happen to the computer industry.
It will end up with the ***** we're in with Microsoft, but you also dont have a choice in hardware. - BIGBEN363, on 04/23/2008, -0/+4You'd think, but at least from what I've seen macs have always been big in schools. And since their overall market share has only started rising relatively recently, I think the real cause has more to do with regular consumers.
- sudowrestler, on 04/23/2008, -0/+4I'll pass that along to Steve right away.
- shank2001, on 04/25/2008, -0/+3Yep, I bought my Mac Pro primarily as a Vista 64 machine with 8 cores (it is actually a GREAT deal for an 8 core Xeon workstation for $2,800!) But I am getting more and more impressed with MacOSX
- MacParrot, on 04/24/2008, -2/+5"insert brand" isn't supporting an OS, a new phone (and OS for that even if it is based on OS X), a digital media player, an online music store, a professional video/audio suite of software, various consumer software, ect.
- leakus, on 04/23/2008, -0/+3The economy is not going bad for everybody. Especially companies who rely heavily on exports can profit from the poor performance of the dollar. The economy in Europe and Asia is going pretty well. Here in Europe they sell Apple stuff with the same price tags as in the US, just in Euros. So you can expect them to make a huge profit from that.
- wonderchemist, on 04/23/2008, -1/+4Where down is 33% year over year growth in gross revenue.
- BrendanSheehan, on 04/24/2008, -0/+3And it was $200 months ago, what's your point? It's undervalued right now, that's obvious.
- superkendall, on 04/23/2008, -2/+5But that 1/2% figure you gives includes things like business PC's and POS systems. The real growth rate with consumers has been larger, and continues to accelerate.
- cthellis, on 04/24/2008, -0/+3They announced their US educational growth at 35%, and said that was a high point for growth in that sector. And while excellent numbers, they grew more than that overall, which means they're doing notably stronger in the consumer segment. (And retail store sales have been showing 50% going to new-to-Apple customers.)
- cthellis, on 04/24/2008, -0/+3They announce their revenue, profit, cash flow, deferred revenue, answer questions about channel inventory, give guidance about the next quarter which they consistently beat... Just what "costs" are not reflected and tricks are they playing?
Stock frequently goes down after earnings releases, regardless of the company and projections. - cthellis, on 04/24/2008, -0/+3For jabberwolf? That would be a first.
- MacParrot, on 04/24/2008, -2/+4Hey B1663r, aren't you one of those guys from a few years ago laughing about Apple's "measly" 2-3 % market-share? Now they are looking at near double-digit figures over all in the US and well above that (most likely depending on whose numbers you believe) in the consumer market are you still laughing? Microsoft while firmly still in 1st place and in no danger of losing that position is certainly paying attention.
- Urkel, on 04/24/2008, -2/+45yrs ago were PPC Macs so you're not comparing similar systems. Those PPC's actually did run higher quality specialized parts which is why they last so long. The Intel switch brought cheap Intel-compatible parts so to expect 5yrs out of a modern day Mac is silly. And that's why many people feel Macs are overpriced. You're simply not guaranteed any quality gains from PC competitors anymore. (Thats also why we recommend everyone to buy AppleCare. Within the next 3years then one day you WILL need it.)
- colincornaby, on 04/24/2008, -1/+3"My $1500 2006 Gen1 Macbook needs to be replaced soon" Seriously? My girlfriend has one, and it's still doing great. I use a older Macbook Pro on a daily basis. You must be a heck of a user if you are replacing that this soon.
- CCB0x45, on 04/24/2008, -0/+2No he doesnt,
their guidance was 1.00 a share, the last guidance was .94 a share, which they beat by 20 cents a share, so their guidance is still increeased growth, just not enough growth that the analysts want(even though they did the same thing last quarter and then beat what the analysts wanted by 10 cents) - Surefly, on 04/24/2008, -0/+2you're bad at computers.
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