biz.yahoo.com — CUPERTINO, Calif., April 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Apple? today announced financial results for its fiscal 2007 second quarter ended March 31, 2007. The Company posted revenue of $5.26 billion and net quarterly profit of $770 million, or $.87 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $4.36 billion and net quarterly profit of $410 mi
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frostiedudeApr 25, 2007
@loplaMicrosoft does seem to be not having the best time right now to say the least. And it is true that pretty much everything they do loses money except: Windows, Office, SQL, and Exchange.However, they are still quite profitable and technology companies that have a good sized install base have very long glide paths when they do start to decline.Apple may kick their ass in the home/consumer market - and is pretty much on the way to doing that, but the home/consumer market has never been Microsoft's strength. Unfortunately for MS, they seem to want to try to grow the company by moving into markets outside of their core competency and just aren't succeeding. This is nothing new for them. For example, they tried and failed to kill Intuit (Quicken) with Microsoft Money. They tried and failed to kill AOL. Google appeared overnight and kicked their asses even after they supposedly woke up and recognized the importance of the internet.My prediction is that Microsoft will not be able to stop Apple's growth in home/consumer space. Apple will win in multimedia. Microsoft will continue to dominate the business world and Linux will be their main competitor there.Apple is becoming the new Sony. Microsoft is becoming the new IBM. IBM has become the new EDS.Sony has become the new Atari.Nintendo has become the new Nintendo.
stevealfordApr 25, 2007
@ lopla: I love when people call like you the Zune a failure, or as you put it "a total bomb." I guess you don't realize that it has a higher market share for media players than Apple does for computers and it has a faster growth rate since it came out than Mac computers have had over that time. I have a MacPro Quad Xeon and a dual core XP Media Center, so I'm not a fanboy of either company... just pointing out how f**king stupid you are. I also DON'T own an iPod or a Zune, so I don't know nor care which is better, but neither is a "failure."
lynnApr 26, 2007
@zunipusMac has a 2.7% share worldwide. PCs are on pace to sell 255 Million units in 2007. Apple will need to sell 6.88 Million units in 2007 just to maintain the 2.7% share. Apple is on pace to sell 6.4 Million units so they will end the year at 2.5% share. A drop not an increase.
deadbabyApr 26, 2007
"The price of a Mac is nowhere near as cheap as the price of an equal Windows Machine"...and a meal at Burger King is cheaper than a meal at a five star restaurant. Don't be so quick to dismiss the appeal of quality.There will always be people who just want the cheapest machine out there but, increasingly, there are a lot of people who don't mind spending an extra $200 to get some extra perks.
thecountApr 26, 2007
Doesn't matter how many developer's Apple hires, there is only one Steve Jobs and he has to put his fingerprints on everything before it happens.
moudigApr 26, 2007
Not even Leopard effect.Cyclic sales.Q4 (July-September): Back-to-schoolQ1 (October-December): X-masQ2, Q3: weak quartersStrongest quarter for macs - usually Q4, closely followed by Q1
themacthinkerApr 26, 2007
OK you wanna know how to make money on Apple's stocks without having to purchase the stocks?Only on trick, buy Apple options a week before earning. You'll see the stock progressively rise until earning (93 to 95 this week) and suddently right after earning announcement you'll see the stock sky rock (from 95 to 102 last night after hours trading), and this provided of course that Apple continues to beat estimates by a significant amount and continue to innovate.I bought a few contacts last week and I am just waiting to cash in today when everyone will rally on the stock!--------------<a class="user" href="http://www.mostofmymac.com">http://www.mostofmymac.com</a>
hdfuryApr 26, 2007
You guys must be the same ones that tout that the Mac doesn't have any viruses or security flaws too huh?You guys are more gullible than Sony Fan Boys!!!
aleksApr 27, 2007
I know there's only 5% of us but we don't give a s**t about f**king games.
blackeagleApr 27, 2007
wow compared to MS this aint s**t
nodarMay 1, 2007
Wether or not you are an apple fan it's a smart idea to invest in it.