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    Mac OS X Poised for Tremendous Growth?

    July 26th, 2007

    It’s nice to see Mac sales consistently besting 1.5 million units every quarter nowadays, and there’s talk that the magic two million figure may be reached as early as the current quarter. This sounds like a lot, and it is as far as Macs are concerned. But sales of a couple of million computers are […]


    Is There a Dark Side to Apple’s Financials?

    January 19th, 2007

    Consider the situation: A company earns record profits, exceeding analyst estimates in most respects. Despite the skepticism, and dire predictions from over the years, just about everything the company touches turns to gold. At the same time, journalists don’t want to make it seem that they are fawning over the company, and they no doubt […]


    Apple Continues to Make Money the Old Fashioned Way

    April 21st, 2006

    Depending on whose expectations you’ve followed, Apple exceeded them or didn’t quite meet them. In recording the second best financial quarter in its history, Apple reported revenues of $4.36 billion for the quarter ending in March, which is somewhat less than the analysis from Thomson First Call of $4.5 billion. However, net income was $410 […]


    The Great MacIntel Sales Controversy

    January 28th, 2006

    When Apple held it’s quarterly financial conference with analysts earlier this month, its executives said they’d have trouble filling all the orders for the new MacBook Pro before the end of the present quarter. Independent reports, from American Technology Research and other industry analysts, suggested strong sales for both the new iMac and MacBook Pro. […]