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Offline bil207

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« on: October 18, 2006, 06:13:02 PM »
Apple profit up 27% on iPod, Mac sales according to MarketWatch. smile.gif
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« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2006, 07:01:43 PM »
Saw that on the financial news tonight, dont we wish we had more Apple shares?
But I dont really care how much we have, I just LOVE to see them doing well!  As Apple does have the best product.
How is that for a commercial.  
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« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2006, 11:38:13 PM »
Came across this quote in a Vista review the other day but forgot to save the link (bold is mine):

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I like Vista and it will fend of some of the shift to Mac (which I hear consistently from family and colleagues these days, especially with dual boot and Parallels for virtual dual OS) but it does seem like a little too little on new with so much time between revs.



Also heard that Apple had a blow-out school sales season this year which I'm sure made up a good part of the increase.

As many are beginning to realize, why bother with a PC when you can have it all with a Mac? smile.gif
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« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2006, 08:04:00 AM »
Saw that report on the front page of our local paper business section.  Apple rocks!

We have a convert in our family, our daughter just came and got our old G4 tower, we put tiger on it and she loves it, they took it home.  They fight over my big iMacs when they are here for the weekends.

She got sick of the virus and Microsoft problems on their home PC, so she put Linux on it, and they dont have any Windows stuff at home any more.
They do have to use it at work however.

Apple is catching up with the PC world!  I would guess that most offices will stay with Windows though.  Our dentist bought 8 new Dells for his new larger office, as they only use one program most of the time.  He did hook one up to the net, but all his home machines are Macs.  He has about 8 kids and they have all been brought up on Macs, as most of the schools in our area do.
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« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2006, 09:00:19 AM »
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« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2006, 12:17:57 PM »
Good news! Heard it on the radio - WGN. (Yes, Milwaukee has radio stations too.)

They need some good promotions to capitalize on this. Like maybe in California and Wisconsin they could include a couple pounds of cheddar. You know, Mac and cheese. devilishgrin.gif
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« Reply #6 on: October 20, 2006, 03:46:07 AM »
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Apple could face stiffer competition in the digital music space this holiday season with Microsoft (Charts) set to debut its so-called iPod killer named Zune next month.

But CEO Steve Jobs provided an upbeat view. "Looking forward, 2007 is likely to be one of the most exciting new product years in Apple's history," he said in a statement.


From an article on MS security (oxymoron):

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061019/tc_nm/...t_security_dc_2
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« Reply #7 on: October 20, 2006, 02:28:14 PM »
It's probably all thanks to me!

We have 4 iPods in this family.  One of every type and about to buy more!

Brilliant invention.  Perfect for every occasion, including trying to go to sleep on a 14 hour ferry trip in a Gale Force 10!

Well done Apple!
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« Reply #8 on: October 20, 2006, 06:26:17 PM »
Apple Rocks!

Apple released it's fourth quarter results on Wednesday, October 18. Once again Apple dramatically exceeded Wall Street's  expectations. Wall Street was expecting earnings of $4.67 billion, or $.51 cents per share. Apple delivered earnings of $4.84 billion and a quarterly profit of $546 million, equal to $.62 per share. This was a 27%  profit increase from the  year-ago quarter. Strong sales of Macs (especially laptops), and continued iPod and iTunes Store strength contributed to this success.

As they say on Marketplace, here are the numbers:

- 58% of company revenue came from Macs (that is, computers, not iPods or iTunes Store sales)

- 4% rise in desktop sales

- 61% of Apple computers sold were laptops

- 56% increase in portable sales from year ago quarter

- 1,610,000 Macs sold this quarter

- 5.3 million Macs sold this year

- 8,729,000 iPods this quarter

- 39 million iPods sold this year

- $4.84 billion revenue

- $546 million quarterly profit

- 27% increase in profit compared to a year-ago

- $11 billion increase in annual revenue over past two years

- $10 billion in cash on hand

- 32% increase in Mac sales in Europe

- 4% decrease in Mac shipments in Japan, though iPod sales grew 28 percent in revenue from the year-ago quarter).

- iPod sales increased 35% in Europe from the year ago quarter (though the purchase price decreased.)

 - 40% of the quarter’s revenue came from international sales

- Apple expects revenue of $6.0 to $6.2 billion in the first fiscal quarter of 2007

- Gross margin was 29.2%, from 28.1 percent in the year ago quarter.
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