Numberzz Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Apple said that fourth-quarter profits rose 66 percent to $904 million, or $1.01 per diluted share, on sales of $6.22 billion for the three-month period ended September 29, 2007. Apple shipped 2,164,000 Mac computers, which is 34 percent growth over the year-ago quarter and exceeding the previous quarterly record for Mac shipments by 400,000. Apple sold 10,200,000 iPods during the quarter, representing 17 percent growth over the year-ago quarter. Quarterly iPhone sales were 1,119,000, bringing cumulative fiscal 2007 sales to 1,389,000. Some say that Apple's stock is selling for over $182 in after-hour trading. Full Story Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/67345-apple-sells-more-than-2-million-macs/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
cringemaster Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 wow, nice. apples doing really well. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/67345-apple-sells-more-than-2-million-macs/#findComment-477941 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yami Bakura Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 This is very good news. Nice to hear this. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/67345-apple-sells-more-than-2-million-macs/#findComment-477942 Share on other sites More sharing options...
apowerr Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 I can't even begin to imagine their Holiday sales. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/67345-apple-sells-more-than-2-million-macs/#findComment-477947 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gooly Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 So soon Steve == Bill Gates. ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/67345-apple-sells-more-than-2-million-macs/#findComment-477963 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mebster Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 So soon Steve == Bill Gates. ? I doubt it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/67345-apple-sells-more-than-2-million-macs/#findComment-477994 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bxsci(macuser) Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 i want to see how many macs they sell when Leopard comes out Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/67345-apple-sells-more-than-2-million-macs/#findComment-478017 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreakTheChains Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 I love hearing about Apple selling lots of stuff and making lots of money. Just think, they can employ more people, and make better computers and software. Just think of the new lewts they'll have for us next year. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/67345-apple-sells-more-than-2-million-macs/#findComment-478044 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLiDE FTW!!1 Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 I love hearing about Apple selling lots of stuff and making lots of money. Just think, they can employ more people, and make better computers and software. Just think of the new lewts they'll have for us next year. IMO, the quality of mac computers are lacking lately it seems. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/67345-apple-sells-more-than-2-million-macs/#findComment-478057 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmdshft Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 I love hearing about Apple selling lots of stuff and making lots of money. Just think, they can employ more people, and make better computers and software. Just think of the new lewts they'll have for us next year. Or the next Microsoft. You be the judge. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/67345-apple-sells-more-than-2-million-macs/#findComment-478140 Share on other sites More sharing options...
solaar Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 I love hearing about Apple selling lots of stuff and making lots of money. Just think, they can employ more people, and make better computers and software. That's usually the moment when sheer quality in a company's products starts to drop. As there are more mouths to feed, more 'opinions' to listen to, less overview of what's really going on internally, the chances to mis-employ or mis-staff people is considerably increased. Think of it as 'too many cooks spoil the soup'. Another thing is costs, the more people you have to manage the higher is your overhead. So in order to keep the shareholders happy they will have to find ways to cut corners which is usually - sadly enough - in the product itself. Look at all the typical mass products, in the likes of Wal-mart in the US or Woolworth's in the UK. I reckon lean and mean is the best way to go for Apple and its image. edit: what most Mac users tend to forget is that there is still a vast majority of people (and especially companies) out there who honestly don't like Macs, full stop. I'm not talking about all those who don't even know about the qualities of OSX. The people I'm referring to actually know (at least from hearsay) that OSX is superior to Windows in many aspects. I've encountered quite a few people - especially in conservative corporate environments - who think a Mac is kinda cutesy and gimmicky and 'for chicks, artists or {censored} (which most artists are in their eyes anyway)'. That weird kind of attitude towards Mac is mostly to be found in the educated middle-class, white-collar male 35-65 bracket. Unfortunately that's where the money is... To have success and win more customers among the hard-nose mainstream audience, Apple would have to regress in many ways I'm afraid. To the point that the 'real' Mac users might even move on to something else... Think of it as a Maserati or TVR driver versus something more conservative and boring - Mercedes or so... (IMO) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/67345-apple-sells-more-than-2-million-macs/#findComment-478181 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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