finance.yahoo.com - 12/16/2008
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Apple computers are seen on the opening day of Paris Apple Expo 2005 in this September 20, 2005 file photo. Apple witnessed flat year-over-year overall sales in the United States for its Macs in November, while sales of rival Microsoft Corp's Windows PCs were up 7 percent, according to research ...
apple.com - 12/16/2008
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apple.com —
CUPERTINO, California December 16, 2008 Apple today announced
that this year is the last year the company...
will exhibit at Macworld Expo. Philip Schiller, Apple s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, will deliver the opening keynote ...
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Apple Announces Its Last Year at Macworld
blog.wired.com - 12/16/2008
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blog.wired.com —
Apple will launch an upgrade to its low-end
desktop, the Mac mini, at January's Macworld Expo, according...
to an Apple corporate employee who contacted Wired.com. The source, who wished to remain anonymous (to keep his job), could not disclose ...
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Rumor: New Mac Mini Coming to Macworld 2009
online.wsj.com - 12/16/2008
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NPD: Apple's US Mac sales flat in Nov., iMac needs refresh
AppleInsider —
... Published: 09:00 AM EST Sales of Windows PCs grew faster in the United States during the month of November than Macs, which were weighed down by sluggish demand for aging iMac models, according to NPD. The market research firm, which tracks retail sales, released preliminary data for the second month of the December quarter on Monday, showing Apple's sales were relatively flat year-over-year while sales of systems running the Windows operating system from rival Microsoft corp rose 7 percent. Overall, sales of desktop systems fell 20 percent; Windows desktops were down 15 ...
NPD: Apple’s overall U.S. Mac sales flat in November, but high-margin MacBook sales are up 22%
MacDailyNews —
... outpaced rivals," Kane and Scheck report. MacDailyNews Take: Nowhere in the article do the reporters bother to report on what any rational observer would consider the salient bit of information: People are now buying more notebooks than desktops. This we just happen to know, no thanks to Kane and Scheck. It would be nice to know exactly what NPD thinks what the split is, but the most important point is this: Apple's MacBook family is kicking ass and taking names. We had to go to Reuters to find out that NPD says " Apple's notebook sales, however, were up 22 percent in ...
Merry MacChristmas - gloom will subside
MacBytes.com —
... show attendance, the withdrawal from the Macworld conference looks both predictable and understandable (which doesn't make the fact any more palatable). Overseas commenters have been reporting that Mac sales are flat. This is, at the moment and not to put too fine a point on it, hardly material. Apple laptop sales are up 22 per cent as people buy newer models or - aware of the impressive capabilities of the new unibodies - change over to laptops from desktops. While, tis true, Apple desktop sales are down an alarming 38 per cent (according to Reuters, reported by Yahoo. As ...
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