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Posted October 18, 2006
By The Macalope
Monster quarter for Apple. 1.61 million Macs (biggest quarter ever) and 8.7 million iPods.
If you’ll remember, the Macalope made a conservative bet of 8.1 million iPods and he’s happy to be wrong.
And, for the silly pundits who like to compare quarter to quarter, 8.7 million in iPod sales is Apple’s second-best quarter ever. Up year-over-year and from the previous two quarters.
Also, in a positive sign, the company apparently did provide at least some guidance for the current quarter. Matt Deatherage had posted about concerns (antler tip to Daring Fireball) earlier that the options problem might make that impossible.
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Woah. Biggest quarter ever for Mac sales?
As in, ever?
Seriously, ever?
Ever.
Ev-ah!
And the reasons why: MacBook and Mac Pro.
How long until we see a 2 million Mac quarter I wonder? In fact I’d like to see some charts over time to see just how this compares with 1995* and the rest.
*That was the previous peak for Mac sales. Odd, isn’t it? (Well, bear in mind Windows 95 came out late in the year as I remember, sending Apple off on the Beleaguered roller coaster ride.)