Apple claims Leopard sales break 2M in first weekend
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Apple today said it has shipped more than 2 million copies of Leopard, the Mac OS X upgrade it released Friday, outpacing the first weekend's sales of Tiger, the previous edition of Mac OS X.
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A report on Apple iTunes by U.S.-based market consultant Forrester Research has found that the online music and video store recorded a major drop in sales.  Daily Variety said the report on more than 2,700 U.S.
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This Friday, October 26, Apple retail stores will open from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. to celebrate the availability of Mac OS X Leopard. Visit a store near you, and youâll see live demos of Leopard and have a chance to be one of the first to test drive the most impressive version of Mac OS X yet. Thereâll even be free T-shirts for the first 500 guests to visit an Apple Store.
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Apple reported strong quarterly earnings boosted by record Macintosh computer and iPhone sales on Monday.Apple recorded net revenue for its first fiscal quarter, ended Dec. 29, of $9.6 billion, a 35 percent year-over-year increase, beating estimates of $9.47 billion from analysts polled by Thomson Financial.The company posted quarterly net profit of $1.58 billion, an increase from the $1 billion net profit from the year-earlier quarter. The company recorded earnings of $1.76 per share.Unit shipments of the iPod were 22.1 million units, a 5 percent growth over the year-earlier period. Apple sold 2.3 million iPhones during the quarter, a sequential increase from the 1.12 million iPhones it shipped in its fourth fiscal quarter. Apple shipped 2.3 million Macintosh computers, a 44 percent growth from the year-earlier quarter.According to figures from IDC, Apple&#39;s PC shipments in the U.S. grew 30.9 percent to 1.06 million during the fourth quarter last year with a 5.7 percent market share, behind Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and HP. Apple was not among the top five vendors in PC shipments worldwide, according to IDC.Apple announced Mac OS X Leopard operating system this quarter. It started off the new quarter with a bang, announcing&#160;a movie rental service for iTunes and a skinny laptop, the MacBook Air, which CEO Steve Jobs proclaimed was the &quot;world&#39;s thinnest notebook&quot; during a keynote address at the&#160;Macworld Conference and Expo in San Francisco.A week prior to Macworld, Apple announced revamped versions of the Mac Pro workstations and Xserve servers powered by Intel&#39;s power-efficient Penryn processors.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Apple Inc. sold its millionth iPhone over the weekend, days after it slashed the price by a third to spur sales.
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NEW YORK, October 14  - Apple Computer (AAPL.NAS) reported its highest fourth-quarter sales in the past nine years for 4Q FY04, while the company&#39;s quarterly profits more than doubled on ay/y basis.
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The October launch of Mac OS X 10.5, or Leopard, generated the best first-month results for an operating system upgrade in Apple's history, market research firm NPD said today.
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Since releasing Mac OS X Leopard on Friday, Apple sold (or delivered, in the case of maintenance agreements) more than 2 million copies of the sixth major release of Mac OS X, far outpacing the first weekend sales of Mac OS X Tiger, which was previously the most successful OS release in Appleâs history. âEarly indications are that Leopard will be a huge hit with customers,â said Steve Jobs, Appleâs CEO. âLeopardâs innovative features are getting great reviews and making more people than ever think about switching to the Mac.â
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SAN FRANCISCO - Apple on Monday reported its second-best quarter on record sales of Macintosh computers, iPod music players and its new iPhone.
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While Apple expects its new OS, Leopard, to bring in $140 million between its launch on Friday and the end of the year, analysts think sales will be even stronger.
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Apple said its revenue rose by 35 percent to $9.6 billion in its year-ending business quarter, driven by record Macintosh, iPod and iPhone sales as well as strong demand for the company's latest software release. Net profit rose to $1.58 billion, or $1.76 per share, versus $1 billion in the fourth quarter of 2006.
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Apple Computer Incâs quarterly profit has more than doubled on sales of 2 million iPod digital music players. Q4 earnings per share of the company have beaten Wall Street expectations by 50 per cent.
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Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday said sales of songs bought from its market-leading iTunes online music store had topped 200 million, a figure that
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Apple reported strong earnings for its fourth quarter on Monday, boosted by record Macintosh computer sales and the shipment of 1.12 million iPhones.
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Apple Computer Inc. AAPL.O on  Wednesday reported its quarterly profit more than doubled as it  sold more than 2 million iPod digital music players and said  results for the current quarter would top Wall Street  estimates.
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Apple said it sold its one millionth iPhone on Sunday, some 74 days after its debut. The sales numbers for the device make it the best selling phone model debut ever, and ranks near the top debuts of any electronic device in history.
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The Mac maker splits its stock 2-for-1 for the first time since the dot-com days. Big whoop.