NPD: Mac sales up 39 percent in January and Febuary as iPod sales rebound

Well, it looks like it's not just iPad pre-orders that are possibly be beating a few expectations -- according to NPD, sales of Macs and iPods were also up over some estimates in January and February. Citing the report, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster says that sales of Macs were up 39% year over year for the two months (ahead of estimates of 22%), which should translate to sales of between 2.8 to 2.9 million Macs for the full quarter, while iPod sales were up 7% during the same period, suggesting total iPod sales of between nine and ten million for the first quarter. That latter number may actually be the more impressive of the two, as it marks the first time iPod sales have rebounded into positive territory in a full sixteen months -- although that trend could just as easily be reversed again if, say, Apple rolls out a new iPhone that cuts into iPod sales.

[crescentdavid Posted Mar 15th 2010 11:54PM]

I know part of it was from being off, somewhat, for sales last year (but even then Apple bucked the trend), but I'm personally happy to see the increase of Apple computers. I could care less about the ipod/ipad/iphone ... but there's a lot apple does design-wise that challenges desktops/laptops and I'd like to see that continue. Competition is a good thing for the consumer ... and I'm not just talking price here.

[ddjeffries Posted Mar 16th 2010 12:49AM]

sales are up. wonder what the summer holds for apple. some big stuff coming from the tech world whether it be apple, google, or msft.

[Kevin spacey Posted Mar 16th 2010 2:00AM]

I can't for the life of me figure out why a customer would want to buy a core 2 mac these days when the slowest i3 PC would go 20 percent faster. Even at 1000 bucks less i7 Sony laptop would double the benchmark of the fastest macbook.

It's the same thing for i works. Over half the customers who get iworks sold to them come back and buy Mac office.

[Failbait Posted Mar 16th 2010 2:13AM]

So basically, the ads targeting mindless users are working then, huh?

[appleipad Posted Mar 16th 2010 4:07AM]

i been to that apple store, its in Sanlitun China.

[ArticiaS Posted Mar 16th 2010 6:41AM]

iPhone marketshare is down 4.5 in Q4/2009 and another 3.6% in February 2010 though... (Apple even lost over 10% marketshare in 2009).

http://www.cultofmac.com/android-marketshare-grows-while-iphone-market-shrinks/32402

[Reaper man Posted Mar 19th 2010 2:32PM]

Oh look, another shit post not tagged as apple. Great job editors!