Sunday, April 27, 2008

Apple's Profit


Apple reported it's 1.05 billion profit during its second quarter. Apple shipped approximately 2.3 million MACbooks during the second quarter with a growth of 51 percent in revenue. Apple also sold 10,644,000 Ipods during that quarter.

Macintosh laptops have increased it's sales in the second-quarter. Apple reportedly sold 1.43 million portables during the second quarter, which was an increase of 61 percent from 2007. Mr. Oppenheimer from Apple attributed the year after year growth to continued demand for MacBook and MacBook Pros. An expected demand will be the newly released MACbook Air.

Laptops were not the only objects that have sold increasingly. Apple have sold about 860,000 desktops. This was increase of thirty-seven percent over the 626000 sold during the last half-yearly quarter.

Apple have seen increased sales in the stores too. Apple have opened 4 new wall-modeled stores which increased to 208 around the world. Apple plans to open more stores in Australia, China, and Switzerland.

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