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Apple will be providing a free OS X Lion upgrade to customers who buy a new Mac imaged with Mac OS X Snow Leopard from June 6, 2011 onward. The Lion upgrade will be available via Apple's Mac App Store. Apple highlighted this information in the June 6, 2011 Mac OS X Lion Press Release, the day they officially demonstrated the upcoming Mac operating system.
In her June 9, 2011 article at Boston Herald, Jessica Van Sack details how the town of Wellesley Massachusetts is a place for Macs. It is noteworthy that Wellesley is one wealthiest towns in the state.
At today's WWDC Keynote, Apple's SVP of Worldwide Product Marketing Phil Schiller provided a brief overview of the Mac as he led up to the unveiling of Mac OS X Lion 10.7. Several key metrics were provided that demonstrate the inroads the Mac has made against the PC.
In his May 23, 2011 post at AllThingsD, John Paczkowski states, "The Mac is kicking ass." The post highlights a recent note that Charles Wolf, an analyst with Needham & Company provided to the company's clients.
In a May 22, 2011 article posted at Fortune, Philip Elmer-DeWitt highlights Charles Wolf's (Needham & Company) analysis of the Mac's striking growth. Wolf's note, titled, "What a Streak", uses a series of data and charts sourced from IDC data to demonstrate how Mac sales growth outpaced Windows PC growth in the first three months of 2011.
AppleInsider has posted a story sourced from Charlie Wolf, an analyst from Needham & Company that "Mac sales in the enterprise during Apple's last fiscal quarter grew a whopping 66 percent, significantly outpacing the rest of the PC market, which grew just 4.5 percent in the enterprise."
Mac users were left in the dark when the Verizon LTE network was launched last year as the 4G LTE modems lacked Mac OS X compatible drivers. Well the wait is over! Verizon's latest version its VZAccess Manager for Mac (version 7.2.4) introduces compatibility with the Pantech UML290, one of the network's two 4G LTE USB modems. Mac support for the LG VL600, is pending.
On Tuesday January 18, 2010 Apple Inc. reported their fiscal 2011 first quarter earnings. The report was a mixed bag for the Mac despite Apple shipping a record 4.13 million Macs during the quarter. We have to look a bit deeper into the numbers to understand the state of the Mac.
Apple today reported their 2011 first quarter earnings results. The company set new quarterly records for Mac, iPhone and iPad sales while simultaneously setting a new record for revenue and earnings.
According to a report from 9to5mac today, Apple will be implementing two key changes at their Apple Retail Store locations starting on January 11, 2011. The first is the elimination of restocking fees on open returns, the second will be a new Mac setup service.
On Thursday January 6, 2011, Apple announced the release of Mac OS X 10.6.6 which also includes the new Mac App Store. On launch, the Mac App Store was available with over 1,000 apps for the Macintosh.
In his July 25, 2010 article at the San Jose Mercury News, John Boudreau, highlights that the Mac, despite all the buzz and attention given to Apple's iPhone and iPad, is still a key contributor to Apple's business. The article highlights Mac sales data recently reported by Apple in their Q3 2010 earnings report.
In a July 24, 2010 slideshow at InformationWeek, Thomas Claburn states, "We picked ten worthy Mac applications, that are tops here and now." Noting that much of the hype these days is centered around Internet-based applications, InformationWeek takes the position that "there's still a lot of great software to be downloaded and installed."
In a July 21, 2010 article at The Register, Rik Myslewski demonstrates that Apple Mac sales have tripled in five years. The article not only includes statements from Apple executive underlying the growth but also graphics that highlight the growth.
On July 20, 2010, Apple Inc. released fiscal 2010 third quarter that ended on June 26, 2010. Apple posted record revenue of $15.7 billion and net quarterly profit of $3.25 billion, or $3.51 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $9.73 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.83 billion, or $2.01 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 39.1 percent compared to 40.9 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 52 percent of the quarter's revenue.
A March 22, 2010 posting at Fortune's brainstormtech blog highlights a Morgan Stanley report that Apple's 285 Apple retail stores are positively correlated with Mac market share growth.
In an article posted to CIO.com, Tom Kaneshige highlights a newly released survey from Enterprise Desktop Alliance that 'Macs were cheaper in six of seven computer management categories.'
As we enter a new calendar year why not start off with a post that focuses on the Mac for the upcoming year? Apple's Macintosh (Mac) line of computers have experienced phenomenal growth over the past several years and this trend is likely to accelerate in 2010.
AdweekMedia, in their "Best of the 2000s" advertising awards, gave Apple top marks in six categories including "Brand of the Decade", "Marketer of the Decade", "Campaign of the Decade", and "Product of the Decade".
A CNet article on December 4, 2009 highlights a NPD Group report which details that Apple's Macintosh computers grabbed the top spot in both the desktop and notebook categories.
Philip Elmer-DeWitt, in a blog post on Fortune, highlights interesting Apple Mac growth analysis put forth by Charles Wolf, a Needham & Co.'s senior analyst. The analysis explains how Apple's recent Mac growth was seven times the growth rate of the overall PC market.
On Monday August 17, 2009 Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster suggested that Apple will sell upwards of 2.8 million Macs in the current fiscal quarter (Q4 2009), a period that covers July, August, and September.
A June 12, 2009 CNNMoney.com article titled 'Can Windows 7 save PCs?", David Goldman writes about Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7 operating system. The article discusses the PC slump and highlights a March survey conducted by Dimension Research that indicates that 50% of respondents are likely to dump Windows in favor of Apple's Mac OS X operating system.
Next Saturday, January 24, 2009 marks the 25th anniversary of the Apple Macintosh. Switch To A Mac would like to hear from you.