To: Phillip C. Lee who wrote (18265 ) 9/18/1998 8:54:00 PM From: Marc Newman Read Replies (1) | Respond to
Eric, thanks for your post on Apple's sales gains. We've got the retail numbers, which are especially important to Apple due to the inclusion of mail order. Many "pros" order Macs through the catalogs and thus are counted as retail sales. I think we can expect education sales to be up 20% since that's what the independent company predicted after completing its survey of educational institutions. It was something like 30% market share to 36% or so. Of course, with all the grants and such, the total pie is bigger so maybe we're talking a 30% gain in sales. That leaves the Pro line and the PBs. We have to think PBs are up from last quarter and now it looks like the Pro desktops are doing well too.
