From RC

Power Mac units *declined* by 19% and iMac/eMac/Mac mini revenue *declined* by 22%. The Mac mini fad is fading fast, after the initial rush by Mac fanatics to replace their old iMacs with the Mac mini, the public isn't buying into an underpowered toy with a low quality hard drive that often dies after a few weeks.

Unit sales is not equal to revenue, so you're comparing kumquats to toadstools. Of course, you know that, and you're just trying to get a response. *yawn.*

I think that should be "didn't want to look too happy and tip... etc"

Hey Trollbringer, you forgot to call us iLemmings...

I almost thought it was him for a moment!

It wasn't a troll. It was pointing out that RC was wrong yet again.

PS: Dave, is that you?

Speaking of minis, none of my PC friends has bought one yet (my father got one though), they all switched to macs before the mini came out though -- next one in line is getting an iBook, guess they are all fads...

and love them.

We ordered 4 within the first 30 days they were out. Took that long to get them, but they were worth the wait.

I bet we buy more.

Even though I have a PowerBook & G4 Minitower, I bought a Mac Mini. It's sitting on top of my TV with an EyeTV Wonder USB 2.0 and an ATI Remote Wonder as a QTSS server, PVR, home media center, and DVD player.

what a wierdo..the mac mini is a sucess and people are just denying it because THEY are scared of it. I HATE THOSE KINDS OF PEOPLE! get a life-

As a long term window user (23 years), I was dying to get a Mac. Too many damn bugs, viruses, etc. Unfortunately, I couldn't justify the price since I had never worked on them.

Bought the Mac Mini and I love it. Sure it's a little underpowered, but for the average user it works just fine. Also, this has definitely given me the incentive to upgrade at a future time.

Apple knows exactly what they are doing. Don't kid yourself.

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Stormbringer wrote:
From RC

Power Mac units *declined* by 19% and iMac/eMac/Mac mini revenue *declined* by 22%. The Mac mini fad is fading fast, after the initial rush by Mac fanatics to replace their old iMacs with the Mac mini, the public isn't buying into an underpowered toy with a low quality hard drive that often dies after a few weeks.

I'm quite impressed. I didn't believe Apple could sell so many of these Mac Minis. I guess I've been wrong. Maybe I'll have to actually get one and check it out for myself.

Note that the username above is "RaelityCheck" and not "RealityCheck". If this had been the real RealityCheck, the post would have contained cynical remarks, and weak jabs at us "iLemmings".

Same with the iPod mini before.. they didn't want competitors to know at first that it was working..

Apple doesn't want to be ripped off immediately.. Man that things tiny..

And those who compare it to the Shuttle. should check the sticker price..

Duh, Oppenheimer said he wouldn't report individual product line figures for *competitive* reasons. Apple doesn't want Dell to get a clue about how important decent design can be for a low-end machine.

Ok, so with 69 days to sell them, and severely restricted supplies for most of that time, Apple moved an average of 2,000 units of the Mac mini daily.

I'm not sure how the original iMac did, but the Mini might *already* be the most successful Macintosh model of all time, in terms of units sold.

Fantastic! Way to go, Apple.

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Duh, Oppenheimer said he wouldn't report individual product line figures for *competitive* reasons. Apple doesn't want Dell to get a clue about how important decent design can be for a low-end machine.

Just the right size and prize.

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Stormbringer wrote:
From RC

Power Mac units *declined* by 19% and iMac/eMac/Mac mini revenue *declined* by 22%. The Mac mini fad is fading fast, after the initial rush by Mac fanatics to replace their old iMacs with the Mac mini, the public isn't buying into an underpowered toy with a low quality hard drive that often dies after a few weeks.

Let me bend over for your dining pleasure.

Desktop sales were up 55%. End of story.

Numbers without detailed analysis cannot be used to make much of statement especially when you cannot go back a quarter or YTD. I think one reason is so that when new products come out, they don't pale in comparison to X model - the iMac in its 1G version was important to establish that Apple was back - subsequent numbers are important to revenue but less important as rallying points or 'keeping score.' Since the first wave seems to have sold out, we do not know how fast retailers got replenished and I don't think Amazon is selling the SD version yet either ... PB sales are hard to determine since many might be holding off until June WWDC in hopes that the G5 PB is coming out - since eah revision is a speed bump but hardly worth trading in a G4 PB. iBook sales of course get a bump for back to school and holidays and unless it's a substantial bump, sales will naturally drop off after the other 6 months of the year so all and all, the four most important numbers that matter when it comes to the computer side - how many macs sold, margins, revenue & profits - the other numbers are interesting but less important.

Remember that some industry sources count units shipped and others count units sold and a company like Ingram can "stuff" their warehouses or their channels to help their own bottom line without Apple's knowledge so keep a grain of salt handy.

Please don't feed the trolls, they lack any kind of objectivity and or reason. The above poster is probably a 14 year old 1337 g@|\/|3R (elite gamer, ignorant term for someone who thinks their ability at video games means matters) who wouldn't know what productivity was if it fell on him/her.

I was shocked when I found out one of my friends, a stock broker, had purchased an iPod and was interested in getting a mini very soon, he's moving shortly and isn't buying anything of consequence until after the move. The friend in question is a pretty big PC gamer (as am I) who was never really used Macs much, and didn't seem too hip on them in the first place. He's not the typical home user, he is responsible for his department's website written in Cold Fusion and performs PLSQL queries (Oracle). He actually prefers PHP, but company policy forbids it's use....

Another friend of mine, a network administrator, bought one about a month ago. He has used Macs in the past, however is more of a Windows guy, MCSE 2000 and 2003 among other M$ certs.

In the circles that I run in, which is mostly Unix/Linux/Network admin types, the big thing is the PowerBook, which seems to be slowly replacing Inspirons and Thinkpads. I do find the mini interesting, as in how it affects uptake of the OSX platform and mindshare, however I have no desire to have one. I do want to get my hands on a G5 tower at some point, but it's been 313 days since last update, when the average is around 175 days between updates. The towers are unbelievably overdue for an update. I may instead decide that I want a Powerbook, but that kinda depends on how I feel when I am ready to upgrade my Mac. And that will come after my home network upgrades, an Athlon 64 for games, and some work on my Suburban project.