Apple’s second quarter ended on March 31 and it was yet another quarter with big earnings. Compared to the preceding quarter the earnings went down by 23%; 770 million dollar compared to a 1 billion the last quarter, but the earnings were up by 88%, year to year ($410 million). Despite that Apple hasn’t announced any new products the sales have been very strong of both Macs and iPods. 1.517 million Macs and 10.549 million iPods were sold during this period. This is an increase of 36% of the Mac computers since last year, but a step down since the last quarter where 1.6 millions Macs and 21 million iPods were sold.
Last quarter included the Christmas shopping though, where Apple is always doing well and that the second quarter was so close to the previous for the Macs is a clear sign of strength. Especially considering Microsoft has launched Windows Vista in this period. iPod on the other hand seems to suffer from a lack of updates, while iPhone may also have had a negative effect on the sales.
The total revenue was 5.26 billion dollar which is an improvement with 20% since last year, but down with 25% compared to last quarter. All in all, this was over expectations and Apple continues to do well and gain market shares with its computers.
