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Re: Apple's in the black
- Subject: Re: Apple's in the black
- From: "Tom Zuchowski" <tjz@mindspring.com>
- Date: 1996/10/26
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: MindSpring Enterprises
- References: <54r0ui$n7c@europa.frii.com>
The bad news is that Apple's overall computer sales were down 26%. The
real question is whether Apple thinks things are OK now that they didn't
lose money. They're still losing market share, and the Mac clone makers
are killing them.
There's a very interesting article on Apple and Be in the 10/28 US News &
World Report.
TomZ
Randy Shackelford <shack@deimos.frii.com> wrote in article
<54r0ui$n7c@europa.frii.com>...
> I picked up the latest Macweek today and read that Apple will post a $25
> million profit for Q4 and it's stock is up to 26 or so points. Also the
head
> marketing guy, Fred Anderson I think, says the quarter had the highest
sales
> to the K-12 market in company history. Plus a 30% price cut which adds up
to
> $800 on a Pmac 8500/180. That's about the best news of all.
> --
> Randy Shackelford
> shack@frii.com
>