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Yesterday, industry giant Apple Inc revealed that it has posted global sales volume of 5.7 million Mac units for the quarter ended September this year.
Computer World said the announcement had Apple celebrating as it has reached a sales milestone for the first time in a company fiscal year. Total sales volume of 20.6 million over the last four quarters. From the sales period last year, Apple recorded a 3.4 percent increase in Mac unit sales.
The report gained a collective relief, considering that CEO Tim Cook had promised that the company would pick up next year. Anil Doradla for Blair for example, gave Apple’s stocks an Outperform rating. He said about the Cook-led company, “While Apple’s September-quarter results did not blow out Street expectations, they were nevertheless solid, with moderate upside to our and consensus estimates, and were good enough to remain bullish on the story.”
