Comments on: Black Friday: 13 Macs per hour

By: Mad Houston, Texas

Mad Houston, Texas — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:41:00 +0000

How many Iphones sold on black friday per hour?

ex ped: 3.4 per hour per store.

By: Andy, Washington DC

Andy, Washington DC — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:47:25 +0000

No offence, but is Mr Munster going nuts placing a $250 target on stock that is around $85. Has he not seen what has happened to Apple in the latest market onslaught . I am an Apple shareholder, but am realistic to realize no matter how good the company, it cannot escape a recession driven by weak consumer spending.

By: Jim , Irkutsk Oblast

Jim , Irkutsk Oblast — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:54:00 +0000

Apple has over 200 retail stores. Which makes it 520 Macs per hour or about 5200 per day or around 20,000 for the whole weekend and 5500 I phones.That accounts for around 30 million revenue for the Macs ($1500 a piece)alone.

By: Macofseattle

Macofseattle — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:43:59 +0000

13 MACS X 12 Hours X 65 stores = THOUSANDS of MACS – do the math

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:41:19 +0000

No way it would be less than 13 per hour per store. I'd be surprised not to see that many even during the regular season. Maybe it's my location, there aren't enough Apple stores in the midwest.

By: JPW, College Station TX

JPW, College Station TX — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:13:37 +0000

Excuse me? 13 macs/hr?? I hope that either (a) a few zeroes have been omitted accidentally, or (b) that number is "per salesperson" or "per register".

Any ideas?

ex ped: That's 13 per hour per store, or 65 per hour across five stores.

By: Greg, Littleton, CO

Greg, Littleton, CO — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:58:23 +0000

BestBuy in the 4 days leading up to Thanksgiving had the Macbooks at larger discounts than the Apple stores. The 2.4GHz Macbook was going for $1449.

I'll wait until the NVIDIA GPU issues are resolved.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:54:02 +0000

What region did the research team used to monitor the sales?

ex ped: I put the question to Munster. Here's his reply:

The five stores included.

Mall of America – Minneapolis

Southdale – Minneapolis

Ridgedale – Minneapolis

Rosedale – St. Paul, MN

Valley Fair – Santa Clara, CA

By: pk de cville

pk de cville — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:44:34 +0000

Guessing that we're seeing 13 Macs/hr as a total over the five stores. Correct?

ex ped: The wording of Munster's report is ambiguous, but since his Nov. 9-16 survey was clocking 2 Macs per hour and came out with a total 36 per store per day, today's report must mean 13 Macs per hour per store.

UPDATE: Confirmed with Munster: 13 per store per hour. Post updated to clarify.

By: Tom B, Durham, NC

Tom B, Durham, NC — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:43:38 +0000

AAPL's "precipitous" 12-month decline has more to do with general panic about the recession than any problem with Apple. Apple has $25/share CASH to weather out bad quarters– and they don't SEEM to be having one.