If you ever had any doubt that consumers that bought iPods would look at Apple computers too, read these latest Apple sales figures and you’ll understand what the “Halo Effect” really can do.
Apple said it sold 1.24 million Macs and 6.45 million iPods during the past quarter, which ended Sep. 24. That’s up from both the prior quarter and the same quarter a year earlier. In the prior quarter, Apple sold 1.18 million Macs and 6.16 million iPods. In the fourth quarter of last year, Apple sold 836,000 Macs and 2.02 million iPods.