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We are talking about the same Mac mini, right? The one from Apple? The company whose logo is an apple with a bite out of it? Because, reading this, one might get the impression that you have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about.

The mythical beast is in a mood today.

The Macalope is referring to a ]]> http://www.loopinsight.com/2011/07/26/the-macalope-takes-on-dealmac/feed/ 0 http://www.loopinsight.com/2011/07/25/mac-mini-refresh-posts-impressive-benchmarks/ http://www.loopinsight.com/2011/07/25/mac-mini-refresh-posts-impressive-benchmarks/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:30:27 +0000 Peter Cohen http://www.loopinsight.com/?p=13153 Continued]]> Macworld:

“Based on Macworld Lab’s benchmark results, the new Mac mini models provide a great leap in processor performance over the previous generation.”

James Galbraith reports that the new Mac mini beats the pants off its predecessor in most tests, though the integrated graphics in the low-end model were left wanting. People looking for maximum performance out of

The average selling price of a Mac increased 5.71% over the last two quarters. If we apply that growth rate to NPD’s data that says the ASP of a PC was $615 in November, then the ASP of a PC today is $650.12. Multiply that number by an 8% profit margin and HP makes $52.00 for every PC they sell.

Apple makes more money from the sale of one Mac than HP does from selling seven PCs.

Numbers like these have to scare the hell out of Apple’s competition.

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Apple's Mac sales are showing an incredible surge for the second fiscal quarter, according to a new report on Monday.

In a note to clients on Monday, financial analyst Gene Munster said U.S. Mac sales are up 27 percent over last year's second quarter. Munster based his analysis on data provided by market research firm, NPD.

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Overall PC shipments fell in the first quarter of 2011 in the United States, but Apple gained.

In fact, Apple’s market share gains were the highest among the top companies, according to a new report from market research firm, Gartner.

Apple shipped 1.25 million Macs in the first quarter of 2010 and 1.49 million in the first quarter of 2011. The company’s market share grew from 7.3 percent in 2010 to 9.3 percent in 2011.

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Apple is in the process of cutting software titles and some hardware peripherals from its retails stores to make room for other services.

Apple’s Mac growth continues to outpace the overall PC market as the latest numbers prove the Macs popularity.

More people were walking out of an Apple store on Black Friday with an iPad than a Mac, according to Piper Jaffray Senior Research Analyst, Gene Munster.

On Friday Apple quietly updated its Web site with information indicating that the Xserve – its rack-mounted server hardware – will be discontinued effective January 31, 2011. The Loop sought the advice of experts to help understand Apple’s enterprise IT strategy.

In a move bound to disappoint IT professionals and others, Apple has posted a technical bulletin to its Web site noting plans to discontinue its Xserve product after January 31, 2011.

OWC has announced the expansion of their Data Doubler optical bay drive mounting kit. The kit now works in 2009-era Mac minis and 2009-2010 iMac models. It costs $79.99.

Apple on Thursday added a new option to its online Apple Store called “Compare Macs.”

ActiveTrak released the latest version of its anti-theft and tracking software, GadgetTrak 3.

Apple on Tuesday reported a $3.25 billion profit for its fiscal third quarter of 2010 on record revenue of $15.7 billion. These results compare to revenue of $9.73 of revenue and a $1.83 billion profit in the year-ago quarter.

Mac mini fans got pretty much everything they’ve been wishing for in the latest update. The new computer features a SD card slot, which is great for putting media on the computer; faster 2.4GHz and 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor; fast Nvidia GeForce 320M graphics processor, which Apple says is twice as fast as the previous model; and an HDMI port. AS long as the Mac mini has been out, people have been asking for an HDMI port — that could be one of the most requested features I’ve heard for

The Mac may not be a big part of this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference, but Apple certainly hasn’t forgot about it. It launched “Why you’ll love a Mac” campaign on Friday to educate potential switchers.

Apple is being sued for infringing on patents for the way it summarizes data on its Mac computers and Mac OS X operating system.

Piper Jaffray Senior Research analyst Gene Munster said on Monday that he sees no signs that the iPad is cannibalizing sales of the Mac.