Sign Of The Times: iPad Now Bigger Than The Mac

From MacLife:

You’ve probably heard by now that Apple Inc. had another boffo quarter, with plenty of facts and figures to prove it -- not to mention record revenue of $28.57 billion. But one of the most interesting numbers shows how the iPad has overtaken the Mac in less than a year and a half.

SplatF has posted an interesting analysis of one key component of Apple’s Q3 2011 financials on Tuesday: The company’s iPad, which is less than a year and a half old, has already passed Apple’s 27-year-old Mac business in revenue.

In the last three months, the company sold 9.2 million iPads, racking up $6 billion in revenue. By comparison, Apple sold 3.9 million Macs and “only” made $6.1 billion in revenue. “Apple even admitted that some of the iPad’s success was at the Mac’s expense,” comments Dan Frommer.

”We do believe that some customers chose to purchase an iPad instead of a new Mac during the quarter, but we also believe that even more customers chose to purchase an iPad over a Windows PC,” explained Apple COO Tim Cook during Tuesday’s financial report with analysts.

Posted 07/20/2011 at 5:46am | by J.R. Bookwalter 

(Image courtesy of SplatF with Dan Frommer)