Apple could sell 3.8 million Macs for the September quarter, a 23 percent increase over the same period in 2009. That would put the Cupertino, Calif. based company slightly ahead of Wall Street expectation of 3.7 million Macs for the three-month span, one analyst said.
If correct, the number from the NPD Group also suggest Apple could break its previous record set in the June quarter, when the company sold 3.47 million Macs.
At the same time, the average retail price of Macs fell about 2.9 percent in September, compared to 2009, according to analysts at the NPD Group.
As for sales of iPods, which had been in decline, the NPD numbers point to sales between 10 million and 10.5 million – also higher than Wall Street predictions. Apple’s recent update of the iPod touch to include dual cameras, the Retina display and the A4 processor, may be difficult to figure into these latest figures. Some 41 percent of the iPod units in the NPD report were introduced a year ago, according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster.
