Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uwm.edu!linac!att!pacbell.com!ucsd!ucrmath!rhyde From: rhyde@ucrmath.ucr.edu (randy hyde) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: AE Rumors Message-ID: <13049@ucrmath.ucr.edu> Date: 26 Mar 91 01:18:47 GMT References: <9103250419.AA09971@apple.com> Organization: University of California, Riverside Lines: 18 >>>>>> Concidering that there are 7 million Apple II's out there and only 2 million macs, I don't think it would be too hard. <<<<<< I would like to see references for these numbers. While I suspect Apple may have sold more Apple II systems than Macs (in total volume only), I'm pretty sure the Mac numbers are *much* higher than this. Also, seven million Apple IIs seems kinda high. They didn't hit one million units until around 1983 if memory serves me right. Although the Apple IIgs has been the big (unit) sales leader for many Christmases since 1985, I suspect the Mac has been outselling (on a yearly basis) the last couple of years. Now that the Classic is out, I suspect you'll find that it becomes the big sales leader (they were predicting a million of those alone, this year). I don't know how many Macs and Apple IIs have been sold. But I suspect Apple has sold me than 2 million Macs since 1984. I'd like to see where you got your numbers from. *** randy hyde