Apple has a big hit on their hands in the iPad though the company thinks that it may be hurting traditional Mac sales. They indicated they shipped 9.25 million iPads during the most recent quarter, a 183 percent increase over the same quarter last year, compared to 3.95 million Macs in the third quarter, just a 14 percent increase from last year.
“In terms of cannibalization, we do believe that some customers chose to purchase an iPad instead of a new Mac during the quarter,” said Apple Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook. “We also believe that even more customers chose to purchase an iPad over a Windows PC. We were still selling every unit we could during the quarter…[But] as we stepped into July, we have been able to increase the supply further.
Cook also noted, after looking over sales comparisons between the iPad and competitors’ Android tablets, “It doesn’t appear that other tablets are getting any traction to speak of.
Source: Cnet
