Apple's sales drop, the world gasps

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Friday, February 20th, 2009

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OMG. What is happening to the world. Microsoft is laying people off, Sony records first loss in 17 years, and now, Apple’s US computer sales fell six percent over last January. The company probably isn’t hurting though thanks to the hefty premium pricing, or as we like to call it, the Apple Tax. Apple’s global sales however are doing just fine and grew nine percent during the same time frame that us Americans were losing our homes and couldn’t afford a $2,700 Mac Pro.

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