Sales of Mac declining

Apple suffers in economic downturn - The Inquirer

THE US PRESS seem deeply shocked that even Jobs' Mob is feeling the pinch in the economic downturn.

A recent article by the Wall Street Journal said that even
Apple is beginning to suffer in this year's dismal holiday season, as
if it expected the outfit to be immune to the woes of the economy.

With hushed breath it noted that sales of Macs had actually declined
a year ago while sales of other brands of PCs managed to increase by
two percent. 

How can that be? People always buy Apple don't they? Steve Jobs told them so.

NPD analyst Steve Baker pointed out that there had been a 35 per cent drop in sales of desktop Macs