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AppleInsider: “Based on checks with Apple specialist resellers and an analysis of iPod unit shipment data released this week, research and investment firm PiperJaffray believes Apple is on track to have a March quarter that is in line to slightly above estimates.” More …

The recent cancellation of the PowerBook G4/15″ model in the wake of MacBook Pro shipments might give an indication of how PowerPC-based Macs have been selling during the Intel switch, as Macworld UK notes.

The article notes analyst Keith Bachman, who employs NPD data which suggests Apple’s January Mac sales grew - but not by much, year-over-year, in 2006. Instead of the 20-something per cent unit growth figures to which we’ve become accustomed each quarter, the NPD data indicates Apple’s Mac unit sales increased by only 6 per cent in January. Revenue is estimated to have swelled by a mere 1 per cent over the same period.