Many companies around the world are implementing mass lay off and are reporting loss due to the global financial meltdown. For Apple the main fear was the absence of Steve Jobs as the head for some months. However, the quarterly Apple sales report is all bright for the Mac maker surpassing analysts’ estimates. The absence of Jobs and the financial downturn has not affected Apple’s profit.

For the reporting quarter, the iPod family has contributed well to Apple’s profit. The Mac machines and the iPhone too have contributed to the impressive sales. Though the U.S alone account for more than 50% of Apple’s revenue, this time around, sales outside U.S have contributed to the net gain for Apple. Sales in the U.S as expected dropped drastically.

According to the report Apple sold a record of 22.7 million iPods, 4.36 million iPhones and 2.52 million Macs. Apple’s Chief Financial Officer, Peter Oppenheimer said:

We are extremely proud of this very solid growth, particularly in contrast of the performance of the rest of the market.

The fear that Apple’s sales would slow down because of the recession and the absence of Steve Jobs is not true for the ever growing Mac maker.