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Briefly: Quanta to build 4.5 million MacBooks for Apple
AppleInsider StaffThe Taiwanese notebook manufacturer, along with Foxconn, had been responsible for churning out 15-inch and 17-inch MacBook Pro models.
It will now join Asustek in production of Apple's more popular 13-inch MacBooks, as well, the paper said.
Quanta is reported to have declined comment on the report.
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Is that in addition to the MBP's that they are producing, or are they switching production to the MacBook?
does anyone know how many macbooks are slated to be produced then?
is it me, or is 4.5 million a lot? I'd think that 4.5 million macbooks is enough to start pushing software developers toward mac software.
does anyone know how many macbooks are slated to be produced then?
is it me, or is 4.5 million a lot? I'd think that 4.5 million macbooks is enough to start pushing software developers toward mac software.
Spread over the entire year, that's about how many notebooks Apple currently sells, the current estimate is 1.1 million a quarter. Some of those are the pro units, but it's probably safe to say that the Mac Book has the dominant share. In short, this offers very significant room for growth, assuming Apple doesn't reduce the number of notebooks it asks Foxconn to make.
I smell a 12" MacBook Pro in the near future
I could only dream.