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39 Comments
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.