MacBook Air Q3 sales to double combined sales of all Macs last quarter, report claims

By on Jun 24, 2011 at 8:01 AM
Computers June 24, 2011

Apple plans to ship more than 8 million MacBook Air computers in the third quarter of 2011, DigiTimes claims in a new report on Friday. The number represents more than twice the total number of Mac computers Apple shipped during its fiscal second quarter. DigiTimes‘ report cites sources within Apple’s supply chain in stating that combined MacBook production was ramped up to 2.2-2.4 million units in June, and Apple is expected to yield 2.7-2.8 million units in July. The Cupertino-based company is expected to release refreshed MacBook Air models ahead of the release of its new Mac operating system, OS X 10.7 Lion, and the notebooks should feature Intel’s Sandy Bridge processors and Thunderbolt I/O ports. The anticipated spec boost is expected to cause a surge in MacBook Air sales, but a target of 8 million units in a single quarter doesn’t seem terribly realistic; Apple shipped a total of 3.76 million Mac units in its March quarter, including its MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac and Mac Pro lines. Unless Apple also plans to announce a drastic price reduction when it unveils its new MacBook Air PCs in the coming weeks, we don’t see the company coming anywhere close to shipping 8 million units next quarter.

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  • Eric Walker

    refresh with sandy bridge and I will be one of those 8 million.

    • Deleonfd

      That makes two of us

  • http://www.rwalrond.com RWalrond

    Create a Windows 7 version of the Air and reduce the price to 799 and maybe they get close to 8 million. On second thought Apple should wait a year and release an Air with ARM running Windows 8, imagine how thin and light that machine would be.

    never going to happen, but still fun to think about.

    • Steel

      Seriously.  Apple’s bank accounts would burst if they put Win7 on one of these things.

      • http://www.rwalrond.com RWalrond

        Not only do I own an iMAC(although I haven’t booted it in OSx in over a year), I have also developed apps for the iPhone.

        So my post was not a knock against Apple, it is simply to state that Apple makes some of the best hardware, why not make one for the most popular OS? Other than ticking off the Apple fanatics, a move like this would send notice to the Dell’s and HP’s of the world that they would now have to step up their game to keep their Windows business growing… And since Apple doesn’t allow anyone to license MAC OSx what alternativess would current PC makers have?

      • Anonymous

        They can’t, they are trying to build the macOS/iOS ecosystem, putting W7 will be a short term gain and they’ll risk the long term.
         

    • http://twitter.com/mattsinopoli mattsinopoli

      Do the airs not run boot camp?

      • http://www.rwalrond.com RWalrond

        Yeah Boot camp kinda works (check Paul Thurrotts attempt to use Win7 on a MAC book air), but you’d be surprise how frustrating the suttle difference in the MAC keyboard layout can be for Windows Users. At least on an iMAC you can just plug in a Windows keyboard.

    • Anonymous

      Look, I use Win7 at home and work but that’s just stupid. Have you ever used OSX?

    • Anonymous

      Look, I use Win7 at home and work but that’s just stupid. Have you ever used OSX?

      • http://twitter.com/cdoruff Collin Doruff

        I use OSX at the school I’m working at and it’s miserable. I love coming home to my Win7

      • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/5EZNJUIF3OL6F5CGC6R3X62IKU donk

        OSX what version. Schools are backwards like they try to make the kids.

  • http://twitter.com/cdoruff Collin Doruff

    What about people who want a laptop and not a toy?

  • Anonymous

    Really? Even being that expensive? are we in economic crisis or not?

  • Biggles

    Waiting for HP and Sony to sue Apple for copying their product design and capitalizing on it…

  • http://twitter.com/mikehenriquez Mike Henriquez

    $600 and i buy 2 right away. 

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