Apple Shipping 300,000 MacBooks in November?

MacRumors · Nov 29, 2006, 12:10 PM

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A Commercial Times report claims that Apple is in line to ship approximately 300,000 MacBooks in November alone.

For reference, Apple shipped 986,000 Portables (MacBook and MacBook Pro) in Q4 2006 (July 1 - September 30).

The 300,000 MacBooks in November represent sales for Q1 2007 (October 1 - December 31st). As comparison, Q1 2006 sales reflected 587,000 over 3 months for iBooks and PowerBooks.

A number of factors would have affected both year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter sales. Last year, Apple had not yet introduced Intel models of their portables, and just on November 8th 2006, Apple introduced the long anticipated Core 2 Duo versions of the MacBook.

arn · Nov 29, 2006, 12:12 PM

I honestly don't really think these numbers are all that interesting... but people seem to be reporting them like they are... so there they are, in some context.

arn

justflie · Nov 29, 2006, 12:18 PM

The more the merrier I guess. Go marketshare, go!

x86isslow · Nov 29, 2006, 12:24 PM

Lets hope that the laptop sales aren't coming at the expense of desktop sales. I'd like to see that Mac Pro and iMac sales are up just as much as the portables.

IEatApples · Nov 29, 2006, 12:24 PM

My college "neighbour" just bought a MacBook!

danielwsmithee · Nov 29, 2006, 12:26 PM

These things are going lot hotcakes. The Mac Pro is selling well to professionals it is just not generally purchased at the Apple Stores. The MacBook and iMac owns Apple's consumer market.

vincebio · Nov 29, 2006, 12:27 PM

who cares about marketshare....

let the sheep have the crap and the smart one use the clever stuff.

its always been like that...

the bigger apple gets the less focus it has for doing good stuff for us, and the more quality control issues will pop up..

god knows they havnt been exactly awol of late at best.

besides, it would be really crap going into a starbucks or a costa and not having any pcs to take the piss out of...

Jeonat · Nov 29, 2006, 12:27 PM

Well, the MacBook is a fantastic machine at a great price point - I'm not surprised they're shipping so many. Especially with christmas coming up...

ero87 · Nov 29, 2006, 12:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vincebio

who cares about marketshare....

let the sheep have the crap and the smart one use the clever stuff.

its always been like that...

the bigger apple gets the less focus it has for doing good stuff for us, and the more quality control issues will pop up..

god knows they havnt been exactly awol of late at best.

besides, it would be really crap going into a starbucks or a costa and not having any pcs to take the piss out of...

ugh, can we further the mac superiority complex stereotype any more?

not EVERY thread needs to bash PCs.

SciTeach · Nov 29, 2006, 12:33 PM

I wonder what # my MacBook C2D is?

twoodcc · Nov 29, 2006, 12:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by justflie

The more the merrier I guess. Go marketshare, go!

i agree with you here. keep getting more laptops out there.

mufflon · Nov 29, 2006, 12:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ero87

ugh, can we further the mac superiority complex stereotype any more?

not EVERY thread needs to bash PCs.

yeah it gets a bit repetive, but atleast for me it gives me a warm feeling and a smile, who doesn't want to feel superior? We're following apple rumors on macrumors - a mac forum, if we don't have some pro apple sympathies then why does this forum even exist?

shawnce · Nov 29, 2006, 12:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vincebio

the bigger apple gets the less focus it has for doing good stuff for us, and the more quality control issues will pop up..

god knows they havnt been exactly awol of late at best.

Make stuff up much?

Quote:

Originally Posted by vincebio

besides, it would be really crap going into a starbucks or a costa and not having any pcs to take the piss out of...

*rolls eyes*

bigandy · Nov 29, 2006, 12:50 PM

good thing. they'll sell, they'll sell well, and apple will be able to supply what the people want.

rickag · Nov 29, 2006, 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vincebio

who cares about marketshare....
....

I do. I own Apple stock, market-share is a good thing. Market-share will not effect Apple's quality.

Griffindor73 · Nov 29, 2006, 01:00 PM

I was wondering, will Apple's share go down for a bit after Christmas- in the sense that the numbers they are selling will remain high, but with the arrival of "Vista" there will surely be a rise in PC buyers who want a new PC but are waiting for the new system to save the cost of buying it? Just a thought...

Chef Medeski · Nov 29, 2006, 01:00 PM

More Marketshare should entail lowers prices.

Come on apple show us some love for xmas.

ChrisA · Nov 29, 2006, 01:00 PM

So what. Apple is selling more computers now after the transition to Intel than they did while the transition was in progress. I'm surprised Apple sold any PPC notebooks after they anounced the PPC was a dead end. What we are seeing now is a "bump" in sales due to all those people who were waiting for things to settle down before they bought a notebook.

I expect that when Adobe ships CS3 as a universal binary we will see a big jump in Mac Pro sales. A lot of people are waiting.

Eidorian · Nov 29, 2006, 01:01 PM

I'd get a MacBook if it had a dedicated video card. Hell, a Geforce 7200 Go would be killer.

SpaceMagic · Nov 29, 2006, 01:04 PM

I am not at all surprised. In our uni library last year, it was rare that you saw a mac. Now... I'd say at least 1 in 10 are macs! It's absolutely fantastic.

elmimmo · Nov 29, 2006, 01:09 PM

This things have been out for almost a month. Where are all the reviews? The web was inundated with them when the MacBook Core Duo was realeased…

Sure the Core 2 Duos are not a very significant upgrade (as in new features), and of course the iBooks had been aging forever.

The MacBook Core Duo had several problems (blown out of proportion or not), such as temperature, case cracking, plastic coloring towards yellow… Where is the feedback on how Apple seems to have addresses those things for the Core 2 Duo release?

uaaerospace · 01:31 PM

I'm 1 of those 300,000. In fact, mine is flying high over China as I type.

Seriously, the Macbook is a nice notebook. Small, powerful, decent battery life... About the only major functional disadvantage of the Macbook is the lack of a dedicated graphics card. For the average user, this isn't a big deal and certainly not worth the extra cost. Judging from its sales, many other people think so too.

Max Payne · Nov 29, 2006, 01:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by uaaerospace

I'm 1 of those 300,000. In fact, mine is flying high over China as I type.

Seriously, the Macbook is a nice notebook. Small, powerful, decent battery life... About the only major functional disadvantage to the Macbook Pro is the lack of a dedicated graphics card. For the average user, this isn't a big deal and certainly not worth the extra cost. Judging from its sales, many other people think so too.

You mean the MacBook.

Romulus · Nov 29, 2006, 01:17 PM

I'm one of them 300,000... One of the first C2Ds... Switched from Dell... Got it first day they were released... Go MacBook...

uaaerospace · 01:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Max Payne

You mean the MacBook.

Indeed I do! Well, sorta. I just screwed that sentence up...lol It's clearer now.

Nov 29, 2006, 12:10 PM	#1
MacRumors macrumors bot Join Date: Apr 2001	Apple Shipping 300,000 MacBooks in November? http://www.macrumors.com/images/macrumorsthreadlogo.gif A Commercial Times report claims that Apple is in line to ship approximately 300,000 MacBooks in November alone. For reference, Apple shipped 986,000 Portables (MacBook and MacBook Pro) in Q4 2006 (July 1 - September 30). The 300,000 MacBooks in November represent sales for Q1 2007 (October 1 - December 31st). As comparison, Q1 2006 sales reflected 587,000 over 3 months for iBooks and PowerBooks. A number of factors would have affected both year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter sales. Last year, Apple had not yet introduced Intel models of their portables, and just on November 8th 2006, Apple introduced the long anticipated Core 2 Duo versions of the MacBook.

Nov 29, 2006, 12:18 PM	#3
justflie macrumors 6502a Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Red Sox Nation	The more the merrier I guess. Go marketshare, go! __________________ 2 x 2.66 GHz 2009 Mac Pro, 6 GB RAM, GTX 285 ; 32GB iPhone 3GS

Nov 29, 2006, 12:24 PM	#4
x86isslow macrumors 6502a Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Philadelphia, PA	Lets hope that the laptop sales aren't coming at the expense of desktop sales. I'd like to see that Mac Pro and iMac sales are up just as much as the portables. __________________ 2009 Mac Mini: C2D 2.0Ghz, 4Gb RAM RevC 12" PowerBook G4: 1.33Ghz, 1.25Gb RAM 2G iPod Touch 16 Gb

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Nov 29, 2006, 12:27 PM	#7
vincebio macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Glasgow	who cares about marketshare.... let the sheep have the crap and the smart one use the clever stuff. its always been like that... the bigger apple gets the less focus it has for doing good stuff for us, and the more quality control issues will pop up.. god knows they havnt been exactly awol of late at best. besides, it would be really crap going into a starbucks or a costa and not having any pcs to take the piss out of... __________________ iMac 24" 2.4 4gb, Macbook Pro 17" 2.5 HRGW 4gb, Macbook 13" 2.1 2gb, iPhone 3G: 3.1 scratched battered and bruised

Nov 29, 2006, 12:12 PM	#2
arn macrumors god Join Date: Apr 2001	I honestly don't really think these numbers are all that interesting... but people seem to be reporting them like they are... so there they are, in some context. arn

Nov 29, 2006, 12:26 PM	#6
danielwsmithee macrumors 6502 Join Date: Mar 2005	These things are going lot hotcakes. The Mac Pro is selling well to professionals it is just not generally purchased at the Apple Stores. The MacBook and iMac owns Apple's consumer market.

Nov 29, 2006, 12:27 PM	#8
Jeonat macrumors regular Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: United Kingdom	Well, the MacBook is a fantastic machine at a great price point - I'm not surprised they're shipping so many. Especially with christmas coming up... __________________ I love my iPhone.

Nov 29, 2006, 12:33 PM	#10
SciTeach macrumors regular Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: NEK	I wonder what # my MacBook C2D is?

Nov 29, 2006, 12:50 PM	#14
bigandy macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Soho, London	good thing. they'll sell, they'll sell well, and apple will be able to supply what the people want. __________________ "any day that involves cat pee is a really bad day" - iBlue ǝןƃooɹɯ

Nov 29, 2006, 01:00 PM	#16
Griffindor73 macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Brighton, England	I was wondering, will Apple's share go down for a bit after Christmas- in the sense that the numbers they are selling will remain high, but with the arrival of "Vista" there will surely be a rise in PC buyers who want a new PC but are waiting for the new system to save the cost of buying it? Just a thought...

Nov 29, 2006, 01:00 PM	#17
Chef Medeski macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Montreal, QC	More Marketshare should entail lowers prices. Come on apple show us some love for xmas.

Nov 29, 2006, 01:00 PM	#18
ChrisA macrumors 601 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Redondo Beach, California	Just a bump in sale because the "waiters" are now buyers So what. Apple is selling more computers now after the transition to Intel than they did while the transition was in progress. I'm surprised Apple sold any PPC notebooks after they anounced the PPC was a dead end. What we are seeing now is a "bump" in sales due to all those people who were waiting for things to settle down before they bought a notebook. I expect that when Adobe ships CS3 as a universal binary we will see a big jump in Mac Pro sales. A lot of people are waiting.

Nov 29, 2006, 01:01 PM	#19
Eidorian macrumors G3 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Indiana	I'd get a MacBook if it had a dedicated video card. Hell, a Geforce 7200 Go would be killer. __________________ MRoogle it! hikari T7500 2.2 GHz / 4 GB / 320 GB / GMA X3100 / 10.5.8 chobimaru Core i5 750 2.66 GHz / 4 GB / 640 GB / 4830 / Windows 7

Nov 29, 2006, 01:04 PM	#20
SpaceMagic macrumors 68000 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Munich, Germany	I am not at all surprised. In our uni library last year, it was rare that you saw a mac. Now... I'd say at least 1 in 10 are macs! It's absolutely fantastic. __________________ MacBook 2Ghz Core2Duo, 320GB HD, 3.3GB RAM + 24" LG LCD

Nov 29, 2006, 01:09 PM	#21
elmimmo macrumors 6502 Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Spain	Where are the reviews? This things have been out for almost a month. Where are all the reviews? The web was inundated with them when the MacBook Core Duo was realeased… Sure the Core 2 Duos are not a very significant upgrade (as in new features), and of course the iBooks had been aging forever. The MacBook Core Duo had several problems (blown out of proportion or not), such as temperature, case cracking, plastic coloring towards yellow… Where is the feedback on how Apple seems to have addresses those things for the Core 2 Duo release?

Nov 29, 2006, 01:10 PM	#22
uaaerospace macrumors 6502 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Tennessee/Alabama, USA	I'm 1 of those 300,000. In fact, mine is flying high over China as I type. Seriously, the Macbook is a nice notebook. Small, powerful, decent battery life... About the only major functional disadvantage of the Macbook is the lack of a dedicated graphics card. For the average user, this isn't a big deal and certainly not worth the extra cost. Judging from its sales, many other people think so too. __________________ Black Macbook C2D, 2.0, 160 GB HD, 2GB RAM Dual 2 GHz G5 Rev. A PM w/17" Studio Display & 20.1 ViewSonic Last edited by uaaerospace : Nov 29, 2006 at 01:31 PM.

Nov 29, 2006, 01:17 PM	#24
Romulus macrumors member Join Date: Nov 2006	I'm one of them 300,000... One of the first C2Ds... Switched from Dell... Got it first day they were released... Go MacBook... __________________ MB White C2D 2Ghz 4Mb L2 2Gb RAM 80Gb HD

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