“Shipments of MacBooks are expected to total 500,000 units in the second quarter while monthly shipments will reach 300,000 units in the third quarter, noted today’s Chinese-language Apple Daily. For the whole year, notebook shipments to Apple are expected to hit 2.3 million units, the paper added,” Emily Chuang reports for DigiTimes.
Brief story here.
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this whole ‘mac book’ name thing is gonna get confusing, like – is this about the whole range (including pro) or just consumer mac books?
I still love my 17″ G4, that little lovely will have to wait.
amswer: yeah.
I thought it was Donna Chang.
stock going up!
Anyone know how these numbers compare with the previous iBook numbers?
I got my 2 MacBooks. Get ordering folks!
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andy:
macbook is macbook
macbook pro is macbook pro!
A 7 years old understand that!
A lot of people were spreading FUD about the MacBook’s glossy screen and heat being issues.
Like MacDan, I bought two: one to replace a 12″ iBook and the other to replace a 12″ PowerBook. I’m happy to promulgate that MacMania and his affiliates are extremely happy with the new MacBooks. The screen is beautiful and they’re actually cooler than the iBook was!
Rock on Steve
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The “Apple Daily” is a sensationalist Chinese language tabloid in Hong Kong. It’s only slightly more accurate than the supermarket tabloids in the US.
It has nothing to do with Apple Computer.
That’s nothing…..
The Korean Apple news said that Mac Book shipments would reach 10 billion. And they HAVE to know better because they speak Korean.
This is bullshit news. The best way to know how many units ship in 2006 is to go on January 1, 2007 and figure out how many were sold. This speculation crap is what caused the internet stock crash of 2001. I hope Apple doesn’t listen to this. I hope this is just their spin dept.
titan, did you happen to get out of the wrong side of the bed today?
mine’s in the mail..
MacMania…
There’s no FUD about those glossy screens.
The screens do look good… at certain angles… but, unless you sit in an environment with NO direct, reflected or ambient lighting, like a cave, there WILL be reflections on the screen. And the reflections are HARSH.
The MacBooks are fantastic, but when I first saw the glossy screens I was horrified. i can’t imagine trying to find just the right viewing angle under far from ideal light conditions… like, just about EVERYwhere.
My girlfriend was all excited about replacing her iBook G4, UNTIL she saw the MacBook screens. She said she’ll wait for Apple to offer matte screens.
I don’t blame her and it’s too bad…
andy, YOU are confused (at least that’s what you said), not me!
So probably YOU got out the bed the wrong side…
Weird. I have no glaring/reflection problems with my gorgeous, delicious, wonderful, yummy glossy MacBook screen. Maybe I’m just not allergic to that small amount of reflection there actually is.
Mr. Reeee said: “The MacBooks are fantastic, but when I first saw the glossy screens I was horrified. i can’t imagine trying to find just the right viewing angle under far from ideal light conditions.”
Well, I’m typing this response to your sensationalism in a Starbucks with tons of trendy, art deco types tights. The screen is reflecting some light (no surprise). However, it is easy to read and the colours are lush. “horrified”? please. You haven’t seen real horror I guess.
To each is own®. As for MacMania and his affiliates, we love the rich, saturated colours and brightness of the new MacBooks.
Therefore,
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Rock on Steve!
MackBook screen reflections are minor and not a problem. My wife loves her new black MacBook, including the beautiful, very crisp colors on her screen.
Put a simple matt finish screen protector on the glossy screen if it horrifies you or your girlfriend. Amazing so many folks are so inept.
titan, I think what andy was getting at was that sources and journalists might lump MacBooks and MacBook Pros in together and just call them all MacBooks. So when you get stories like this, there’s uncertainty about whether they’re referring to the entire portable range.