“Apple might disappoint on Mac sales in next week’s earnings call, according to Gene Munster, an analyst at Piper Jaffray,” Vincent Trivett writes for Minyanville. “Apple hasn’t made any major changes to the Mac lineup in over a year. This means that would-be buyers are merely waiting to avoid the risk of obsolescence.”
“Some would-be buyers are waiting for the next generation to come out, presumably with Intel’s latest Ivy Bridge processors, which will start shipping next week,” Trivett writes. “Munster predicts that a hardware upgrade in the next quarter will send sales way up. I think it will make me jealous.”
Trivett writes, “Mac sales only represent 15% of Apple’s revenue, but sales are benefiting from the popularity of Apple’s other products.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Okay, who’s currently waiting for new Macs before they upgrade?
We will be buying new MacBook Airs for at least 2 employees this summer. As soon as Mountain Lion is out. Hopefully there a new version of the hardware by then too.
I am. I need a new laptop for Mountain Lion!
Me too. My late 2006 15″ MBP isn’t showing it’s age, I’m just waiting for my tax refund. I’m certainly not waiting a for a new generation MBP because of a “risk of obsolescence.” My 2006 works perfectly so my daughter gets it to replace her late 2005/early 2006 MacBook from the Apple refurbished store.
I am waiting for a new Mac Pro – desktop.
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Couldn’t wait. I had to settle for an 8-core Mac pro with 32 Gb of RAM.
Oh well, at least it can handle my typing speed without seeing a slow cursor movement.
I bought an 8-core Mac Pro 4 years ago. Put 16GB of ram in it and a pair of 512GB drives set for RAID0 (plus 2 other drives for Time Machine & misc). I see no need to get a new one. It’s still faster than I need.
Im waiting the next big Air.
Waiting patiently for a new 27 inch iMac.
me, too
Same here. Looking forward to replacing this 2007 24″ and passing this one on to the kids. Best part – AAPL has paid for it!
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Yup. With the satin non glossy screen. Count me in. I’m waiting MDN. Why wouldn’t we?
I am waiting for the new MacBook Pro. Our MacBook white (first generation) is 6 years old now an ready for a replacement. Our old one will spend its golden years in our kids’ hands.
We are waiting to purchase two new 13″ Macbook Air (with at least 500 g hard drive) or two new 13″ Macbook Pro. Hurry and refresh the lineup!
Mac Pro.
Me too
Waiting for a new iMac. I’ve got the money in the bank and I’m gonna order on day one (if they ever get around to updating the iMac)!
They will. It hasn’t even been a full year yet since the last refresh.
Me. I want to see what they do to the 13 or 15″ MBP. My current one is a 13″ Mid-2009er.
“Apple hasn’t made any major changes to the Mac lineup in over a year.
Bullshit. I’ve got last summer’s new Mac Mini sitting in front of me.
Some would-be buyers are waiting for the next generation to come out
Ever the case. Not revelational.
Gene Muster ain’t no newbie. I sense an August Effect article here (aka his brain is on vacation but his editor needs an article).
Someone ought to remind Munster about the MacRumors Buyer’s Guide. You shouldn’t treat it as gospel, but it is a handy was to check how long it has been since the last product refresh.
Desktop Macs – primarily the Mac Pro and iMac – are overdue for new releases. Perhaps the new Intel Ivy Bridge processors with 22nm features and 3-D transistor technology will trigger the release of new desktop models, followed by new Macbook Pros and MBAs later in the summer.
Si. Appleinsider is a great site to check out the product cycle. They cover Apple from A to Z. No worshipping just good honest coverage. The good and the not so good news. Just as it should be.
No morer PROs… I hope.
MacBook air 15″. Kill the big one.
A thinner iMac… no optical drive, HD.
More Thunderbolt products.
if that happens they better use that space for longer battery life so they can put Retina display. Anyways I’m waiting for a new Mac mini or a MacBook Pro and I wish SSD drives were cheaper too.
Waiting for Windows 8, herpes and a kick in the crotch.
That’s how I ended up with one nut – not so avid Windows 8 beta tester.
You already got the herpes – just wait and it’ll resurface.
I would be glad to deliver the kick in the crotch But you will receive a kick for free when you get Windows 8, so why bother? ;-P
ROTFLMAO! Well done! Laugh Of The Day Award for all!
Waiting to see what happens with the Mac Pro.
Yep, waiting for the new MacBook Air 13″!
My (tentative) plan is to buy a new Mac mini once they come with Mountain Lion installed.
Mind you, I don’t really need a new Mac. As long as I’m willing to settle for Lion, my current MacBook (which I keep plugged in as a desktop; my iPhone satisfies my need for mobile computing) is just fine.
Apple screws themselves by making hardware that lasts and lasts. But we love them for it.
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I’ve been waiting for a newly designed Mac Pro for YEARS. Now I find out that my 8-Core Mac Pro won’t even run MacOSX Mountain Lion! Apple better get their Mac Pro act together and introduce a new Mac Pro before MacOSX Mountain Lion comes out or this happy camper will not be happy at all.
Yeah that was a shock to me too that Mountain Lion won’t run on my 8 processor 2007 Mac Pro but it is 5 years old! Everything going forward will be 64-bit. Looking to buy a new Mac Pro refresh this year as well as a 15″ or 17″ Mac Book Air or Mac Book Pro or whatever they end up calling them. I only hope that they will provide space for additional internal SSD storage in lieu of an optical drive. Once these refreshes come out they are going to sell a lot of Macs this year! This current dip, if there is one, totally reflects this anticipation of new stuff coming out momentarily. Too bad the “pro” analysts never figure this stuff out.
How do you think the last fella to buy a G5 Mac Pro feels now?
When retina display arrives on the MBP, I will gladly give up my 17″ MPB for a smaller screen with equal or more pixels.
me. iMac. Get off your ass Apple and roll it out.
I am, I want an top dog iMac with USB 3, HDMI and a screen with DPI greater then 130. (a 27″ is 109).
I have an iPhone and iPad and I am forced to use an XP machine at home for work that I don’t like.
I doubt you’ll ever see an iMac with native USB3 – Apple is going to continue down the Thunderbolt path.
Thunderbolt is great but the total lack of any significant amount of widespread third party peripherals support is dispiriting and disappointing. USB3 on the other hand is cheaper & pretty great too, as I added a USB3 card to my Mac Pro and the speed is pretty amazing as well. No reason we need to be denied USB3 capability, for which there are many more reasonable cost peripherals available. It’d be kind of mean to exclude it.
I agree with you actually. Thunderbolt has a lot of promise, but the support has been very slow. I haven’t jumped on board yet, as I have a mid 2010 iMac.
I just don’t see Apple supporting USB3 since it is technically a competing technology, and I’ve read that Sonnet is supposed to be coming out with Thunderbolt to USB3 adapters, so it’s probably unlikely until USB3 gets a huge share.
Waiting for an iMac 27, MBP “Air”, and an New new iPad (3) with LTE 1800 MHz band (for Europe)
Mountain Lion is a big meh. After working with Dev Previews I &II, it better be more than meets the eye. And, it better be free.
Waiting on a new iMac!
Waiting for new 27 inch iMac!
I have a Mid-2010 Macbook Pro with a 500GB HD and 8GB of RAM. My next planned upgrade is simply replacing the HD with a solid state drive (or ideally, a combo solid state / spinning drive so I still have at least 500GB.)
A sufficiently awesome new Macbook Pro could change my plans, however, so I’m waiting to see what the next update is
maybe existing users are away of fairly imminent upgrades / new models but not so for many ‘potential’ new customers.
Plus the failure of Lion to work in the business environment with Windows servers must be a drag on sales.
Yep, been waiting for an all-new iMac for over a year. The aluminium and glass look (albeit with the usual screen size changes and slight cosmetic alterations that accompany any iMac model) is almost 5 years old and due for a refresh.
A good friend will also be converting from his MacPro. So Apple can count on 2 x top of the line 27″ (or bigger?) iMacs when they get released.
My tip: retina-like resolution (it already exceeds HD) – maybe 4K? No built-in optical drive. Keyboard with integrated trackpad – think a desktop version of the lower half of a MacBook. SSD as standard.
We are buying to Macbook Airs as soon as the refresh is announced.
I need 2 MacPro towers.
My wallet is open for a new Mac Pro. I would also gladly pony up the change for a new monitor WITHOUT the damned glossy screen on this LED Cinema I am staring act.
And no I do not want film on my display. It’s either matte or I am through with Apple displays.
27″ iMac for sure and a new PowerBook
Me too. I’m waiting. I have two pre-unibody MBP’s (one for me and one for the wife). I also got a mid-2010 Air for work, but I need more RAM. My boss said that he’ll get me a new MBP when they come out, and my wife is also getting a new one for her new job in July. I sure hope that they release the new 15″ soon. Not sure I can hold out much longer….
Munster is not getting the whole picture. Mac upgrade is part of the story. The key part is that the iPad is replacing Macs for many. In a relatively short time there will be a merger of OSX and iOS capablities with tablets that run from iPad size to iMac size. Destops and laptops will recede further into the background.
So Mac sales may not show a big increase, but iPad sales will come on strong. The bottom llne will be fine. Apple will have over 100 billion in liquid assets and the street will moan that Mac sales weren’t higher.
I am waiting. I was thinking of buying a new 27″ iMac before end of tax year, despite ideally wanting to wait for new versions, last time circumstances forced me to buy just prior to an update. When I couldn’t get a decent delayed payment package I decided to wait and got an iPad instead.
I’m waiting but an iMac until the interaction surface can physically morph in shape to response to inputs on a wider, full, onscreen keymap.
I feel the touch screen will find its way off the screen and onto the table top. When the OS supports that I will be on board with a new Mac. (Unless the lightning takes my current MacBook too.)
That won’t happen. It would be extremely bad for your neck to be bent downwards for long periods of time
I think you perhaps misread my post. A horizontal interaction surface that gives tactile feedback (In way similar to what current keyboards do would not be a cause to look down any more than you do now when seated at a desktop computer, and, in fact, it would save your arms because you don’t have reach up to touch the screen.
Gene Munster, astrologer to the Hollywood stars.
Why does anyone listen to this lunatic? Poor sales are poor sales. Gene, you’re spinning the date so hard you’re dizzy. Sit down and let the adults take over.