Apple plans to increase sales of the line MacBook Pro for the third quarter of the year. The truth is that I am not so clear. After the announcement three weeks ago of the Apple Silicon project, I do not know if users will continue to buy an Intel Mac, and even less the Pro range, the most expensive, and which in theory should last you longer to amortize the investment.
It is also true that who buys a MacBook Pro wants it to work, and cannot be waiting for Apple to launch the new models equipped with ARM processor, this year or next, and work with some applications under Rosette 2.
Digitimes today published a report explaining that Apple has increased orders 20% from MacBook Pro manufacturers to deliver in the third quarter of the year. Apple hopes to increase sales of that range of its laptops.
Back-to-school sales generally drive Mac sales up between QXNUMX and QXNUMX each year, and distance learning plans are likely to help this year, but that is more likely to hurt sales. of the MacBook Air than the MacBook Pro, that's clear.
It is not known what the demand for portable devices will be in the second half of 2020, and less in a year as unusual as thisBut supply chain sources have claimed that Apple is going to increase its new MacBook Pro orders by the end of the third quarter of 2020.
Taiwanese PCB suppliers also expect increased orders from the general laptop and server sectors for the third quarter. The memory maker Nanya Technology it also expects an increase in revenue generated by the server sector.
The first Apple Silicon, for the fourth quarter or early 2021
The analyst Ming-Chi Kuo He said days ago that the 13-inch MacBook Pro will be one of the first Macs with ARM technology, and that it will be released by the end of the year, but he expects it to appear in the fourth quarter at the earliest, not the third.
Beginning in the fourth quarter of 2020 or early 2021, Apple will begin its transition from Intel to ARM with the launch of the 13,3-inch MacBook Pro, according to Kuo. The updated iMac, with a 24-inch screen with thinner bezels, is scheduled to switch to ARM around the same time as well.
As Apple has taught the letters of Apple silicon but it has not given specific dates on the launches of the new ARM Macs, it is a major unknown how the market will react to this. If users who had planned to update their Mac will do so now, or will wait for the new Apple Silicon models.
