Kumele sikucacise ngobuqotho ukuthi lesi akusona isikhathi esikahle sama-laptops futhi ikakhulukazi uma kubhekwa ukuthi imakethe yama-smartphone namathebulethi ivula amathuba amaningi kubasebenzisi ukuthi "bangasondeli kwi-laptop noma basondele kancane ngangokunokwenzeka." Ngaphandle kwalezi zinketho esinazo namuhla kumadivayisi eselula ukugcina imeyili yethu, amanethiwekhi omphakathi kanye neminye imisebenzi isesikhathini, iMacBook namanye ama-laptops zisabalulekile emisebenzini eminingi engaphandle kwehhovisi.
Enye yemininingwane ekhaphela ukuthengiswa kwamakhompyutha we-Apple ihlobene nengqungquthela yemiphumela yenkampani yezimali, kodwa kuleso simo ukuthengisa okuphelele kuyangezwa hhayi lezo zemodeli ethile ye-laptop, ngalokhu ngisho ukuthi iMac, iMac Pro, iMac mini nayo iyangeza futhi kulokhu kufundiswa kokuthunyelwa okwenziwe I-TrendForce ukhuluma kuphela ngama-laptops.
Njengoba sikwazi ukubona etafuleni elingenhla, ukuthunyelwa kweMacBook kukhuphuka ngo-10% uma kuqhathaniswa namanye ama-laptops futhi lokhu ngesikhathi lapho le makethe ingahambi ngesikhathi sayo esihle kakhulu, njengoba kuyathokozisa abafana baseCupertino. Ucwaningo lukala ukuthunyelwa, kepha besilokhu siphawula ngalokhu kwenyuka kokuthengisa uma kuqhathaniswa namakhompyutha ancintisanayo isikhashana ku-inthanethi.
Noma kunjalo Ama-laptops we-HP neLenovo asahola kule rankig. Ngokuqinisekile kwa-Apple banethemba lokuthuthukisa lezo zibalo zokuthengisa kulo nyaka 2016 ezibukeka njengezinguquko ezithokozisayo kwi-Mac nakuhlelo olusebenzayo uqobo. Sizobona ukuthi unyaka uguquka kanjani kulawa ma-Mac nakulo lonke uhla, kucatshangelwa ukuthi ushintsho olubalulekile sebesondele ukufika.