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Is there any information on how well the latest MBP model has sold? I want to see Apple's bottom line being hit by the poor decision making. I personally went f

Is there any information on how well the latest MBP model has sold? I want to see Apple's bottom line being hit by the poor decision making. I personally went for a dell XPS 13 (and I'm regretting it, but that's another story).

valuearb 9y ago
They are their best selling macbooks ever.
solarengineer 9y ago
Please, could you share why you are regretting this decision to buy an XPS 13? I'm considering buying one for technical investigations (mainly, ensuring that Illumos and Open Indiana runs on this).
roymurdock 9y ago
Apple doesn't report out MBP numbers separately, it bundles them with all products in the Mac line. Mac product sales declined 10% YoY from 25.4B in 2015 to 22.8B in 2016. Units shipped were also down 10% YoY from 20.6M to 18.5M. Apple's explanation: Mac net sales and unit sales decreased during 2016 compared to 2015. The year-over-year decline in Mac unit sales during 2016 was at rates similar to the overall market. The effect of weakness in most foreign currencies relative to the U.S. dollar also negatively impacted Mac net sales. The entire Mac line only makes up ~10% of Apple's revenues, whereas iPhone sales generate ~60% of revenue, so the MBP (guesstimate: 1-2% of overall revenue?) is not hugely important to Apple. http://investor.apple.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1628280-16-20309&CIK=320193 http://investor.apple.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1628280-16-...
fred256 9y ago
It looks like the 2016 MBP actually sold quite well in the last quarter, according to http://www.macworld.com/article/3163463/macs/apples-q1-2017-records-for-the-iphone-and-services-but-the-ipad-still-struggles.html http://www.macworld.com/article/3163463/macs/apples-q1-2017-... Not sure whether that's because of pent-up demand and people resigning to finally buy, or because they're legitimately popular.
mikestew 9y ago
I want to see Apple's bottom line being hit by the poor decision making. In other words, you'd like validation for being mad at them? "If only they had listened to me..."? Poor decisions or not, those decisions don't affect you anymore as you've purchased another brand. Just let it go. Because most of what I'm reading says they're selling quite well.

valuearb 9y ago

They are their best selling macbooks ever.

solarengineer 9y ago

Please, could you share why you are regretting this decision to buy an XPS 13? I'm considering buying one for technical investigations (mainly, ensuring that Illumos and Open Indiana runs on this).

roymurdock 9y ago

Apple doesn't report out MBP numbers separately, it bundles them with all products in the Mac line. Mac product sales declined 10% YoY from 25.4B in 2015 to 22.8B in 2016. Units shipped were also down 10% YoY from 20.6M to 18.5M. Apple's explanation: Mac net sales and unit sales decreased during 2016 compared to 2015. The year-over-year decline in Mac unit sales during 2016 was at rates similar to the overall market. The effect of weakness in most foreign currencies relative to the U.S. dollar also negatively impacted Mac net sales. The entire Mac line only makes up ~10% of Apple's revenues, whereas iPhone sales generate ~60% of revenue, so the MBP (guesstimate: 1-2% of overall revenue?) is not hugely important to Apple. http://investor.apple.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1628280-16-20309&CIK=320193 http://investor.apple.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1628280-16-...

fred256 9y ago

It looks like the 2016 MBP actually sold quite well in the last quarter, according to http://www.macworld.com/article/3163463/macs/apples-q1-2017-records-for-the-iphone-and-services-but-the-ipad-still-struggles.html http://www.macworld.com/article/3163463/macs/apples-q1-2017-... Not sure whether that's because of pent-up demand and people resigning to finally buy, or because they're legitimately popular.

mikestew 9y ago

I want to see Apple's bottom line being hit by the poor decision making. In other words, you'd like validation for being mad at them? "If only they had listened to me..."? Poor decisions or not, those decisions don't affect you anymore as you've purchased another brand. Just let it go. Because most of what I'm reading says they're selling quite well.