Mac sales drop as we wait for M4 chip
Canalys reports a decline in Mac shipments worldwide, but it’s all happening for a reason: the arrival of new computers with M4 chips.
It is very clear that Users are waiting for new Macs with M4 chips. According to a new report from Canalys, Global Mac shipments fell 17.5% year-on-year in the July-September quarter. although Data is positive in the world computer market These figures are increasing compared to last year, as good figures were recorded for the fourth consecutive quarter. Total shipments by market 66.4 million devicesonly 1.3% more than in the same period last year.
It’s not yet the post-PC era, the PC market is on the rise
Generally speaking, it is worth emphasizing that the growth is directly reflected in laptops, based on market information.. Users are increasingly buying laptops instead of desktop computers. we are talking about 53.5 million laptops, an increase of almost 3%. The data for desktop computers is clear; A 4.6% reduction translated into almost 13 million units. There are huge differences between two of the most common types of computers in the world.
Canalys shows: The growth was simple, but this is a good sign that the PC market will increase and perform better in the coming quarters.. The pressure in the coming years may come from companies. We are very close to Microsoft officially announcing that Windows 10 will no longer have official support, so many computers that cannot run Windows 11 will need to be removed and updated with new equipment. How much growth will there be after these moves?
Worldwide PC and laptop shipments in Q3 2024
Decline in Mac shipments: almost 1 million fewer year over year
From 6.2 million to 5.1 million from the third quarter of 2023 to the current 2024, the decline mentioned at the beginning was 17.5%.. This decline not only caused Apple to sell fewer Macs, but also caused its market share to drop from 9.5% to 7.7%.
The signs are too clear, New Macs are coming soon and we’re confident Apple will recoup its losses from last quarter pertaining to the quarter mentioned above. We’ll see new Macs across laptops and desktops updated to a new range of chips, the M4 of which will offer its most powerful variants, the M4 Pro and M4 Max chips.
Macs with M4 chips have a minimum of 16GB of RAM
The Mac mini is expected to receive one of the biggest updates yet, with a redesign that could make it look smaller at its current size. All Macs available, at least from the base model onwards, can have at least a 10-core CPU in addition to 16GB of RAM. We’ll see how competitive the new teams are and whether they can surprise us with the latest generation M3 chips. Can Apple recover what’s been lost with new Mac versions?
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