One of the positive aspects of the last financial report, Apple has become a statement of fact increase sales Mac. In the second quarter of 2014 the company sold a record number of computers - 4.4 million, which is 18% higher than a year earlier. And this is taking into account the reduction in the total PC market by 5% per year.
In Apple said that Mac sales have become a locomotive updated this spring laptops MacBook Air. The main innovation of "April" models become more powerful processor. Frequency modification Core i5 base configuration increased from 1.3 GHz (Turbo Boost up to 2.6 GHz) to 1.4 GHz (Turbo Boost up to 2.7 GHz). The top configuration also received a more powerful Core i7 processor with a frequency of 1.8 GHz, 1.7 GHz instead.
More importantly, the cost base MacBook Air dropped to $ 899 in the case of the 11-inch one, and up to $ 999 in the case of a 13-inch. It was a record growth in demand for laptops has the momentum in sales, which Apple has demonstrated for the quarter. Mac sales in China rose 39%.
In Cupertino noted that notebooks based on OS X is very popular among students at schools in the demand for iPad exceeds the demand for MacBook about two and a half times.Obviously, higher education students have to process information more than just consume it with tablets.
Apple representatives have also added that the update cycle of products this year will be different from last year, refusing to comment further. It is possible that new models of MacBook Air and iPhone will come with a delay relative to each other.