New MacBook Shipments Are Reportedly On Schedule

Shipments of Apple's new MacBooks will increase in the third quarter as scheduled, according to a DigiTimes report.

Shipments of new version MacBooks will begin to increase in the third quarter of 2012 as originally scheduled, with total shipments in 2012 estimated at 16.2 million units, up 30% on year according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers.

The site also notes that iPad shipment forecasts have been reduced for the third quarter.


Seeing the weakening global economy, some market watchers reportedly have reduced their iPad shipment forecasts to only 14 million units for the third quarter, while forecasts for the fourth quarter have also been reduced from 18 million units to only 15 million units, dropping annual iPad sales predications from 66 million units originally to 55 million units.

Apple yesterday announced financial results for its fiscal 2012 third quarter ended June 30, 2012. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $35.0 billion and quarterly net profit of $8.8 billion, or $9.32 per diluted share.

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