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[mmoy]

I'm a bit surprised that such an article isn't accompanied by sales figures, at least from recent Apple earnings reports.

Apple really isn't putting much effort into their Mac line. The Mac Mini hasn't been updated to Haswell and the Mac Pro was recently updated but I don't think that customers are getting them yet - they can order them though. The MacBook Pro updates were this fall.

The MacBook Air is still basically the same design as back in 2007. I think that it is still selling quite well as a low-end model but it really needs a better screen.

I'm still using my 2008 MacBook Pro and there are lots of other people still using older tech. Older MacBook Pros still command a good price in the used market (my laptop sells for about $500 - $600) and I don't see a particularly good reason to upgrade right now as I'd have to spend a lot of time moving my configuration over.

I think that MacBooks suffer from the same problem that Windows laptops do only moreso because the configurations have stronger processors that mean that customers can get a longer usable life out of them. That combined with doing more things on mobile devices means that there's less of a need for a fast PC.