
A new report from the ever reputable (sarcasm) Digitimes claims Apple has plans to release a 13” MacBook Pro with Retina Display this October.
Apple released the 15” MacBook Pro with Retina Display earlier this summer with the notable absence of a 13” model. Numerous reports surfaced before WWDC predicting Apple would only launch a 15” MBPwRD and later release a 13” version sometime in August. Most notably KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo correctly predicted Apple’s WWDC plans, but later revised his 13” MBPwRD predictions from an August release to an October release with production ramping up in September.
Digitimes new report claims Apple has avoided supply problems plaguing other PC manufacturers resulting in delayed or decreased production and shipments.
As for Apple, the sources pointed out that Apple has demanded its upstream partners start supplying components for the 13-inch model in the third quarter and they have not yet heard anything about changing of schedule. As for when the product will launch, the sources believe the new MacBook Pro will have a chance to launch before October to catch up with the back-to-school season.
Apple also did not reduce its shipment forecast for 2012 and is still expecting its notebook shipments to grow 30% on year, the sources pointed out. — Digitimes
Apple also did not reduce its shipment forecast for 2012 and is still expecting its notebook shipments to grow 30% on year, the sources pointed out. — Digitimes
Source: Digitimes [via MacRumors]
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