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New MacBook Pro Has Already Outsold All Other Laptops This Year (macrumors.com)
New submitter TheFakeTimCook writes: An article on MacRumors has revealed that Apple's latest MacBook Pro has already outsold all competing laptops this year, according to new data shared by research firm Slice Intelligence: "Slice Intelligence says the new MacBook Pro accumulated more revenue from online orders during its first five days of availability than the Microsoft Surface Book, ASUS Chromebook Flip, Dell Inspiron 2-in-1, and Lenovo Yoga 900, based on e-receipt data from 12,979 online shoppers in the United States. The new MacBook Pro generated over seven times the revenue that the 12-inch MacBook did over its first five days of availability, according to Slice Intelligence. If accurate, that means it took the new MacBook Pro just five days to accumulate 78% of all the revenue generated by the 12-inch MacBook since its April 2015 launch. The data follows Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller's claim the new MacBook Pro had received more online orders than any previous MacBook Pro as of November 2. Apple has also reportedly told its overseas manufacturers to expect strong MacBook Pro shipments to last until at least the end of 2016. Slice Intelligence extracts detailed information from hundreds of millions of aggregated and anonymized e-receipts."
"New MacBook Pro Has Already Outsold All Other Laptops This Year " (TFS and TFA title)
... the new MacBook Pro accumulated more revenue ...
Perhaps we differ on the meaning of the phrase "out sold". I take it to mean "number of units" not total revenue. By the latter standard, my house has out sold all new MacBook Pro's this year -- okay, maybe not *my* house, but someone's house ...
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
There was nothing random about the 4 models chosen... Those are the top selling machines out there.
the new MacBook Pro accumulated more revenue from online orders
So the most expensicve laptop on the market generated more revenue than cheaper models. And this is news how exactly?
Most expensive laptop, eh?
One of the machines compared-with is the new Surface Book, which is DEFINITELY intended as DIRECT competition for the 13" MBP., uses the same Skylake-series CPU, has similar RAM and mass-storage options, and was introduced one day before the new MBP.
HOWEVER, When I configured a 13" non-TouchBar MBP (to keep it fair) and the Surface Book with the top i7 CPU (both are Skylake, but the Surface book specs don't specify speed or number of cores), 16 GB RAM, and 1 TB SSD, the MBP was $2599, but the Surface Book was $3199. And the Suface Book has no USB-C, and more importantly, no TB 3 (only MiniDP). IOW, the MBP has 40 Gbps of multifunctional I/O bandwidth, while the Surface Book has 10 Gbps of USB 3.0, plus a DisplayPort.
And yet, the MacBook Pro was STILL $600 CHEAPER THAN THE SURFACE BOOK!
In fact, you could get the top-end Touch Bar 13" MBP, configured with an even faster i7 CPU, faster 16 GB memory, 1 TB SSD, faster graphics, Touch Bar, and FOUR Multifunction USB-C/TB 3 Ports for $2899, which is STILL $300 CHEAPER THAN THE SURFACE BOOK!
So please update your meme; it seems to be a bit out-of-touch with FACTS.