Apple Aiming to Boost Holiday Mac Sales With Promotions for Businesses
Apple is offering small and midsize businesses up to 10 percent off 14 and 16-inch MacBook Pro models in an effort to boost Mac sales in the holiday quarter, reports Bloomberg. That is a larger discount than businesses are typically offered, with Apple describing the deal as a "very special Mac campaign."
During October's earnings call, Apple CFO Luca Maestri said that Apple expects Mac revenue to "decline substantially" year over year in the period between October and December.
Mac sales will drop because in 2021, Apple had a lineup of new Macs that included the 14 and 16-inch MacBook Pro models. In 2022, there are no Mac updates planned for the final months of the year, and nothing available to spur holiday sales.
Apple in June refreshed the MacBook Air and the 13-inch MacBook Pro, but the 14 and 16-inch MacBook Pro models will not see an update until 2023. Apple also has not refreshed the iMac, the Mac mini, or the Mac Pro this year.
The MacBook Air launch in June pushed significant Mac sales in the fourth fiscal quarter of 2022 with Macs responsible for $11.5 billion in revenue, but there will apparently not be enough momentum to match 2021 MacBook Pro sales.
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'Boost' seems to be a word used to stir emotion, rather than more factual. Nowhere in that article is the word 'Boost' used.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-14/apple-offers-rare-macbook-deal-to-businesses-to-counter-decline
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I third the motion.
VERY terrible of Apple to not even think of loyal consumer base here, who's supported them. Apple, remember to ALWAYS honour your consumer first, then your corporate users. Consumers are the SOLE reason you exist in the corporate market in the first place!
The Lisa / Lisa II, Newton (all iterations), and many other grey-box Apple comps - all tried and miserably failed at entering and getting recognition and a foothold in the corporate market. What succeeded was:
Macintosh (desktop publishing era)
iPod
iPhone
PowerBook G3/G4's
iMac,
iPad
and just about every other computing device there after. ALL consumers!