The 15-inch MacBook Air is the first Air with a large screen ever. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge A couple of years ago, laptop sales were through the roof. With the majority of the population stuck at home for both work and school, plus flush with cash from government stimulus checks, many people were in need of better computers for use at home. And many of them bought laptops, to the tune of 340 million units in 2021. But that wave is long over. Overall laptop sales fell by double digits in 2022, and they haven’t bounced back in 2023. Apple, ever the outlier in so many markets, did manage to squeak out an increase in 2022…

Macworld It seems like we’ve been waiting forever, but the first Apple keynote of 2023 is finally here—and it’s a big one. We’re expecting a ton of announcements at WWDC 2023, from the unveiling of iOS 17 and macOS 14 to the launch of Apple’s first mixed-reality headset. Follow along with us live right here! WWDC 2023: The annoucements Apple launched numerous updates and new products during the WWDC keynote, including: iOS 17: The best new features iPadOS 17: The best new features macOS 14 Sonoma: The best new features watchOS 10: The best new features 15-inch MacBook Air M2 Ultra, Mac Studio, and Mac Pro Vision Pro: Apple’s first spatial computing headset WWDC 2023: Watch the keynote The WWDC…

Macworld It seems like we’ve been waiting forever, but the first Apple keynote of 2023 is finally here—and it’s a big one. We’re expecting a ton of announcements at WWDC 2023, from the unveiling of iOS 17 and macOS 14 to the launch of Apple’s first mixed-reality headset. Follow along with us live right here! WWDC 2023: Watch the keynote live The WWDC 2023 keynote will start at 10 am PT and will be streaming on Apple.com and YouTube. Here’s how to watch WWDC live. You can also watch the keynote below. WWDC 2023: Live updates 9:30 am PT: We’re onsite at Apple Park and have photos on our Twitter account! 9:40 am PT: HI everyone, this is Roman Loyola.…

Apple is poised to unveil an all-new product category with its mixed reality headset in just a few short hours. Supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has shared a last minute forecast update on what to expect for shipments this year. more… The post Ming-Chi Kuo adjusts Apple mixed reality headset shipment forecast ahead of today’s event appeared first on 9to5Mac.

Apple's mixed-reality headset could launch as late as the fourth quarter of 2023 or early 2024, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Apple headset concept by designer Marcus Kane Kuo shared the information in a tweet earlier today, noting that the latest forecast represents a delay over the previous third quarter of 2023 prediction for mass shipments of the headset. He added that investors are more interested in whether the product announcement will convince customers that "Apple's AR/MR headset device is the next star in consumer electronics," rather than shipment numbers. If the device does launch this year, shipments are likely to be even lower than existing estimates, he added. Morgan Stanley analysts believe Apple's headset will enter mass production…

Half of the tablets shipped in the U.S. in the first quarter were Apple iPads. Tablets shipments dropped 7% to 10.8 million units, but performed better than PC shipments (desktops, notebooks, and workstations) in America, largely driven by Apple’s strong iPad performance in U.S. tablet market in the first quarter of 2023. Apple’s current 11- and 12.9-inch iPad Pro models PC shipments (desktops, notebooks and workstations) in the United States declined 28% year-on-year to 14.0 million units in the first quarter of 2023. Notebook (including mobile workstations) shipments fell 31% to 11.4 million units, while desktop (including desktop workstations) shipments were down 28% to 2.7 million units. “A confluence of factors led to the US PC market bottoming out at…