Apple's overall MacBook shipments in 2013 may decrease on year despite the fact that the vendor has been increasing its orders to the upstream supply chain for new MacBook models, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.

The sources pointed out that their shipments for the new MacBook devices have been increasing since June and the volumes in the third quarter grew 10-20% growth sequentially. The shipment growth is expected to continue in October, the sources added.

However, Apple's weak MacBook shipments and suspension of component shipments for one quarter in the first half are expected to impact its overall MacBook shipments in 2013, the sources said.

Apple shipped 13.03 million MacBooks in 2012. But it only shipped 5.3 million units in the first half of 2013 and will need to ship at least 7.73 million units in the second half in order to be on par with last year's figure, the sources noted.

By: DocMemory
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