Global shipments of Apple Computer's Intel-based laptops totaled 780,000-800,000 units in the second quarter of this year, with the MacBook becoming a hot model in the mainstream market, according to sources at Taiwan notebook makers, citing data available from IDC and Gartner Dataquest.

Apple's second-quarter notebook shipments represented an on-year increase of 60% and accounted for more than 4% of the global notebook market - the highest share that Apple has in the past two years, the data showed.

However, Apple did not do so well in the desktop segment with its Intel-based systems in the second quarter, with its sales volume declining 20% on year, the sources indicated.

It remains to be seen if Apple will adjust the prices of its current MacBooks in the third quarter when the company is expected to launch its new Merom-based MacBooks, the sources said.

By: DocMemory
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