Mac Sales Skyrocket
Even though iPad numbers slumped, Apple more than made up with this in Mac sales, which broke $10 billion for the first time ever — an increase of just over 25 percent from Q1 2021.
This is even more impressive when you consider that the last holiday quarter was also an increase of 21.2 percent over the 2019 holiday season. That first big jump was, of course, driven by Apple’s new M1-powered MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro, but obviously this year the company saw the fruits of its work on the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro lineup, cashing in on all the folks who were patient enough to give the earlier entry-level models a pass.
Apple CEO Tim Cook also noted that Mac sales have been particularly great in China, where six out of 10 Macs sold last quarter were to new users, rather than upgraders.