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iPhone not surprising given supply constraints. Mac feels a lot more surprising given the success of Apple Silicon.

The only new Mac products last year were the M2 MacBook Air and the Studio. Everything else for sale was at least a year old.

There was a lot of built-up demand for the M1s, especially the MacBook Pros. Those shipped in 2021. The sales you are looking for are spread out in the year before this last quarter of 2022.

And the M2 MacBook Pros were initially rumored for late-2022, causing others to wait.

Yeah, good point. and it probably 'pulled forward' a lot of demand that might have landed in 2022 otherwise. I forgot how 'early' the M1s came out.

(Personally, I bought an Intel Air in 2020 then immediately flipped it when the M1 Airs came out.. figured I might as well eat the loss right away and enjoy the new computer, vs suffering... and bought a studio in 2022.. and my new work machine is an M1 16". Definitely not feeling any FOMO over not waiting for the M2. Perfectly happy with what I have, although the M2 Mini might have been a better fit for me than the studio)

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