Apple shipped more than 1 million new MacBook Airs during the fourth quarter of last year, according to data published by AppleInsider.
Apple shipped about 1.1 million of the 13- and 15-inch MacBook Air laptops in the last three months of 2010, according to Concord Securities, making it Apple's most successful Mac product launch. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reached his conclusions based on data he received from Asia, AppleInsider said.
The numbers are about 63 percent higher than the 700,000 units Kuo originally predicted. Based on earnings numbers from Apple, Kuo's stats mean that the new MacBook Airs captured 40 percent of the Apple's notebook business and about a quarter of its overall Mac business, AppleInsider said.
In October, Apple announced a 13.3-inch MacBook Air as well as a "younger brother" model that comes in at 11.6 inches. The 11.6-inch MacBook Air a 1.4-GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 1366-by-768 resolution, Nvidia GeForce 320m graphics, a full-size keyboard, multi-touch trackpad, and a camera that supports FaceTime video chat. The 13.3-inch model, meanwhile, includes many of the same features as the 11.6-inch MacBook Air except that it has 1440-by-900 resolution and a 1.86-GHz processor.
For more, see PCMag's full review of the 11-inch MacBook Air, the unboxing, and the slideshow below.