Apple capitalizes on the push for work from home setups.
Apple appears to have made the most of the work from home demand for laptops, with new figures claiming it clocked a year-on-year quarterly growth of 94% for its MacOS-powered devices such as the MacBook Pro. With an unprecedented increase in remote-first work environments around the world, laptop shipments recorded a year-on-year growth of 81% in Q1 2021, according to Strategy Analytics. “The emerging hybrid work pattern as well as the continuing need for learn-from-home devices added to consumer upgrade sales, making Q1 2021 the strongest first quarter after many years.
