Watch Jonathan Ive, Dan Riccio, and Bob Mansfield talk about the design of the new MacBook and MacBook Pro. I was admittedly skeptical when I first heard the rumors that Apple would be able to make such a manufacturing process economically feasible. Looks like I was wrong.

Last quarter, 2.5 million Macs were sold, and the last several quarters have seen double and triple market growth. Apple retail stores see an average of 400,000 visitors a day. 50% of the Macs sold at retail stores are to new Mac customers. Macs at major universities has increased from 15% to 50%. In Q1-Q3 2008, sales are [...]