Some grumblers are even calling for a return of the old guard. By Michelle Delio. Holiday season hits Apple hard . While retail PC sales in December fell by 24 percent from the year-ago period, according to PC Data, sales of Macs suffered far worse than the industry average, falling by nearly 40 percent. If the projection holds true, it would be a good sign that Apple is slowly hacking away at an inventory problem that has plagued the Mac-maker since October.
Apple slashes hardware prices .
It more closely resembles a computer-science Ph.D. project morphed into a commercial product spec.