In a note to clients — as reported by”CNN Money” (http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/08/26/the-macbook-air-lands-in-china-and-takes-off/?), Ticonderoga’s Brian White reported that the new MacBook Air was greeted with long lines and stock outs when it arrived in Hong Kong this week.
Not only did stores run out of certain MacBook Air models, but also some iPads and iPhone 4s, presumably through a Chinese version of the halo effect. This looks good for the launch of the Apple laptop in mainland China, perhaps as early as next week, says White.