The message is clear: Macs aren’t Apple’s focus right now.
The author is surprised? They just launched a new product category. They're probably pretty sure that most people, by now, already know that they sell laptops.
The author isn't surprised. One main idea of the article is that general-purpose computers are necessarily fading from the limelight as special-purpose computing devices such as the iPad come into their own. The other, more significant, main idea of the article is that this is no cause for alarm.
The author is surprised? They just launched a new product category. They're probably pretty sure that most people, by now, already know that they sell laptops.