Leopard Overtakes Windows OS Sales In Japan For October

MacRumors · Nov 14, 2007, 02:17 PM

Apple's Mac OS 10.5 Leopard launch will go down in history as record-breaking, both internal and external. In Japan, sales went up to 60.5% market share year-on year in the month of October, which was enough to bump Microsoft from the top spot (reports Macworld.co.uk citing a Japanese Business Computer News report)

Quote:

In the six days after Leopard's 26 October launch, combined single-user licence (46 per cent) and family pack (7.9 per cent) sales accounted for 53.9 per cent of the total OS-only market in Japan.

However, at Microsoft, Windows sales fell from 75.3 per cent to 28.7 per cent

Apple had already indicated that the Leopard launch was highly successful, with two million copies sold in the first weekend alone.

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Sussman · Nov 14, 2007, 02:19 PM

Thats crazy, way to go apple!

Grimace · Nov 14, 2007, 02:19 PM

Now if Apple could get China to stop pirating everything and sell Leopard there!

Football1maniac · Nov 14, 2007, 02:20 PM

Darn, so Vista isn't Microsoft's Messiah?

mdntcallr · Nov 14, 2007, 02:20 PM

Wow!!!

of course apple is on the upswing and well Microsoft with Vista.... is well on its way down.

this is marginal overall. the big change is more people are buying macs. so, this is a big deal and exciting period in apple's history.

if mac marketshare continues its upswing, it is conceivable that instead of 5% market share would be 15% in 2-3 years

Avicdar · Nov 14, 2007, 02:20 PM

Impressive!!

noone · Nov 14, 2007, 02:20 PM

Nice!

camnchar · Nov 14, 2007, 02:21 PM

I'm reading that, but I still don't believe it. Good times are ahead for Apple.

DizzyRose · Nov 14, 2007, 02:21 PM

Yay.

PCMacUser · Nov 14, 2007, 02:21 PM

This doesn't surprise me, since you'd have to be somewhat crazy to buy the full retail Vista OS. OEM is the only way it's affordable.

mustang_dvs · Nov 14, 2007, 02:24 PM

I'm curious to see what the Mac OS X to XP/Vista installed marketshare looks like in Japan.

miketcool · Nov 14, 2007, 02:26 PM

Time for a new version of Vista to be released: Windows Vista Power Edition Small Office Virus Barrage SP2. At least Balmer can gloat about the sheer number of versions of Vista and begin the new add campaign fresh from Bandai. "Gotta catch 'em all!"

gphoto · Nov 14, 2007, 02:29 PM

Awesome!

djellison · Nov 14, 2007, 02:31 PM

What was the ratio the week after Vista was released?

Doug

Squonk · Nov 14, 2007, 02:32 PM

Great news for

. Once the initial pent up demand is satisfied, that number will swing back to Uncle Bill, but it's always welcome to see

in the lead!!!

MacsRgr8 · Nov 14, 2007, 02:40 PM

This must be a turning point!

When has Apple ever sold their retail OS more than Microsoft's latest effort...?

Peace · Nov 14, 2007, 02:42 PM

This news makes me wonder if the good citizens of Japan are buying Leopard to install on their PC.Thus causing the spike in sales.

Popeye206 · Nov 14, 2007, 02:42 PM

This is horrid news! Now more PC guys are going to hate Mac Users even more! :-)

BTW... I just got back from Japan a few weeks ago. I went to the Tokyo store. As with other Apple stores... it was packed. However, I'm in the professional publishing industry and I'm surprised on how behind Japan is with their adoption of new technology for business. I know... surprise! I was shocked to hear how many printing companies still base their workflows on OS 9 and applications such as PageMaker 7.0 and such. Way behind the rest of the world. But most of this is due to the Font issues in Japan... as for the consumer... looks like they want to be in the 21st century with the latest and greatest.

As a 20+ year Mac user, and have lived through the dark days of Scully and the rest on the non-Steve crew... it's good to see Apple back on top! Good for Apple!

cohibadad · Nov 14, 2007, 02:48 PM

wow. that is about the most stunning news I've heard recently. Dell better air more commercials with their colored laptops in Japan.

Telp · Nov 14, 2007, 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sussman

Thats crazy, way to go apple!

Great news! I hope that apple can keep this up. !!!

clcphoto · Nov 14, 2007, 03:03 PM

Quote:

In Japan, sales went up to 60.5% market share year-on year in the month of October,

This is not what the article says. It says sales growth went up 60.5%, not that they had a 60.5% market share.

dogcowx · Nov 14, 2007, 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by djellison

What was the ratio the week after Vista was released?

Doug

Exactly! You're comparing an OS that was JUST RELEASED versus one that has been out for quite a while.

IJ Reilly · Nov 14, 2007, 03:09 PM

If anyone can read Japanese, I'd sure like to see the original article translated.

http://bcnranking.jp/news/0711/071108_8930.html

Maybe it's just me, but the way these numbers have been stated is confusing.

ks-man · Nov 14, 2007, 03:11 PM

Why is this impressive for Apple?

They are comparing the sales for the first week of release of Leopard vs. around the 35th week of Vista.

What would be more interesting would be to compare the first week of Leopard vs. the first week of Vista.

Or else perhaps comparing the two sales for a week in a few months after early adopters have already had their chances to buy it.

The story as stated though is very highly skewed and uninformative. I would assume that the week that Tiger was released it outsold XP by a pretty decent margin.

nxent · Nov 14, 2007, 03:12 PM

wow, impressive

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Peace macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: On top of the Storm Peaks waiting for the Time-Lost Proto Drake	This news makes me wonder if the good citizens of Japan are buying Leopard to install on their PC.Thus causing the spike in sales.

Nov 14, 2007, 02:42 PM	#18
Popeye206 macrumors regular Join Date: Sep 2007	No No No! This is horrid news! Now more PC guys are going to hate Mac Users even more! :-) BTW... I just got back from Japan a few weeks ago. I went to the Tokyo store. As with other Apple stores... it was packed. However, I'm in the professional publishing industry and I'm surprised on how behind Japan is with their adoption of new technology for business. I know... surprise! I was shocked to hear how many printing companies still base their workflows on OS 9 and applications such as PageMaker 7.0 and such. Way behind the rest of the world. But most of this is due to the Font issues in Japan... as for the consumer... looks like they want to be in the 21st century with the latest and greatest. As a 20+ year Mac user, and have lived through the dark days of Scully and the rest on the non-Steve crew... it's good to see Apple back on top! Good for Apple!

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cohibadad macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jul 2007	wow. that is about the most stunning news I've heard recently. Dell better air more commercials with their colored laptops in Japan.

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IJ Reilly macrumors 603 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Palookaville	If anyone can read Japanese, I'd sure like to see the original article translated. http://bcnranking.jp/news/0711/071108_8930.html Maybe it's just me, but the way these numbers have been stated is confusing. __________________ **The season starts too early and finishes too late and there are too many games in between.* Bill Veeck

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ks-man macrumors 6502 Join Date: Sep 2007	Why is this impressive for Apple? They are comparing the sales for the first week of release of Leopard vs. around the 35th week of Vista. What would be more interesting would be to compare the first week of Leopard vs. the first week of Vista. Or else perhaps comparing the two sales for a week in a few months after early adopters have already had their chances to buy it. The story as stated though is very highly skewed and uninformative. I would assume that the week that Tiger was released it outsold XP by a pretty decent margin.

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