Apple Continues Seeing Steady Mac Sales Growth Even as U.S. PC Shipments Decline

[576316]

5!?... I thought there would be some rule to buy only 1-2 max per person. Didn't MR post something about this a few days ago?

He made separate orders, which allows for a potentially infinite number of units.

 

[e93to]

In 2007 (when I switched to Mac), only 4 other people around me had Macs.

In 2010, with popularity of iPad and iPhones, more than 20 people around me had Macs.

Now, WAY more than half of people around me have Macs... PC users are becoming rare on university campuses.

 

[AppleCommander]

In 2007 (when I switched to Mac), only 4 other people around me had Macs.

In 2010, with popularity of iPad and iPhones, more than 20 people around me had Macs.

Now, WAY more than half of people around me have Macs... PC users are becoming rare on university campuses.

In your case, the fact is statistics show the opposite of what you perceive. It is funny when people think perception is reality.

 

[e93to]

In your case, the fact is statistics show the opposite of what you perceive. It is funny when people think perception is reality.

It's funny when people don't understand simple sentences...

 

[Palladium SG]

I think a HUGE reason why PC shipments are declining is because of the highly unloved Windows 8.x versions, which unfortunately force people to use that quirky Modern tiled element user interface much of the time.

But with the arrival of Windows 10 (my guess of release date: August 24, 2015, the 20th anniversary of the release of Windows 95), that could change overnight, since on desktops and "conventional" laptops, Windows 10 will start up with essentially an updated version of Desktop user interface. As such, that means a lot more corporate and government customers will want to upgrade, and that could drive a major uptick in PC sales.

The #1 reason why PCs are declining has everything to do with the players involved:

• Intel only wants to sell their expensive CPUs.
• Microsoft only wants to sell Windows licenses.
• Because so much of the cost of a PC is tied to Wintel, the OEMs have to cut so much build quality and things that actually matter to the user experience like SSDs/LCDs/input devices out of their PCs to compete in uber-commoditized race to the bottom market.

Put all three with non-aligned goals together and you have a recipe for a ****** device for the average consumer.

 

[LordVic]

The #1 reason why PCs are declining has everything to do with the players involved:

• Intel only wants to sell their expensive CPUs.
• Microsoft only wants to sell Windows licenses.
• Because so much of the cost of a PC is tied to Wintel, the OEMs have to cut so much build quality and things that actually matter to the user experience like SSDs/LCDs/input devices out of their PCs to compete in uber-commoditized race to the bottom market.

Put all three with non-aligned goals together and you have a recipe for a ****** device for the average consumer.

This, Plus the bulk of computer sales traditionally were corporate, not consumer.

in the last few years however, we've seen a steady decline in requirements for desktop pc's in the corporate world. 5 year old computers are still more than powerful and sufficient for the typical corporate world. more and more of the workload is being offloaded to servers and centralized workloads.

it means overall, the corporate world, which traditionally drove computer sales is slowing down dramatically.

However in the consumer space, people are being sold on the "flashy" consumerism of replacing computers on every revision (or every other revision). Apple leads this pack because they are a consumer focused computer company. You want an apple because it looks good, not because it's going to performance any more efficiently than anything else (typically it doesn't).

Tie that into Apple and OSx's 2 version limitation on support, you find yourself replacing hardware more frequently due to desire to keep up with software support. Where Microsoft supports actively their OS's for 10-15 years (windows 7 support will continue to 2020), OSx does not frequently support more than the current version and the one previous.

there are lots of factors at play here, and it's more than just the fanboy reaction of "CAUSE PC COMPUTERS ARE CHEAP AND SUCK", which repeating just shows peoples ignorance of what the Computer market really contains

 

[bawbac]

In 2007 (when I switched to Mac), only 4 other people around me had Macs.

In 2010, with popularity of iPad and iPhones, more than 20 people around me had Macs.

Now, WAY more than half of people around me have Macs... PC users are becoming rare on university campuses.

I just stood up at Barnes & Nobles and all I see are PC laptops and tablets, no Mac's.

 

[infantrytrophy]

No idea why. None of the new Macs interest me. In comparison to the PPC and even the early Intel days, they're lousy and overpriced. Especially now OS X isn't exactly brilliant anymore (imo).

Great to see Lenovo are still on the rise, they do some superb hardware. I really wish Apple would take a leaf from their book sometimes.

Lenovo's increased sales is surprising. I would have thought that Lenovo's outrageous stunt involving embedded adware/malware ("Superfish") would have slowed sales. If I were considering a Windows laptop, I would have have grave reservations about Lenovo.