As if Apple is the only manufacturer updating their line.
Now, for the real question...
Where is the champion Microsoft on the table?
Is this the Microsoft’s heat from the Surface? Are people asking for touchscreens or not? Is a $6 dollar USB-C to USB-A adapter (set of 2 obvs.) from Amazon a problem for people buying $2000 computers?
Don’t tell me Microsoft is having problems making people part with the cash, because Apple, the expensive one, clearly isn’t!
The "champion Microsoft" is the 90% of people that chose not to buy Apple. Do you not understand that those computers are all running a Microsoft OS, and probably also Microsoft Office Suite, and that Microsoft is a software company first?
I honestly have no idea the point you are trying to make about dongles? I can't keep up... are we bashing Apple for USB-C only or Microsoft for USB-A only?
As for the Surface line, Microsoft is not out to own market share because it would obviously make all their OEMs a bit angry at them. The Surface line is a niche player and will likely never show up on the market share reports showing the top share holders. Would you consider Ferrari, Range Rover, Tesla, etc. automotive failures because they don't show up on a market share report comparing GM, Ford, Honda, and Toyota?
The reality is if you look at segments within the PC sales, the detachable screen tablet computer is one that is growing, and Apple doesn't compete in that segment. Microsoft's Surface created the segment and now there are great products selling from all the major OEMs that you would need to consider in any share comparison.
This is meaningless without year on year comparison.
But for what it is worth it shows that Dell improved sales 21.3% compared to Apples 17.1%.
So kudos to Dell then. Must be their more reasonable prices I can only guess...
True... you need to see year over year rates to really determine anything.
Surface sales sinking and Mac laptops soaring.
Huge FAIL of The Verge reviewers and MR forum vocal minorities.
How exactly did you deduce from this article that Surface sales are sinking? See my comment above... you won't ever see Microsoft in a hardware market share comparison because they are a niche player for hardware.
Microsoft killed themselves with the pricing.. their software is nowhere near macOS, even though they've improved it and tried to compensate with aesthetics & hardware paper specs, their products come out flawed and don't last.
Although if you consider that this MB model has just been upgraded and it's relatively new, numbers are still quite poor.
How did Microsoft kill themselves with pricing? They have 90% of the PC market. If you are talking about Surface, you think that their pricing is out of line? It seems pretty much in line with the competition in the segments they compete in. They are never going to go aggressively low on price because they need to not alienate their OEM channel which is where the majority of their sales come from.
As for Windows 10 being nowhere near MacOS, that is simply your opinion. Given that 90% of PC buyers are choosing Windows over MacOS, not everyone agrees with you. Personally, I think they both have pros and cons, but are roughly equal as a whole. Apple has basically turned MacOS into a hobby because they aren't doing much to enhance it that isn't driven by something related to the iPhone which is their primary product today. The Mac has become an iPhone accessory as far as I'm concerned. Meanwhile, Windows 10 is Microsoft's priority and it shows as they've made great strides in recent years under new leadership.