10% may be the aggreggate figure, but it is much higher in certain demographics... 95% of my law school class uses laptops in class, and at least 50% of those are Macs, if not more. Sometimes the entire row I'm sitting in is on a Mac.
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Apple's Share of Computer Sales Surpasses 10% in U.S.
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chrmjenkins
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kernkraft
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Mal
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I really hope that was a joke, because security through obscurity is disproven about every other day it seems.
jW
studiomusic
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Businesses buy tons of PCs for just about everything- POS, servers, render farms...
If you count just consumers, Apple is bunches higher than 10% nowadays.
I really hope that Apple gains some ground in the personal computer market. Maybe it will drive price down. JK.A guy can dream cant he
chrmjenkins
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It already has. The notebook line has seen price drops from their previous price points. As market share grows, they'll also be able to offer more diverse options for consumers.
RalfTheDog
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Windows users are all a bunch of cat sniffers. That's right, all you Windows users sniff cats!
"Come here little cat.....[SNORT!]."
"Come here little cat.....[SNORT!]."
The problem I have had is that my employeer buys Macs (about 4,000 right now) but refuses to acknowledge them and set any standards at all. So they are free to do what ever they wish including installing any software they want. That's fine, but there are company policies and licensing issues to deal with and they are only being applied to Windows machines. One day a software vendor is going to come in and look at the macs and THEN all of a sudden it will be addressed. If we were allowed to setup standards we would have even more (Hmm there might be the issue actually)
Makes my job pretty difficult to accomplish.
RalfTheDog
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Heck, it would have been nice to see a list per model family from each maker.
That would have allowed for some nice comparison.
I think that has something to do with sniffing cat spray from a Southpark episode...😛
CrackedButter
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As are Windows tablets. Anything with a Windows license.
As are Windows tablets. Anything with a Windows license.
Good to hear as an investor, lots of room for growth and still gaining shares of the pie. Don't really care what percentage that is, but it will never be 100%, and as long as they continue to grow and create great machines and gadgets they will continue to earn my business and my investment dollars.
When I go to the local Apple store on a Saturday and it's empty.. I"ll start to worry something is really gone wrong lol. Having to wait 30 mins to buy something any given weekend just reassures me my investment is a sound one.
Rock on Apple!
When I go to the local Apple store on a Saturday and it's empty.. I"ll start to worry something is really gone wrong lol. Having to wait 30 mins to buy something any given weekend just reassures me my investment is a sound one.
Rock on Apple!
rhett7660
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A rare breed known as the Cat Sniffing Mac User. As long as you stay away from the kitty litter you are ok.
Good job Apple!
TennisandMusic
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Are these sell through numbers or shipment numbers? Since Apple basically sells to itself, it could always just ship a load of stock to Apple retail stores and let them sit there, technically. I kinda wonder how Apple reports their numbers...
The numbers reflect recent sales, not the number of users. If I remember right, Mac users tend to use their computers longer then PC users, so there's an accumulative effect of users of Macs. That HP had a 30% failure rate within the first 3 years also cleaned out a lot of older non-Macs from the heard.
I'm not sure if this next stat is correct any longer, but at one time I remember a report that 30% of on-line surfing was done with Macs.
I know if I go into most coffee shops, Macs are far more common than all the other brands combined. Most of them are being used by students, so if that is any measure of preference, younger adults are choosing portable Macs over non-Macs by somewhere around +50% of the time.
This leaves the stodgy business buyers that are picking up the slack with desktop PCs to skew the numbers to 90%.
How in the world could Apple increase its market share in the U.S.? 😱 With such lame specs, no blue ray player, no HDMI, no etc.
I guess it just goes to show you that most people don't care about the latest specs. What they look for is a quality computer that affords an enjoyable computer experience. Is Apple perfect? Nah. But all you naysayers who pontificate the demise of Apple should feel foolish right about now.
I guess it just goes to show you that most people don't care about the latest specs. What they look for is a quality computer that affords an enjoyable computer experience. Is Apple perfect? Nah. But all you naysayers who pontificate the demise of Apple should feel foolish right about now.
All that says is some young people that visit Starbucks use macs.
Says more about the type of person using a Mac and drinks what coffee than what is the total count in the worlds population of mac devices.
'coffee shops' I go to people go to for coffee and to just sit and relax, not to show people they have a Mac. So, from that same comparison you could say no one has a computer. Which we know is not true.
According to one CNET article in 2005 8.2% of Americans hit the Internet with Macs. I don't vouch for any articles or their numbers since they are usual biased one way or another anyway...
