Would love to see the shipment decline somehow favorably affect the price of graphics cards.
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Mac Shipments Up in Q1 2022 Amid Worldwide PC Shipment Decline
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iPads are significantly cheaper and more accessible to people. Not to mentioned used in schools to fit out a whole classroom far more often.
We did always say once you go mac you don’t go back.
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Almost none of these computers have a graphics card.
This is because people who are working from home and on video calls don't want good cameras showing every blemish on their faces and backgrounds. So they buy Macs with the cams from 15 years ago.
Ah yes, because Acer laptops are known for their… great webcams.
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Exactly.The Mac is certainly in a better place today than it was 5 or 6 years ago. Good job Apple. ?
But Apple would basically have to double their worldwide Mac sales in order to overtake Dell in the #3 spot. I don't see that happening.
Apple might be able to move up a spot on the chart in the US where sales are a little closer. But the "big 3" PC vendors will continue to move a ton of volume in the US.
In other words... Apple will probably be in the #4 spot for the foreseeable future. And that's fine.
I honestly don't know why they bother correlating Macs to PCs on charts like these.
Macs sold less than half of what the major PC sellers did, despite the PC sellers' slump in sales.
So, whoop tee doo on that.
But it IS good to see the Mac upswing, at least while they fill the obvious gaps in their products during the AS transition/course-correct for the disaster that were the mid to late 2010's.
This'll stabilize, as many will use iPads instead (myself included).
I think this will depend on company/individual needs and software availability. If a Mac does the job while being more reliable and more secure, we should see further growth from PC users.The Mac is certainly in a better place today than it was 5 or 6 years ago. Good job Apple. ?
But Apple would basically have to double their worldwide Mac sales in order to overtake Dell in the #3 spot. I don't see that happening.
Apple might be able to move up a spot on the chart in the US where sales are a little closer. But the "big 3" PC vendors will continue to move a ton of volume in the US.
In other words... Apple will probably be in the #4 spot for the foreseeable future. And that's fine.
This 1000%. Just imagine what these chips will be able to do in a few years once they really get going. Not sure if they will ever be quite on top with the Mac as Windows is so entrenched globally and the price of computers is largely dictated nowadays by enterprise purchases vs. many home users opting for iPads. But they're definitely moving in a good direction. The longevity that these devices will provide along with the lower IT cost per unit (this was proven in a study by IBM) vs. a Wintel machine makes the pricing more palatable for business.
Apple is kinda famous for planning way ahead on needed parts, and locking up huge swaths of supplier's production capacity ahead of time (you kind of have to when you're producing over half a million phones a day). I expect they've done a lot of the same through all these shortages.
The Mac is certainly in a better place today than it was 5 or 6 years ago. Good job Apple. ?
But Apple would basically have to double their worldwide Mac sales in order to overtake Dell in the #3 spot. I don't see that happening.
Apple might be able to move up a spot on the chart in the US where sales are a little closer. But the "big 3" PC vendors will continue to move a ton of volume in the US.
In other words... Apple will probably be in the #4 spot for the foreseeable future. And that's fine.
Same argument can be made for the iPhone vs Android units. It’s a very different story when you look at margins and profits. Units do matter for driving subscription services. However, the large number of units sales from the top three wouldn’t help Apple’s services as much as you think. Lenovo, Dell, and HP sell the vast number of their units to enterprise, because companies are very cost sensitive, while Apple sells mainly to consumers. Depending on your company IT policy you may not be using your work computer for your personal consumer subscription services.
Eh, similar statements were made about the iPhone having no chance against Blackberry, or the iPhone having no chance because it didn't have a physical keyboard. The "must run Windows" "rule" may not last (never is a long time). We'll have to wait and see.
They did this even with a lot of holes in their lineup.
15 inch Air
M1 Pro Studio or Mac mini
M2 anything
More good news to come the remainder of 2022.
Apple did relatively well with the chip shortages of 2021.
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I agree. It’s because they were able to secure all the chip orders. Thinking ahead of time.
I think they don’t really care since some of their upgrades in the config page actually cost more than some laptop.
I would like the market share to go as big as it needs to be so that it’s taken more seriously by more developers…
I don’t really care if 1000 users or 10 billions use Macs, it’s not about conquering the world, but I do damn care when I have to use Microsoft Teams and the thing is a CPU hog, still doesn’t have OS native notifications, sometimes it crashes randomly, eats RAM like if it was a AAA game and after more than 2 years since M1 has been announced, it still isn’t native. Give me a break… for a chatting app.
I’d guess if the custom build was built through a vendor, yes, because that’s still a “unit” going out the door. I would guess it doesn’t count those folks that build from the motherboard, but the number of those per quarter are so small, it’s not likely to affect these values much.