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I meant to say 100 million but the number got dropped between keyboard and chair, sorry ;-). Best estimate is that there are around 200 million laptops a year

by emn13 11y ago

I meant to say 100 million but the number got dropped between keyboard and chair, sorry ;-). Best estimate is that there are around 200 million laptops a year sold (2014) based on a PC market of over 300 million and that laptops outsell desktops (worldwide). Looks to me like tablets sell roughly at the same rate, around 230 million units. (I think it's not easy to find comparable numbers so maybe my data is off). So given apples approximately 25%-33% market share of tablets that's just around 50-80 million ipads, which is still well below the top three in laptop sales (100 million).

Tloewald 11y ago
For 2014 I see 230M tablets, 170M laptops, and recall that Apple is #4 in laptops as well. I think your figures are very shaky. In any event, Yegge's prediction is -- pretty shockingly -- in the ballpark. (Also bear in mind that most non-iPad tablets are in fact nothing like laptop replacements, and many are barely useful for anything or are dedicated bookreaders.) http://www.statista.com/statistics/272595/global-shipments-forecast-for-tablets-laptops-and-desktop-pcs/ http://www.statista.com/statistics/272595/global-shipments-f...