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> I personally believe a big reason for the Mac resurgence Mac resurgence is more of a perception than reality. In 2016, Apple sold ~18.5M Macs, down from the
by andrewbinstock 10y ago
> I personally believe a big reason for the Mac resurgence
Mac resurgence is more of a perception than reality. In 2016, Apple sold ~18.5M Macs, down from the previous two years [1] and off more than 10% from last year.
Granted that the Mac numbers are falling at a slower pace than the PC market as a whole, but resurgence is probably an over-characterization.
[1] http://finance.yahoo.com/news/state-apples-device-sales-194040374.html http://finance.yahoo.com/news/state-apples-device-sales-1940...
- mulmen 10y agoI think the resurgence refers to the market share Apple gained since the OS9 days.
- mwfunk 10y agoIn this context, I think "Mac resurgence" refers to the Mac coming back from the dead over the past 20 years, not recent sales figures.
- dahart 10y agoThe other comments here are absolutely correct -- I was referring to OS9 vs OSX, on a 10-20 year time frame. OSX ushered in new waves of adoption that outshines previous numbers by an order of magnitude. Given that Mac has gone from well under half a percent market share to over 7% today, I'd say "resurgence" is an under-characterization, relative to what I was talking about. ;) OS9 never had the market share that OSX has, so it's less coming back, and more dominating like it never did before.