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> Even though iPads have outsold laptops by a significant margin for years now. Actually they barely ever did, and the peak is past. For example in 2017 there
by dingaling 8y ago
> Even though iPads have outsold laptops by a significant margin for years now.
Actually they barely ever did, and the peak is past. For example in 2017 there were about 164 million laptops sold versus 161 million tablets of all types.
In 2007 it was 109 million laptops and zero tablets.
- pfranz 8y agoI was thinking about Apple Laptops vs iPads since the whole assertion is that Apple is giving up on computer hardware because iPads will replace them. The best numbers I could find [1][2] is that Apple sold 19 million Macs (desktops and laptops) and 43 million tablets in 2017, with similar numbers the previous year. My point still stands: if Apple is betting that so many iPads are starting to replace the functionality of traditional computers and they're selling very large numbers of them, how come they're rarely, if ever, seen where we see them in public use such as cafes? [1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/276308/global-apple-mac-sales-since-fiscal-year-2002/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/276308/global-apple-mac-... [2] https://www.macrumors.com/2018/02/05/4q17-ipad-vs-other-tablet-sales-idc/ https://www.macrumors.com/2018/02/05/4q17-ipad-vs-other-tabl...