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Actually, the article did explicitly distinguish between unit growth and percentage growth, noting that: > More surprisingly, Apple outgrew HP--the world's lar
by DavidSJ 18y ago
Actually, the article did explicitly distinguish between unit growth and percentage growth, noting that:
> More surprisingly, Apple outgrew HP--the world's largest PC vendor--on a unit basis as well:
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> Q2 U.S. Mac sales grew by 386,000 computers year-over-year, handily beating no. 2 HP, which sold just 222,000 more computers in Q2 2008
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> Looked at differently, the Big Three sold 1,165,000 more computers in the US in Q2 than they did last year...and Apple sold a third of these additional units.
- aneesh 18y agoAgreed, but that's not my point. The article claims amazing percentage growth, and then uses that to say that if Apple keeps growing at this rate, Microsoft should be scared. It's ridiculous to expect long-term growth at this rate. Maybe the next couple quarters, but not the next couple years.
- demallien 18y agoSure, but don't you think Microsoft should be scared long before Apple starts to hit saturation limits? I mean, major growth is still possible when you have about a third of the market, but I doubt Microsoft wants to see Apple holding 33% of the OS market share...