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Is this statement actually true? "If you purchased a laptop today, you are more likely to have purchased a Mac over any other type of computer. If you’re some
by sardonicbryan 15y ago
Is this statement actually true?
"If you purchased a laptop today, you are more likely to have purchased a Mac over any other type of computer. If you’re someone who makes over $250,000 per year, and you purchased a laptop, you almost certainly purchased a Macbook Pro."
Wikipedia seems to indicate that a reasonable estimate of OSX market share would be around 10%, with 20% on the high end (Steve Jobs claimed 20% in 10/2010).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems#Desktop_and_laptop_computers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_system...
If that statement is not true, doesn't that significantly undercut the author's argument?
- filthylucre 15y agoThe sentence is meant to reflect Apple vs. any other laptop maker (Dell, HP, Asus, etc...).
- ugh 15y agoIt’s still doesn’t seem to be true. Apple had 8.5 percent marketshare in the US in 1Q11 and even less worldwide. HP (27%), Dell (23%) and Toshiba (10%) are ahead of Apple.
- pohl 15y agoIn order for that statement to be true, Apple would have to sell more laptops than any other vendor. Quickbooks is probably biased towards the U.S. market, so considering that in August 2007 1 in 6 laptops sold in the U.S. market was a Mac, it might be true. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cUjZ_7rlAmKRDVB6GXId73h_eUdXGKdjtSff0svbaz0/preview?hl=en_US&pli=1&sle=true https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cUjZ_7rlAmKRDVB6GXId73h_... If you put all of the millions of laptops sold in the U.S. into a big bag, and you drew one out at random and inspected the laptop to determine its brand, the greatest odds are that the brand would be Apple. I believe that was the claim.