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Macs and PCs might have different lifecycles that might explain some of the difference; if Macs are used on average twice as long as PCs then 10% of shipments m
by zokier 3y ago
Macs and PCs might have different lifecycles that might explain some of the difference; if Macs are used on average twice as long as PCs then 10% of shipments might turn into 20% of running computers. Furthermore I suspect far more PCs end up in places that never browse web and become counted by statcounter but are counted in shipments.
- Timon3 3y agoOr the customers of websites that use statcounter are more likely to use Mac, distorting the results.
- em-bee 3y agoi highly doubt that the average mac users keep their devices twice as long as PC users. based on spending habits i'd rather suspect the opposite.
- zokier 3y agoMaybe, maybe not. Point is that there are lot of factors at play that can make the market-share diverge depending on what you measure.
- Symbiote 3y agoThe Mac may well continue to be used for longer, even if it's by a child of the original owner, or sold to someone else.
- olyjohn 3y agoAnd what stops a PC from doing that? Lots of people on here using 8+ year old PCs for daily workloads even.
- Clamchop 3y agoIndeed, they do it better. Apple drops support for old hardware comparatively quickly and incentivizing new purchases, while Windows has longer support lifecycles with usually (not always, before you get on me about TPMs) good support for old hardware, and it's especially long for Linux.
- Symbiote 3y agoWhen my colleagues return their average PCs to me after 4-5 years of use, they are almost always in a worse state than when Macs of the same age are returned. The cases are damaged or worn, the screen might flicker, ports may be broken. Software means the PC "seems slow". A PC costing as much as the Mac would fare better, but all Macs are high-quality hardware, and only a fraction of PCs. The average PC is discarded before the average Mac.
- Clamchop 3y agoI don't disagree* but it's mostly irrelevant for computers that don't travel much, which is desktops and honestly a lot of laptops, too. *Caveat, I can't agree or disagree with the claim that most PCs are discarded faster. We still have a software problem with Macs. I don't know.