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> Are you forgetting that they're also still king of the consumer desktop? They're probably still the majority shareholder, but I wouldn't call them kings. And
by sjwright 14y ago
> Are you forgetting that they're also still king of the consumer desktop?
They're probably still the majority shareholder, but I wouldn't call them kings. And if they are kings, they're leading a dying kingdom. Have you seen the iPad sales numbers recently?
- pook1e 14y agoThere is no denying that the traditional laptop/desktop market is slowly dying away due to the iPad (and soon Windows 8 tablets), but I don't understand why this should drive them to build a business only device. Microsoft is still a very consumer oriented company, in addition to their business "kingdom".
- decode 14y ago> And if they are kings, they're leading a dying kingdom. Have you seen the iPad sales numbers recently? Here are the Q1 2012 numbers: PC sales [1]: 88.9 million iPad sales [2]: 11.8 million About 13% as many iPad sales as PC sales. While the iPad sales are impressive, it doesn't seem like PCs are dying yet. [1] http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1981717 http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1981717 [2] http://www.abiresearch.com/press/3919 http://www.abiresearch.com/press/3919
- barista 14y ago>> Have you seen the iPad sales numbers recently? Another one living in Apple's reality distortion field.