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Apple is the largest laptop/desktop manufacturer.

by nardi 12y ago

mcintyre1994 12y ago
Do you have a source at all for that? I've found multiple articles saying Lenovo overtook HP for that title around July 2013 but nothing naming Apple. According to [0] Apple weren't in the top six at that point. I did find articles from early 2012 calling Apple the biggest but that was of course based on iPads almost entirely. For example [1] has some figures from then, 5.2 million macs to over 10 million units each from HP, Lenovo and Dell. [0] http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_23637017/hewlett-packard-loses-crown-top-personal-computer-manufacturer http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_23637017/hewlett-packard-loses... [1] http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/24/apple_now_largest_computer_maker_sold_more_ipads_alone_than_hp_sold_pcs http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/24/apple_now_largest_...
mikhailt 12y ago
No, they're not. They're the most profitable, not the same as the biggest. HP/Lenovo have the top two spots, they're selling tens of millions per quarter. Apple barely breaks 5 million. Apple doesn't have great business nor governmental support, which eliminates them from being considered at thousands of companies.
- nardi 12y ago
  You're right. I was thinking of profit. Sorry for posting misinformation.
- rplnt 12y ago
  Is that laptop market? Or combined? I wonder where Dell fits in.
  - mikhailt 12y ago
    In terms of the combined consumers sales, Dell is probably #3. The revenue Dell pulled from their consumer division (which includes desktop/laptops/thin-clients/mobile devices and so on) is $8.9 billion. > End User Computing revenue was $8.9 billion in the quarter, a 9 percent decrease. Operating income for the quarter was $224 million, a 65 percent decrease. Dell desktop and thin-client revenue declined 2 percent, mobility revenue declined 16 percent, and software from third parties and peripherals revenue declined 6 percent. Source: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130516006383/en/Dell-Reports-Fiscal-Year-2014-Quarter-Financial http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130516006383/en/Dell... In Apple's '14 Q1 report, their Mac revenue was $6.4 billion. iPad: $11.4B and iPhone $32B for the total of ~$50B.

Apple is the largest laptop/desktop manufacturer.

by nardi 12y ago

Apple is the largest laptop/desktop manufacturer.

mcintyre1994 12y ago

Do you have a source at all for that? I've found multiple articles saying Lenovo overtook HP for that title around July 2013 but nothing naming Apple. According to [0] Apple weren't in the top six at that point. I did find articles from early 2012 calling Apple the biggest but that was of course based on iPads almost entirely. For example [1] has some figures from then, 5.2 million macs to over 10 million units each from HP, Lenovo and Dell. [0] http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_23637017/hewlett-packard-loses-crown-top-personal-computer-manufacturer http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_23637017/hewlett-packard-loses... [1] http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/24/apple_now_largest_computer_maker_sold_more_ipads_alone_than_hp_sold_pcs http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/24/apple_now_largest_...

mikhailt 12y ago

No, they're not. They're the most profitable, not the same as the biggest. HP/Lenovo have the top two spots, they're selling tens of millions per quarter. Apple barely breaks 5 million. Apple doesn't have great business nor governmental support, which eliminates them from being considered at thousands of companies.

nardi 12y ago
You're right. I was thinking of profit. Sorry for posting misinformation.
rplnt 12y ago
Is that laptop market? Or combined? I wonder where Dell fits in.
- mikhailt 12y ago
  In terms of the combined consumers sales, Dell is probably #3. The revenue Dell pulled from their consumer division (which includes desktop/laptops/thin-clients/mobile devices and so on) is $8.9 billion. > End User Computing revenue was $8.9 billion in the quarter, a 9 percent decrease. Operating income for the quarter was $224 million, a 65 percent decrease. Dell desktop and thin-client revenue declined 2 percent, mobility revenue declined 16 percent, and software from third parties and peripherals revenue declined 6 percent. Source: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130516006383/en/Dell-Reports-Fiscal-Year-2014-Quarter-Financial http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130516006383/en/Dell... In Apple's '14 Q1 report, their Mac revenue was $6.4 billion. iPad: $11.4B and iPhone $32B for the total of ~$50B.