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You're comparing market share (in your link) to revenue figures (in the post you responded to). Apples and oranges. Over a 2 year time-frame (end of 2012 to en
by kimdouglasmason 12y ago
You're comparing market share (in your link) to revenue figures (in the post you responded to). Apples and oranges.
Over a 2 year time-frame (end of 2012 to end of 2014), Mac revenue increased by a measly 3.6%. iPhone revenue increased by 30%, and was over 4x Mac revenue in 2014. iPads alone generated more revenue than Macs (though to be fair, iPad revenue actually decreased slightly over the period).
As for units, for every Mac that Apple sold in 2014, they sold 9 iPhones. (mental image of Kramer saying '9, Jerry!')
Personally, I think smacktoward nailed it. It's fairly obvious that iOS is top priority at Apple, and it follows that is where the bulk of the design and engineering work is going.
I suspect that inside of Apple, this quote from Jobs is still considered relevant. I can guarantee you that Apple execs don't want Apple to be a truck maker.
"When we were an agrarian nation, all cars were trucks. But as people moved more towards urban centers, people started to get into cars. I think PCs are going to be like trucks. Less people will need them. And this transformation is going to make some people uneasy... because the PC has taken us a long way. They were amazing. But it changes." - Steve Jobs
- alayne 12y agoWell, I disagree with what is happening with OS X at any rate. Everyone's realized by now that the Post PC era stuff isn't really true and I don't think that truck analogy holds. OS X has been getting much more attention the last two releases. They also redid the Mac Pro and have been steadily updating hardware. I think it's the focus on adding OS X features that has had some stability/performance issues, not lack of attention as you and GP are claiming. iOS is having the same problems. Development is biased too much to new features and not enough to polishing the user experience. If what you are saying is true, iOS 8 wouldn't have been so ridden with glitches. I personally have had many more issues with iOS 8 than with Yosemite.