“Thanks to the projected sales boom of Apple Computer Inc. for this year, Taiwan’s leading contract computer manufacturers, including Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Quanta Computer Inc., and Asustek Computer Inc., are expected to enjoy growing orders from the U.S. computer giant,” China Economic News Service (CENS) reports. “Insiders indicated that the total sales volume of Apple’s desktop and notebook personal computers (PCs) is likely to challenge 10 million units for this year, which may help the company return to the world’s ‘top five computer brands’ club… Last year Apple sold about 4.8 million PCs, up 35% from the corresponding volume of a year earlier, and is ambitious to boost the volume to 10 million PCs this year.”
CENS reports, “The statistics compiled by International Data Corp. (IDC) showed that Apple shipped around 2.2 million notebook PCs last year, with 70% of which [were] iBook models. Since Asustek is Apple’s key contractor for iBook PCs, it is expected to deliver three million notebook PCs for Apple this year; and Quanta is estimated to ship a total of two million desktop and notebook PCs to Apple.”
Full article here.
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Go stock go!
You don’t need a significant percentage to be a formidable presence in an industry: Just ask anyone on the Board of Directors at Porsche.
what no mention of trojans or viruses? lol
I know my order for a MacBook Pro will be included (hopefully sooner than later)…
MDN word, “orgasm”
Apple is a significant percentage in the industry…
Apart from Dell at around 16% marketshare, there is no other computer manufacturer with more than a single digit marketshare…
Apple is definitely in the ballpark with 4.2%, and actually larger than many PC manufacturers..
Apple better be very very agreesive this year, because once Vista arrives installed on new chepaer PC’s, with better security and eye candy, Mac sales will suffer significantly.
Why? Because compatability will be the issue.
“Everyone uses Windows”
You see Apple only had the advantage while Windows was a ugly, insecure POS.
Windows still has the dominate market share and this tends to feed on itself, growing and squeezing out any alternatives because there will be no reason for them to switch to a Mac.
If Vista is secure and pleasant to use, I see a lot of Mac users switching, just for all the software alone. Not to mention jobs in IT.
Sorry to be the bringer of bad news, but M$ is no dummy, just slow that’s all.
Macdude, that piece of fiction you wrote does not even deserve a comment…
Please do not respond to his nonsense.. Just ignore it, he’ll go away!!
Sorry, but that’s just buisness, and buisness is competitive.
How does Apple keep competitive against a better Windows product?
The new security on Vista actually beats Mac OS X.
I just don’t want to see Apple lose, so I question.
“Hon Hai produces mainly cathode ray tube (CRT) screens for Apple’s iMac desktop PCs”
Could this be an exciting preview of Apple’s new CRT-based desktops?
Apple is THE trojan….as in horse
ignoring MacDude….ZZZZ…. ZZZZ… ZZZZ..
Yeah, your good at pushing buttons and trying to start a flame, but I won’t give you the satisfaction of a reply…
I tell you what though, If you really think that Vista security beats OSX, then go ahead and buy a PC and run Vista…
We won’t mind… Really we won’t..
Ignoring MacDude ZZZZ…..ZZZZ….ZZZZ
I can’t wait to see Apple steam roll the Gateway cows. 1 or 2 years maybe?
I’ll admit something though, if Vista is secure, my next (and first) purchase will most likely be a PC.
I have never owned a PC, because Mac’s were always so much better and reliable. Also more ‘flexible” concerning DRM schemes.
With Trusted Computing on both platforms, it doesn’t really matter anymore, it’s not our machines.
But with all things being equal, the availability of software becomes a issue.
It’s pretty bleak on our end, only having a few good 3D games is certainly a issue.
Good for you MacDude!!
Congratulations.. Buy A PC!! We’re all happy for you!
Now leave us all alone and stop trying to start flame wars like you always do..
Bye-Bye
I’m sorry to those who think I’m trying to flame, it just seems to me that Apple is quickly running out of competitive advantages.
Of course if Vista is insecure I definatly will stick with a Mac.
MacDude, we will all be anxiously awaiting your report on your new PC.. Till then.. See ya later!
“Apple’s market share is bigger than BMW’s or Mercedes’ or Porsche’s in the automotive market. What’s wrong with being BMW or Mercedes?” – Steve Jobs
I think that about says it all…..
Vista or no Vista, its still windows (only with a facelift and other features ripped from OS X). Don’t expect everyone in the PC market to just up ‘n leave XP for Vista, because then they’ll have to get new hardware as well (of course, only after choosing one of the 8(+) different versions of this clearly terrible attempt at looking like a Mac). People aren;t ready to buy into that very quickly, think about how long it took them to get to XP!! And there are still stragglers.
If Vista is good, then that’s a good thing for all of us. But there is growing resentment for M$. Apple has the wind on it’s back right now. Since perception is reality, Apple may grow simply because it’s not M$.
Things are not static in the tech world by any means. M$ may do well with Vista, but I see a paradigm shift a’comin’. There are new areas for growth– operating systems may not really be the key. Anyway, M$ is a lumbering giant. If they are forced to turn ona dime, their track record suggests they’ll fall on their face. What are M$’s successes? They’re really pretty few. They just are fortunate that Windows paid off so well for them.
Buy whatever you want. But what you call a realistic take opn things has a funny way of always being negative instead of even-handed, Dude. Anyway– if the future is in games, why has M$ even shofted its games focus toward consoles?
MacDude,
I would bet a small fortune that you’re a kid, a teenager at most. (It was the poor spelling/proofreading and “games” reference that gave you away.)
If I am correct, you’re absolutely right. Jump onto the PC platform, and for Heaven’s sake STAY THERE, away from us!
However . . . and I realize this is a BIG however . . . what if the xMac rumor of recent months is REAL? Won’t you be sorry then?
MacDude. I thought your post was interesting.
Not sure that Apple’s only advantage is security. You have better designed hardware, tighther integration between OS, computer, and Apple peripherals not to mention i-Life. There is nothing like it in Windows. Vista PCs will not match any of these and and I’m skeptical about Vista security but I’ll give MS a chance until the OS is actually out. I do think the average Windows XP consumer will see the features of Vista to be just like OSX and may not see enough advantages to switch.
Unfortunately the average consumer doesn’t know that Vista is a lame attempt to match OSX. Vista will not prevent those who want a better computer and are willing to pay the price of the macs to switch.
I don’t believe Vista is going change the competitive landscape in the consumer segment. On the biz side MS is safe because it will continue to own the corporate market with or without Vista. This isn’t going to change until Apple decides to officially support Windows and Windows apps on its hardware.
I don’t believe current mac users will switch to Vista. They love their macs too much.
“Everyone uses Windows” -MacDude
The thing is, people really don’t know what Windows does. I mean sure the technical people do, but everyday people don’t really know what it is. They Confuse Word and IE with Windows thinking that’s what Windows is. They don’t realize that its just a (swisscheese-like) platform for those progtams to run on.
I look for Apple to make the OS choice a big issue going forward since one of the real strategies of the Intel switch is to make the hardware less relevant. Once people realize that the APPLICATIONS they use daily can be used on another platform, they will begin to see there is a choice and they can choose to dump the crapware that Windows is for the Mac OS.
The big problem that Microsoft will face with Vista is system requirements…
It will not run on over 80% of current PC’s, That’s is gonna be a HUGE expense for corporations to upgrade..
And Security? Microsoft released Vista to 10,000 beta testers and it had been infected within a week… Now that’s what I call secure! LOL
Don’t forget Leopard people, Apple is timing it just right to pounce on Vista..
Microsoft will never have a competitive edge over Apple… Not unless they start from scratch and stop builidng their OS on top of legacy code from the early 1980’s..
Aiden,
Great job ignoring the troll.
People **STOP REPLYING TO MACDUDE**
This guy hi-jacks threads here all the time…
Ignore him.
Thanks Angie
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