“In a report that is guaranteed to make Apple fanboys proud and Apple haters scoff, the market research firm IDC has released a study claiming that Apple has officially become the third-largest computer vendor in the United States,” Don Reisinger blogs for CNET.
“According to the study, Apple shipped 960,000 units in the second quarter of 2007 [in the U.S.], and the Cupertino, Calif.-based company now commands 5.6 percent of the U.S. market–a jump of 0.8 percent from the same time last year,” Reisinger writes.
“Apple is well on its way to dominating the home,” Reisinger writes.
“I understand that 5.6 percent is not too significant, and the nation’s top vendors are releasing Windows systems, but Apple’s rise in market share has been unprecedented. Just one year ago, Apple shipped only 761,000 units in the same quarter. With more than 200,000 additional computers sold this year, think of the extreme revenue benefits that will filter down to other product lines,” Reisinger writes.
“And it is this filtering that will make Apple the most dominant consumer electronics company in the world. Bold predictions? Not if you take an objective view at what is currently happening in this industry,” Reisinger writes.
“Our future homes will be dominated by Apple. And while I’m not convinced that the majority of homes will have Macs, I do believe that many of them will,” Reisinger writes. “It may not happen over night, but trust me, the heyday of Apple hasn’t even begun.”
Much more in the full article, including the prediction that people will begin to hate Apple due to the company’s success, here.
Mac Pro Quad 2.66
iMac 24″ 256mb Vram
Macbook Pro 2.33 256mb Vram
iMac G5 2.0ghz (iirc)
Mac Mini G4 1.25ghz
Airport Extreme 802.11n
iPhone 8gb
iPod Nano 1st Gen 4gb
iPod Nano 2nd Gen 2gb
iPod Video (5G) 30gb
So people will go from hating Apple for its marginality to hating Apple for its dominance. It can’t win!
Bragging rights?
1x iMac 24″
1x Power Mac Dual 1.25 G4
1x iPods 5.5G
2x iPhone
1x Airport Extreme G
1x Airport Express
1x Apple TV (40GB)
1x ORIGINAL 128K Macintosh (w/carrying case!)
I need an iFridge, and an iStove. Oh! Where’s my iBrator? (Google it!)
Future homes? 15-20 Years? What the f*ck? We will not be waiting for that long. 15-20 Months tops.
1* MacBook Pro 15″ 4G/160G (7200) (with me all the time)
1* Mac Pro 2*Quad 16G/2250G (too heavy to carry around)
+ extra hardware
xServe farm with xSan and xRaids.
NO iPHONE YET! Where is my iPhone! I need one now!
Don´t you sell your old stuff? Hello? I always find a good home for my old Macs.
Sounds like a good thing.
Love Apple now and have a MBP and 4 iPods but Steve will retire, Apple will grow, grow and grow and collapse like any other companies that take too big of bite but for the next 10 years, Apple is probably going to be the one to have.
In Soviet America:
Apple’s dominate YOU!
My home:
1 XServe Dual G4
1 PowerMac G5
2 MacBook Pros
1 eMac
1 iMac G4 17″
1 iMac G4 15″
1 Mac Mini G4
1 3G iPod
1 iPod Shuffle
1 40Gig Black 4G iPod
1 60G Video iPod
2 8GB iPhones
1 AirPort Extreme (dome style)
1 AirPort Extreme G
1 Apple TV
With hosts file installed this page loads in mere seconds.
Otherwise it can take minutes.
Shame MDN.
Mac Plus (Upgraded from 28K bought in 1984)
Powerbook 540
LC 520
12″ PowerBook G4
12″ PowerBook G4
Power Mac G5
Mac Mini
Mac Mini (Intel)
15″ iBook
Oh.. and 1 Linux box (fedora Core 5)
NO MICROSOFT!!!
Oh.. Forgot
Apple TV
A Sony Bravia bought from the Apple Store (Demo)
Non- click weel iPod
iPod Mini
iPod Mini
Video iPod
iPob Shuffle
We switched one year ago this Saturday!
1st purchase
20″ iMac intel
3 ea Mac Books
Dec./ Mar./ Apr
30 gb iPod and a shuffle, both last Xmas
airport extreme and 40gb apple TV May
iPhone , this Septmber
Mac+
Color Classic
PowerBook G3
iMac
iPod
Since we’re listing…
This is what I own right now. It does not count the several Mac desktops, laptops, and iPods I bought and sold:
1 Macintosh II (my first Mac from 1989, still have it)
1 PowerMac 8500
1 NeXT Station with laser printer
2 iBook G3
1 PowerBook G4 Titanium 15″ (1Ghz)
1 MacBook (Core Duo 2)
1 iMac G3 (333-Mhz Orange)
1 iMac 17″ G5
1 iMac 20″ Intel
1 iPod Nano 1st Gen 4gb
1 iPod Nano 2nd Gen 2gb
1 iPod Video (5G) 30gb
1 iPhone 8gb
OMG, now I’m getting scared! Macs are taking over my house!
1 xserve
1 xserve raid
1 apple tv
1 Mac pro quad 3.0
1 G5 dual 1.8
2 Apple 23 in displays
1 iphone
2 ipod 5g
1 ipod mini
1 ipod 4g
1 ipod 1g
2 g4 867 towers
1 old 21in blue display
1 imac new
2 airports extremes
1 airport express
1 g4 1.67 powerbook
1 g4 8.67 powerbook
2 mac classics
1 apple 6100
wow.
People might start hating Apple for its success (they didn’t already?), but that’s much better than why an increasing number of people will hate Microsoft: their products suck.
As long as Apple keps producing products that people love and M$ keeps producing products that people hate, the majority will hold Apple in high regard for providing a better alternative to a monolithic M$ world.
As Ashami implies, there are worse problems you can have than being successful!
I just finished:
2 BigMacs
1 MacFlurry
9 MacNuggets
I’m not going there. One Apple ][….
Nice toys, ladies. You’re probably the only people buying Apple’s crap ’cause no one I talk to goes anywhere near those girly Apple stores.
Please find below my personal inventory of REAL technology that gets used in the REAL world:
1 Compaq Presario 5140 / Windows ME (fantastic Windows 98, replaced in 2001)
1 Zune, brown
2 Dell Dittys
1 Linksys Router BEFSR41
1 Palm Pilot 5000
1 Xbox
1 Xbox 360
1 Toshiba Satellite 4015 CDT (magnificent Windows ME, replaced in 2003)
1 Dell OptiPlex GX270 (glorious Windows XP, replaced 2006)
1 Gateway 901 Family Room Media Center
1 Dell XPS M1710 (my current computer, upgraded with wicked awesome Windows Vista)
1 Kaspersky Lab Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal 5.0
1 McAfee VirusScan 2006
1 BitDefender 9 Standard
1 Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2006
1 Panda Software Panda Titanium 2006 Antivirus + Antispyware
Freakin’ awesome!
Your potential. Our passion.™
G5 2.3
30″ Cinemas (2)
Current hoard:
G5 2.3 w/ 10 TB
MacBook C2D
iMac G5
Mac Mini
iPhone
80 GB 5G iPod
60 GB 5G iPod
Shuffle
Airport Extreme
Airport Express
Lots of AAPL stock
Zune Tang, you need some more antivirus software
17 inch iMac x2
iBook
MacBook x2
Mac Mini (IBM)
Power Mac G5
Power Mac G4
30 inch Cinema
Airport Extreme Base station
Airtunes
iPod Nanos x3 (one broken thanks to H2O)
iPod Video x3
and….. one burning desire to own an iPhone…. d@mn used Blackberry off ebay…