“Australians are switching to Macs at a faster rate than almost anywhere else in the world,” John O’Brien reports for Th Courier-Mail.
“Research firm Gartner’s latest figures show Mac sales grew 52 per cent in the second quarter – nearly six times the rate of the PC industry overall,” O’Brien reports.
“This is even better than in the US, where Mac sales have been growing at about three times the industry average,” O’Brien reports.
“Apple’s share of the Australian computer market in the second quarter of 2008 was 5.3%, according to Gartner, up from 3.8% a year ago. Rival research firm IDC puts the present figure as high as 6.2%,” O’Brien reports.
“If Mac sales continue to grow at this rate, the platform will have a double-figure market share within a few years,” O’Brien reports. “In the US this will happen even sooner, with the Mac’s market share topping 8% in the latest quarter.”
Much more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Chuckles the Microsoft CEO” for the heads up.]
Obviously, Apple should maintain – and even intensify – their focus on Australia.
GREAT NEWS!!!
Hands down Mac’s are the best hardware and software choice for safe reliable computing.
A few adjustments though…
1: More hardware choices
2: Non-glossy screen choices on all models
3: A mid-range tower
4: Better privacy and security (concerning distributing personal info around the OS and apps)
5: Outgoing Firewall that even works for processes, not just apps.
6: Less data mining by Apple apps that contact the internet every time you launch them. (At least ask us first for our permission.)
7: Open up EFI and it’s GUID partition for user review and verification of what gets installed in there by applications or Apple itself.
@ Raving MacHead
Yeah, Apple is right now increasing sales and at an all-time level of success, so they should implement all of your suggestions so they can fix what is not broken.
Right.
Throw another Mac on the barbie.
That’s fair dinkum.
She’ll be right.
Yeah, Apple is right now increasing sales and at an all-time level of success, so they should implement all of your suggestions so they can fix what is not broken.
Yea it’s comments like that why HP (a former printer maker) is now selling more PC’s than Apple.
Silly Rabbit.
That is great! The Aussies are a sharp group that know when they should leave that Microsoft turd alone.
Good-day!
This would be even better news were there much more than one Aussie for every ten Americans. Apple could hit 50% of their market and still sell more Macs in the US than there.
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Now if Apple could only repeat this performance in half a dozen European nations and Japan … that would be excellent, just excellent.
<b>Hands down Mac’s are . . . “
An apostrophe is not a warning that the letter s is imminent.
Here’s some help for you.
Here’s another possible solution.
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Apple is constantly “fixin what aint broke” … like the iMac, the iPod and the iPhone. Oh, and OSX. And I think iWork fits in that category as well, but maybe not iLife – not to dis that great package. When Jobs came back, he outlined a new model structure: consumer and pro models of laptops and desktops – essentially four different computers. He broke with that when he released the MBA and (maybe) the iPhone, but mostly stuck with it. I’d really like a Mac midi – a lower cost, half-hight, quad-core ‘tower’ – but agree that the Jobs Quad made, and continues to make, a lot of sense.
I suppose that you’re going to want people to learn the difference between:
then and than
to, two, and too
their, there, and they’re
Hmmm, come to think of it, that would make reading posts a log easier!
@Raving MacHead
aside from point 2, there is nothing in the list that even makes sense.
as for point 2, while i don’t care, i know a lot of people do.
Soon the stock AAPL will zoom past $200+ (now about $175) and we will hear something like “gee I wish I had bought Apple stock in August”.
As a graphic designer, I need a non-glossy screen. The over saturation kills CMYK.
Good on ya, sport! Companies benefit by suggestions and, yes, criticism.
@Monalisa: u forgot CRIKEY!!!!!!!
@monalisa
Good one!
Since Australia is a former Penal Colony I expect all the Macs are being stolen.
@@Nick Fury
I suppose that you’re going to want people to learn the difference between:
then and than
to, two, and too
their, there, and they’re
Hmmm, come to think of it, that would make reading posts a log easier!
If you are going to insult Nick Fury’s grammar at the very least do not screw up your own spelling…. log = lot
I doubt you did that intentionally either
@Charlie
Most likely stock will go up.. then out of no where ballmer will hire another lame reporter with little to no merit to say something bad about apple. Then all the little lamies will get scared and start selling off their shares till AAPL drop a bunch, then ballmer can buy in at a lower price along with the other manipulating rich bastards and drive the stock price way up. That would actually seem like a decent plan for ballmer… how else are they going to get money to make up for their loss in sales or pay for their “marketing campaigns” for vista.
Obviously those Aussies have a different spin on things than those of us in the Northern hemisphere.
To jtc:
I took it as a comment on general grammatical sloppiness. I don’t think it was directed at my writing.
(Add your and you’re to the overall list.)
Good to see progress in Oz.
I get the feeling Macs are on a roll in New Zealand too, but I’ve never seen any figures to back it up.
If they are, it’s without the input of advertising. Apple ads are rare on TV here.
While HP sells more computers than Apple, they are losing money doing so.
If they didn’t sell printers and, more importantly, ink cartridges, they would not be turning a profit.
Tell me again why you want Apple to sell cheap, money losing computer configurations.
I always new there were a bunch of gays there.
Wow, you goofball:
I always KNEW there WAS a bunch of gays there
Jees.
@CYxodus;
A graphics designer (At least one who presumably earns a living from their computer, that is) should likely be using Pro equipment, and not the bottom basement, entry level consumer models.
Last time I checked, all Apple Cinema Displays met your demands, and all MacBook Pro’s are available with the murky, matte option.