“During a quarter marked by frenzied demand for the latest iPhones, Apple Inc. logged its biggest sales gains with a product heading into middle-age: the Mac,” Daisuke Wakabayashi and Shira Ovide report for The Wall Street Journal.
“On the 30th anniversary of the first Macintosh, a 21% jump in unit sales helped Apple’s computer line leapfrog the sagging iPad to become the company’s second biggest-selling product line, just behind the iPhone,” Wakabayashi and Ovide report. “Demand for Macs rose amid falling sales of Windows PCs, giving Apple more than 6% of the global PC market, according to the research firm IDC. That percentage is Apple’s highest market share since 1995… The Mac gained market share in 33 of the last 34 quarters, lifting its share from 2.1% in 2006, according to IDC.”
“Ali Mirza, a 21-year-old law student at the University of Edinburgh, said he bought a Lenovo Y500 laptop last year after years of owning a Mac. He thought the Lenovo would provide better value because it had higher specifications at a cheaper price. But as problems with his computer piled up, Mr. Mirza decided to go back to a Mac. He purchased a 13-inch MacBook Pro last week,” Wakabayashi and Ovide report. “‘A computer is more than the sum of its parts,’ said Mr. Mirza. ‘I could get a cheaper computer, but I probably wouldn’t get the same value out of it as I would out of a Mac.'”
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LOL, after 30 years maybe we can write stories about Mac market share with an hat tip to nostalgia – like an Honorable Mention to the delay departed -> Sun, Palm, Compaq, Lotus
remember when there used to be a few macs at compusa in the back no one cared about 😄
Some of us cared about those Macs…but CompUSA certainly did not.
And now CompUSA is gone. Hmmmmm….
I used to occasionally help out Apple with the Macs at the back of CompUSA. No, CompUSA did not care about those Macs. I heard some hilariously ignorant statements from paid CompUSA staff, far stupider than anything you’d expect to hear from someone earning a commission selling non-Apple gear. Good riddance CompUSA.
Value, TCO, productivity, quality build, satisfaction and quality of experience are all important considerations over the cheapest computer price. Just like in smart phones and tablets.
Good. I like the Mac better than the iPad.
If cheap, chinzy, and clunky are your cup of tea, then, by all means, get a Windows PC.
If you want to run all the best Windows software like Disk Defragmenter, Spyware Destroyer, Adware Remover, Virus Scanner, Phishing Filter, then you need to get a Windows PC.
time to bring back the i’m a mac, i’m a pc commercials and stick in the knife
That’d be cool. Bring the boys back!
Nah, Justin long’s not cool anymore. Would need new actors.
As much as I’d enjoy that, Apple’s not the kind of company to kick a competitor when they’re down.
-jcr
I like John Hodgeman too much to see his character knife or otherwise assaulted.
So Hodgeman comes back as a Mac user now, heh…
LOL!! Gotta pass that on to my Windows using friends!
I got my fully tricked-out Mac mini a couple of months ago to replace my old iMac that had curled up its toes and I’m as happy as a dog with four trees.
=:~)
4 trees…..? uhhhhhhmmmmmmm
Bathroom humor.
‘leapfrogs iPad”? How droll!
I didn’t pick up on that. LOL
I’m looking into upgrading my mid 2007 iMac for a Mac mini to be hooked up to my 60″ Sony TV. Along with my wireless keyboard and trackpad. You can’t beat the price for value on the Mac mini. I love my iMac but it’s just now getting to a point for an upgrade. Although it still performs well, I think the extra speed of a new Mac mini will be worth it. Especially on the big screen.
How far away can you sit and still connect with a BT keyboard?
Maybe now wall street will finally realize that Apple is not just a “one product” iPhone company…
Maybe it’s more of the fact that iPad sales are down rather than Mac sales are up. Statistics. They can be used in many different ways. Just depends on how people want to view them. With prejudice or objectively.
I doubt I’m the first one to suggest this, but the iPad AppleCare should last a total of 3 years instead of 2. That might add to iPad sales.
Any article that uses IDC numbers is going to be off base to begin with. How they compare “market share” is a farce and I’m pretty sure the Mac’s market share is higher then their numbers show.
BTW, an iPad is a personal computer. Wonder why IDC doesn’t include those numbers in the market share bull.
Hmmmmmm
This isn’t true. Mac sales were 5+ million. iPad sales were 12+ million. The Mac didn’t just leapfrog the iPa, except in terms of growth.
It, perhaps, in terms of dollar sales?
Ere are the numbers and the Mac doesn’t come close to the iPad http://9to5mac.com/2014/10/20/apple-q4-2014-earnings/
I’m thinking about upgrading my Mac Plus to something a little more modern. Maybe upgrade the ole Imagewriter, too.
Can’t decide between a Motorola PowerPC computer and a Pentium Pro running Windows 2000.
Go with Windows 2000 on the Pentium Pro.
Windows 2000 is so out of date that no one writes malware for it any more. The achant OS is virtually bullet proof.
The aforesaid halo-effect taking hold?
Familiar scene. While Apple competitiors are taking their best dud shots to beat Apple on one front Apple blindsides them on another front. Then a new scramble begins, while getting routed by Apple on the old front.