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Apple more than doubles its computer market share - MAC.BLORGE
The mothership has yet again posted stellar quarterly results, blowing past analyst estimates on the back of great Mac, iPad and iPhone sales. Thereupon, it has been argued, not very effectively mind you, in the past that the iPhone and iPod touch should be counted as computers. The case for the iPad is much more convincing.
So, should we be adding iPad and Mac sales together to determine Apple’s unit volume and market share data points? I think yes and, given that they sold nearly 7-million computers last quarter, that would mean in the space of a single quarter, boom, a doubling of the company’s foot print.
Double wow and a half
Further, with Mac sales rising by double digits every quarter and the iPad expected by iSuppli to surpass 12-million units in 2010, it’s not inconceivable that Apple could sell 25-million computers this year. Whereas 2009 saw the mothership sell about 10-million computers, they look set to more than double that this year alone.
Gosh, it sure must be frustrating to an Apple hater…
Photo editing and management can be done well. iPad, with a USB or Bluetooth keyboard, is a great writing tool. Email and web browsing are awesome. Social networking? There’s no better way. And, yes, it’s also simply brilliant for consuming media — it’s my TV and news browser.
Yesterday Blorge covered Apple’s quarterly results conference call and, as well all know, the company posted a profit of $3.25-billion on record revenues of $15.7-billion on the back of surging iPhone (8.4-million), Mac (3.5-million) and iPad (3.27-million) unit sales. In a word, wow.
Moreover, and this perhaps the most telling fact about Apple’s skyrocketing sales, the future of computing is mobile (not to be confused with notebooks) and, as there isn’t a single iPad competitor, Cupertino owns 100 percent of that.
To sum up, Apple’s winning a bigger and bigger share of the market for trucks (i.e. Macs), and owns 100 percent car market (mobile).
Whereas, the iPhone and iPod touch are computers, they aren’t a replacement for the notebook or desktop you’re using to do real work. The iPad is a new device that can, depending on what you do, elegantly replace your MacBook or, perhaps more likely, Windows PC.
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