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An interesting chart: PC to Mac sales ratio plummets
Posted by: space-time
Date: July 05, 2012 11:53PM
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What we’re to understand from this situation is that there are around 16 PC computers sold- that’s every other kind of computer you can think of for the home or business, essentially – for every one Mac sold. Those are current day numbers. Compare that to 2004 when that number was closer to 50 to 1 and you’ll see the big difference right away – did you see this coming?

Breaking this chart down to the United States, it’s a lot closer to an amazing 3 to 1 ratio as Apple’s main focus strikes true in its home country.
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Re: An interesting chart: PC to Mac sales ratio plummets
Posted by: Dick Moore
Date: July 06, 2012 12:22AM
And when you include iPad sales -- it's a computer, right? -- whoa, Nellie!


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Re: An interesting chart: PC to Mac sales ratio plummets
Posted by: jdc
Date: July 06, 2012 12:23AM
Assuming that includes iPad? What about iPod?


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Re: An interesting chart: PC to Mac sales ratio plummets
Posted by: Article Accelerator
Date: July 06, 2012 02:26AM
The original article:

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Re: An interesting chart: PC to Mac sales ratio plummets
Posted by: Mac-A-Matic
Date: July 06, 2012 06:03AM
I frequent my local Apple Store rather regularly, so I'm not surprised by these reports. In the past what - ten years alone of just Apple Store shopping, I've noticed a tremendous change in the clientele and volume, which anecdotally tells me that Apple's market share has been increasing dramatically.
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Re: An interesting chart: PC to Mac sales ratio plummets
Posted by: Acer
Date: July 06, 2012 06:09AM
I remember the days of dusty, mouseless Performas in the dark corners of Sears. We've come a long way, baby.
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Re: An interesting chart: PC to Mac sales ratio plummets
Posted by: mikebw
Date: July 06, 2012 06:40AM
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Acer
I remember the days of dusty, mouseless Performas in the dark corners of Sears. We've come a long way, baby.

I remember shopping for my first PowerMac 6100/60 at Sears, Best Buy and CompUSA. Pretty much nothing about the Mac is the same now as it was then, so yes we have come a very long way.
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Re: An interesting chart: PC to Mac sales ratio plummets
Posted by: mjgkramer
Date: July 06, 2012 06:56AM
I remember buying my first Mac, a 128K, in 1984. But we started buying Apples in 1979 - a 16K Apple ][+.
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Re: An interesting chart: PC to Mac sales ratio plummets
Posted by: cbelt3
Date: July 06, 2012 07:25AM
old fogey smiley I remember this feller come by our village with a tin pot on his head and give me a nice Apple from his pack. And tol' me to plant the seeds good when I'd done eating it. old fogey smiley

(Oh.. wait.. big grin smiley )
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Re: An interesting chart: PC to Mac sales ratio plummets
Posted by: vicrock
Date: July 06, 2012 07:47AM
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mjgkramer
I remember buying my first Mac, a 128K, in 1984. But we started buying Apples in 1979 - a 16K Apple ][+.

Same here!
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Re: An interesting chart: PC to Mac sales ratio plummets
Posted by: MrNoBody
Date: July 06, 2012 10:23AM
Compare that to 2004 when that number was closer to 50 to 1...
comp smiley

Which may explain:


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Re: An interesting chart: PC to Mac sales ratio plummets
Posted by: macphanatic
Date: July 06, 2012 10:34AM
Maybe we should start a poll as to the next PC manufacturer to bow out or be bought.
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Re: An interesting chart: PC to Mac sales ratio plummets
Posted by: Article Accelerator
Date: July 06, 2012 12:20PM
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macphanatic
Maybe we should start a poll as to the next PC manufacturer to bow out or be bought.

There aren't many name brands left--just Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Sony, Toshiba. Who have I missed?

I think Sony is the next one likely to throw in the towel then Acer.
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Re: An interesting chart: PC to Mac sales ratio plummets
Posted by: silvarios
Date: July 06, 2012 04:34PM
Samsung.
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