View Full Version : Apple's Macintosh market share soars 16 percent
Buoyed by ever increasing shipments of Macintosh computers, Apple has quieted its Intel transition detractors by posting double-digit market share increases. Two market research firms have pegged Apple’s growth at over 15 percent with one giving them a 16 percent increase.
With Mac shipments rising from 655,000 to 760,000 year-over-year for the second quarter, Apple’s U.S. market jumped from 4.4 percent in 2005 to 4.8 percent in 2006 — a double-digital growth of 16 percent, according to market research firm IDC.
IDC credits increases in Apple’s retail sector of 50 percent, as well as growth of 60 percent in its portable market for the steep increases.
“The strong growth reflects a successful transition to Intel-based systems – a critical transition for the company that sets the stage for future growth,” said Richard Shim, senior analyst with IDC’s Personal Computing program.
While the news was good for Apple, HP and Gateway — all grew by double-digits — the news was a bit more grim for market leader Dell. While maintaining its lead, the company’s growth was significantly under that of the top performers, as the company posted a 6.4 percent increase.
“HP, Apple, and Gateway led the charge with double digit growth rates outpacing the industry average,” said Shim. “Dell slightly lagged the market while maintaining its leadership position by a wide margin.”
The news for Apple was just as good from market research form Gartner, as it clocked Apple at a 15.4 percent year-over-year increase for the second quarter. Gartner has Apple increasing sales from 663,000 to 766,000, moving its market share from 4.3 percent to 4.6 percent in the U.S.
Like IDC, Gartner has the top four players in the U.S. PC market as Dell (32 percent), HP (18.9 percent), Gateway (6.2 percent) and Apple (4.6 percent).
Apple beat analyst’s earnings consensus on Wednesday posting a profit of $472 million or $.54 on revenue of 4.37 billion for the company’s fiscal third-quarter. Mac shipments grew 12 percent year-over-year as Apple shipped over 1.3 million computers for the quarter.
Source (http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/07/20/marketshare/index.php)
Eidorian
07-22-2006, 02:29 AM
I'm holding out for a Core 2 Duo Mac. Me wantee...
^As do I Eidorian, I just know that it will be so expensive though. :(
Macs are too expensive :(
No they aren't, get a Mini! :)
Eidorian
07-22-2006, 05:27 AM
Macs are too expensive :(Explain it to me. No really...
gljvd
07-22-2006, 09:51 AM
Lets see how it does next year with the vista roll out . Those fancy mac adds may be a thing of the past which vista surpasing it in features
Ethan
07-22-2006, 10:38 AM
Let's see, if you want a capable mac, it's then expensive. If I wanted a POS, I'd get an E-Machine.
Lets see how it does next year with the vista roll out . Those fancy mac adds may be a thing of the past which vista surpasing it in features
Oh God, Vista eh? Lmao... Okay, let's just see how Vista surpasses Tiger in terms of features even though we've been doing a lot of those said features for a long time with a Mac now. Oh and if you're interested let's see how Leopard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_v10.5) shapes up, eh?
Ethan
07-22-2006, 01:54 PM
Maybe I'm not a furry and I want a operating system that has nothing to do with me fucking a Leopard with an Apple.
Fantastic input there Ethan.
Ethan
07-22-2006, 02:25 PM
I thought it was appropriate.
gljvd
07-22-2006, 08:18 PM
Oh God, Vista eh? Lmao... Okay, let's just see how Vista surpasses Tiger in terms of features even though we've been doing a lot of those said features for a long time with a Mac now. Oh and if you're interested let's see how Leopard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_v10.5) shapes up, eh?
Lol , so tell me Fats , how many mac os's have you bought in the last 4 years ?
Me ? I bought one windows os in the last 4 years .
Vista will come out and give me stuff my mac can only dream of .
Stuff I'd actually want to use like media extender (god its like butter using vista and my xbox 360s across the house )
Oh but I love the new Macs features .... You can now dual boot with windows !!! LMAO The best part of the comercials
How many Mac OS's have I bought in the past four years? None. My Powermac came with Panther, my iBook G4 came with Tiger. What's your point?
Vista will come out and give you stuff your Mac can only dream off? Really? Would you care to actually point some of these things out to me because, and it pains me to say this as I'm not the only one, but would you please back any of your opinions up with facts please? I'm not saying you're wrong, I'd just like to see a valid post from you for once.
I fail to see the point of your statement about the fact that you can dual-boot with a Mac. If anything, it's a win-win situation.
But please, enlighten me as for someone who seems overly obsessed with Microsoft you seem to know very little.
Ethan
07-23-2006, 12:09 AM
I'm surprised you didn't point out "WINDEOZ HAS TEH SECURETTEEE FLAWGHS LOL" all of which are easy to maintain if you're not a nub.
gljvd
07-23-2006, 12:16 AM
How many Mac OS's have I bought in the past four years? None. My Powermac came with Panther, my iBook G4 came with Tiger. What's your point?
Vista will come out and give you stuff your Mac can only dream off? Really? Would you care to actually point some of these things out to me because, and it pains me to say this as I'm not the only one, but would you please back any of your opinions up with facts please? I'm not saying you're wrong, I'd just like to see a valid post from you for once.
I fail to see the point of your statement about the fact that you can dual-boot with a Mac. If anything, it's a win-win situation.
But please, enlighten me as for someone who seems overly obsessed with Microsoft you seem to know very little.
So then you obviously don't have any of the features your talking about.
But for the sake of my arguement , to keep up to date on apple's os features how many os's would you have had to buy ? For windows its one in the last 4 years .
As for what the vista os can do that apple can't , reread my post , I already mentioned one of them .
As for dual booting , Its just funny that they show that as an advantage . If mac os's are all they are cracked up to be why in the world would u need a ms os ?
Thats right because they are not all they are cracked up to be
Forgive me as I try to stay as competent as possible here, I've had one too many Guinness.
Allow me to demonstrate these "Features" (Features that I have to assume you're talking about, as you've not mentioned anything substantial about Microsoft Vista).
Link (http://tauquil.com/archives/2006/01/06/re-introducing-the-real-windows-vista/)
The above explains the situation very well. The situation being that Microsoft seem to have "borrowed" Key features from the Mac platform but us Mac users have been using them for quite sometime. Funny that, eh?
In total Apple has released five operating systems within the past four years. I'm not going to argue with you in saying that, yes, in order to update continually you would have had to pay an x amount of money in order to maintain that. But, as of this moment, My Dad is using Tiger and I suspect that he will be even when Apple decides to release Leopard. As I'm not fully aware at what stage an "upgrade" became compulsory, I'm not aware of this in general and as such I'll look into it further.
To be frank, if that really is the only postive that you can dig up about Microsoft Windows then it is indeed quite sad. I don't mind, and I'm sure that many others don't, paying for an operating system that actually works when I tell it to.
Just for the record, I've been using Windows since I was 6 years old right back to the days of Windows 3.1 so don't be thinking I'm some jumped up shit that praises Apple for everything that they do. I grew tired of Windows, and that's why I switched.
You still seem to fail to see the overall business objective that Apple are trying to obtain by giving users the ability to dual-boot. Do you honestly think that Apple themselves would give users the ability to dual-boot because their own operating system isn't all it's cracked up to be? The simple fact is, Microsoft's grapple on the PC market will mean some software remains unavailable on the Mac platform.
Now even PC users understand that they can now run both Mac OS X and Windows XP/Vista on the same machine. Essentially, giving them the best of both worlds.
As I stated, I'm not prasing the Mac platform to be some Godlike system which has no problems at all. Like Windows, it too has some flaws. But as it stands now, and as I see into the foreseeable future, Windows has substantially more of them.
Garfunkel
07-24-2006, 07:51 AM
i would love to own a mac one day. is it true they dont crash? "hint" "hint"
seriously though what exactly deos your little......."vista".......have over any other OS?
so uncivilised...
Explain it to me. No really...
I wanted to get a MacBook Pro but it was too expensive breaking my budget. Around 1700$+ for a basic setup. I'd love to switch to Mac, just not at this time because I can't handle the high-prices that you Mac-Fanatics see reasonable.
You get what you pay for. ;)
You get what you pay for. ;)
Ability to cook an egg
Underclocked X1600
Non-upgradeable system
Yea MacBook Pro is a real jerk. The biggest issue I had with it was the fact they had to underclock the x1600 yet it still has heat issues. Though not as hot as a dell, definitely hotter than the average Laptop. Basphemous! I'll probably hop on the Mac bandwagon for my next upgrade, but Microsoft is making a stronger effort to win me over. Microsoft's presence in my area is huge, even to the point where they hand over free distribution of Windows to get more people to be users of their OS. Free Vista for me!
I've had nothing but joy for my iBook G4, I should be putting it into retirement soon though as I'm looking for something new around September. The only real problems I had with it were the heat it gave off, as you mentioned, and the screen not being as bright as it could be (The new MacBook is 79% brighter).
As for upgrading it, I just made sure that it was a more than average spec to begin with by adding more RAM (Only an extra 256MB's though, as I couldn't afford anymore giving me a total of 768MB) and upping the HDD from 60GB to 80GB (Again, this is really all that I could afford). Laptops in general are usually quite awkward to upgrade anyway.
Lucky you for getting free Vista, I'm pretty sure that I'll be getting it free as well. ;) Mind you, I'll only be using it to Dual boot on an Intel Mac for games.
Do all of Apple's laptops spit Hot Fiyah? But yea I really dislike the closed structure of Apple's laptops. I think they solder their CPU down so it can't be upgraded?
I didn't actually know that you could upgrade any laptop CPU in general, but I know for sure that you cannot upgrade an Apple laptop CPU. But honesty, my 1.42Ghz G4 still packs an awesome punch, but it really comes down to what you intend to throw at it.
I thought one of the reasons for the shift to Intel was because their chips would run cooler than their G4 counterparts, but apparently not. The Intel laptops give off quite a bit of heat themselves.
Yea a few recent laptops have the ability to upgrade their CPU, but usually when you do so you forfeit your warranty. Really a downfall for the MBP since if you want Merom, you have to buy an entirely new MBP.
Eidorian
07-24-2006, 07:33 PM
Yea a few recent laptops have the ability to upgrade their CPU, but usually when you do so you forfeit your warranty. Really a downfall for the MBP since if you want Merom, you have to buy an entirely new MBP.Names please? And I don't mean taking it apart. I mean BUILT to have the CPU replaced.
Soldering is annoying but how many people are upgrading their laptop CPU's?
Names please? And I don't mean taking it apart. I mean BUILT to have the CPU replaced.
Soldering is annoying but how many people are upgrading their laptop CPU's?
Asus S96j/Z96j
Upgradeable to Merom chip when it is released.
Eidorian
07-24-2006, 11:11 PM
Asus S96j/Z96j
Upgradeable to Merom chip when it is released.I was expecting build-it yourself laptop kits. Anyone else?
I was expecting build-it yourself laptop kits. Anyone else?
What are you talking about? Asus S96j is a VBI from Intel/Asus where you buy the barebones and install the CPU, Hard Drive and Memory yourself.
Eidorian
07-25-2006, 12:55 AM
What are you talking about? Asus S96j is a VBI from Intel/Asus where you buy the barebones and install the CPU, Hard Drive and Memory yourself.I know, it's a do it yourself laptop kit. A bit more pricey then buying the laptop from the manufacturer but you can customize it s a bit more.
I know, it's a do it yourself laptop kit. A bit more pricey then buying the laptop from the manufacturer but you can customize it s a bit more.
It's actually cheaper to do it this way than to buy from manufacturer. Total cost for my setup was 1200$.
Eidorian
07-25-2006, 04:51 PM
It's actually cheaper to do it this way than to buy from manufacturer. Total cost for my setup was 1200$.I've seen otherwise for most of the reviews I've read. The production runs for do-it-yourself laptops are much smaller then HUEG OEM. Not many people are building their own laptops so it's at a bit of a premium. I like the idea though. It's good for hobbyists. Then again no reason for you to complain about Apple since you're not going to buy a MacBook/Pro anyways.
Actually the production run for this is quite sizeable. Many resellers are selling the laptop and are in constant resupply. I would have bought a MacBook, but for its costs and its spec, I found the same specs in a much cheaper laptop w/ better reliability. MacBook Pro spits hot fiyah
Eidorian
07-25-2006, 06:20 PM
Actually the production run for this is quite sizeable. Many resellers are selling the laptop and are in constant resupply. I would have bought a MacBook, but for its costs and its spec, I found the same specs in a much cheaper laptop w/ better reliability. MacBook Pro spits hot fiyahYour cliched responses on Apple's new laptops are getting annoying.
Where are you buying these laptop kits?
Coded-Dude
07-25-2006, 06:25 PM
w/ better reliabilityyeah, can you prove that?
Eidorian
07-25-2006, 06:27 PM
yeah, can you prove that?Via laptops or desktops? I still use my 8500/150 from 1996. I never turned off my old Power Mac G3 B&W. You can't seem to kill a PowerBook G3 either.
Coded-Dude
07-25-2006, 06:35 PM
ACtually I was talking to LOC, who stated he foudn a laptop with better reliability
I was just wondering what was his basis was for comparison.....personal opinion - user reviews - or becnhmarks.
Eidorian
07-25-2006, 06:36 PM
ACtually I was talking to LOC, who stated he foudn a laptop with better reliability
I was just wondering what was his basis was for comparison.....personal opinion - user reviews - or becnhmarks.I've had my fair share of great products that won't die. Sadly, this doesn't seem to be the case with most of my coworkers and friends. I'm lucky I guess?
How do you benchmark reliability? What kind of numbers are we talking about?
I'm also one of the lucky few that never really has problems with anything that I buy. :)
Coded-Dude
07-25-2006, 06:43 PM
EVery company does stress tests on their own hardware, and I believe there are companies that do comparisons. We have "torture" rooms here on site for our servers/wortkstions. They have to build em to last. Benchmark might not have been the best terminology, but I was jsut making examples.
Eidorian
07-25-2006, 06:45 PM
EVery company does stress tests on their own hardware, and I believe there are companies that do comparisons. We have "torture" rooms here on site for our servers/wortkstions. They have to build em to last. Benchmark might not have been the best terminology, but I was jsut making examples.Off to Consumer Reports then? LOL...
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