At this rate, Apple will have a majority of the market in, what, 2109?
Well, I think they had a doubling in a decade. And they are holding with that growth... So, if you figured a doubling in a decade, you would come up with a majority of the market in just a big over two decades...
And that's a much better position to be in, in that you've got the room to grow and the company has been demonstrating that kind of continued growth for over the last decade.
That's much better than the Windows operating system, being "maxed out" and having nowhere to go but down, down and down... :-)
"Slow and steady as she goes..."
*That’s much better than the Windows operating system, being “maxed out” and having nowhere to go but down, down and down... :-)
“Slow and steady as she goes...”*
There’s no real reason to think that the trends will continue. Either way, there is a point above which Apple will not be able to increase market share and that is when they hit the wall that is large business. No way will any organization of any size want to fork over huge amounts of money to swap hardware and operating systems—the only large organizations I can think of that embrace Apple are schools, which makes little sense since they typically are cash-strapped to begin with. I’ll leave it to your imagination as to why any school would choose to run Macs rather than a vastly cheaper OS.
Apple fills their niche well, but I sincerely doubt they will ever get within sniffing distance of 50% of the market.