'The share of PowerPC-based Macs fell ... from 4.29% in February to 3.94% in March. That dip was not fully offset by an increase in Intel-based Mac hardware, leading to a overall net decline in Mac share of 0.3%, to 6.08% in March.' Hmm... Sales of a line of products that are no longer manufactured or sold in the Apple retail stores or on the Apple web site fell? How utterly shocking and counter intuitive. /sarc
The lack of reliable and accurate facts makes the entirety of the conclusions drawn by the article suspect.
This is also the current slow season as savvy buyers hold for new product announcements that are due in the April, May, June product cycle. There will be a significant pickup in May as the graduation season buying season picks up, and the momentum will carry through the summer, ending in early Fall, only to pick up again December.
In my experience, Apple has a new product cycle that occurs three times a year. January-February, April-June, and October-November. Product updates and new product releases are staggered. Apple will sometimes skip updating some models of their products for entire extra cycle and plan for a larger, more serious update for the next cycle, or an out of cycle update and release. It happens.
I'd like to see the sales report on how Vista PC sales are affecting XP PC sales. /sarc
