Meanwhile, Windows computers are losing market share and Mac OS X is gaining market share driven by an 18% YOY growth the previous quarter and 13% this last quarter, while Windows lost 22.6%). . . and in the far more important metric of profit share, Apple is taking home 53% of the entire PC industry's profits.
"Apple’s Mac marketshare hit record highs during the third calendar quarter of 2014, according to research firm IDC. Official numbers from the firm’s quarterly PC tracker show that Apple’s Q3 shipments topped 2.34 million Macs moved during the quarter in the U.S., giving it 13.4 percent market share and putting it in third place behind HP and Dell. That’s the best market share Apple has every achieved in the PC market, which for IDC’s purposes, doesn’t even include tablets like the iPad.Mac market share rose from 12.9 percent in Q3 2013 to, with sales up from 2.07 million units during the year ago quarter. Growth among the top five vendors in the U.S. was up in general, without Acer and Dell both posting higher increases in terms of percentage, but across the rest of the field, sales were generally down – 22.6 percent in fact. The overall market in the U.S. rose 4.5 percent, with the gains from the leaders outweighing other losses.
Apple’s share grew 20.5 percent between Q3 2013 and Q3 2014 on the global stage, with 5.51 million units shipped in the most recent quarter, making up 69 percent of all sales and putting it at number 5 overall among the top PC makers. That share is up from 5.7 percent during the same period last year.". — "Mac Achieves Highest U.S. PC Market Share Ever In Q3 2014 According To IDC"— November 7, 2014 TechCrunch.
Again, you are hoist on the petard of hard data. Facts, VanDeKoik, that you so detest. So tell us again, exactly how can it be a "failed OS?"
“Meanwhile, Windows computers are losing market share and Mac OS X is gaining market share driven by an 18% YOY growth the previous quarter and 13% this last quarter, while Windows lost 22.6%). . . and in the far more important metric of profit share, Apple is taking home 53% of the entire PC industry’s profits. “
LOL! Completely like I predicted.
Only a nut job actually has their head this far up some company’s ass that THIS is what your sad life consists of.
Rambling about “profit share” and YOY growth of an OS of a company you dont even work for!
“You’ve never come across as sane in an Apple thread. . “
Dude, seek help. One day when that company starts to fade away, we are going to find you on a bridge, hugging a picture of Steve Jobs, whispering for him to catch you in his loving arms as you push off.