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To: cynwoody
Someone posted a link on this thread showing the OS market share for both computers and smartphones.

Apple OSs market share for computers is under 10%. They have always been less than 10%. The rest are PCs based — different versions of Windows. Linux was around 1%.

Also, interesting... Apple is not the leader in smartphones — Android OSs are. That was surprising.

Again, this makes sense. Apple smartphones and computers are too expensive and not a good value for the average consumer.

139 posted on 07/13/2018 6:36:22 AM PDT by dhs12345
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To: dhs12345; dayglored
Apple OSs market share for computers is under 10%. They have always been less than 10%. The rest are PCs based — different versions of Windows. Linux was around 1%.

That figure is 9.8% world wide. That's is almost 10% for ONE SINGLE COMPANY against several hundred other computer makers in the entire world making PCs that use either Microsoft Windows or the 1.4% that use some flavor of Linux. In some areas of the world that percentage is much higher.

In 2016, Apple Macs with only ~7.5% of world wide PC sales took home 45% of all PC profits. In 2017, that figure with approximately 8% of all PC sales in the world, Apple took home close to 50% of all PC profits. ONE COMPANY of all the hundreds that make Personal computers, took HOME HALF THE PROFITS.

Why is this true? The answer is simple. Apple offers quality products and has chosen NOT to compete in the race to the bottom of the barrel.

146 posted on 07/13/2018 11:24:15 AM PDT by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you hoplaphobe bigot!)
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