| scottie said: I don't believe any of your stats. The Imac is generally accepted to have about 5% market share, and that in 2007 it had somewhere closer to 8% of all computer sales. So double all your stats and you'll find that the Ipod has 150% of the mp3 player market :P |
It's not true. Every time they release those numbers they don't include several factors.
1. It's out of pre-built retail revenue.
2. Mac cost more, so their amount of revenue sharing doesn't accurately reflect the proportion of people who buy PCs. The PC I bought before my current monster rig was $350 (after rebates, 479 before) with the Moniter, Keyboard, Mouse, Printer, and Speakers).
3. People upgrade there PCs, and hold on to them longer. People, generally, do not upgrade Macs.
4. Many off the shelf PC's are immediately stuffed with better graphics cards, HDDs, etc. This is not included in the revenue.
5. Retail revenue only includes the major manufacturers. No custom built PCs, no small warehouse built, etc.
6. PC/Windows software revenue is so far beyond Mac software revenue that it's not even worth mentioning.
I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply ignore it.
