Scout wrote:


http://news.softpedia.com/news/Gartn...1-211780.shtml


Meanwhile: Mac sales a

Mac sales in Q2 2011
"Mac sales increased 28 percent from last year, with 3.76 million sold"

http://gigaom.com/apple/apple-q2-201...million-ipads/


3.76/85 = 4.4%

So sales are actually less than my estimate of 4.5%

That's a LONG way from the 13% you assert.

No, bubba, sales of Macs increased by 13% (probably from Q1 2011) not
that Mac sales constitute 13% of all PC sales.

IOW, sales of Mac increased from about 3.25 Million to 3.76 Million per
quarter.

But next to total PC sales of 85 Million.....that's a pretty minimal
change representing a difference of only about 0.6% increase in market
share for that quarter.

Further if we look the BULK of Mac sales are the mobiles. Desktop Mac
sales continue to drop off.

"Apple sold 2.75 million laptops, compared to 1.01 million desktops,
with laptops accounting for 73 percent of Mac sales for the quarter. By
the end of the calendar year, it's likely three out of four Macs sold
will be portables. The inexorable trend towards niche status for
desktops continues."

http://gigaom.com/apple/apple-q2-201...million-ipads/


Seems people don't want a Mac sitting on their computer desk, unless
they can walk away with it.



When you choose to compare worldwide shipments for PCs to US shipments
for Macs you might get a distorted view. Rather than pick and choose
numbers from different sources, how about getting them from a single source?

http://www.macrumors.com/2011/07/13/...th-10-7-share/