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Subject:
Operating Systems
Category: Computers > Operating Systems Asked by: jailor-ga List Price: $5.00 |
Posted:
06 Mar 2004 13:29 PST
Expires: 05 Apr 2004 14:29 PDT Question ID: 314118 |
What is the percentage of MAC users versus the percentage of PC users in the USA? |
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Subject:
Re: Operating Systems
Answered By: maniac-ga on 06 Mar 2004 18:38 PST |
Hello Jailor, The recognized value for Macintosh sales in the US is roughly 3 percent. For a few references see http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2001841357_mac22.html near the bottom, refers to a Gartner report. http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2002/07/03/marketshare/index.php refers to an IDC report, world wide sales are slightly lower. http://news.com.com/2100-1040-1027370.html another reference to IDC reports. Let's look at this problem from a couple other ways as well since there are other factors at work. For example, picking a company such as Adobe which has roughly 45% Macintosh sales http://www.macopinion.com/columns/tangible/01/06/15/ you might infer that for that type of user, the Macintosh users are much closer to parity to PC users. Or take out corporate sales at http://aroundcny.com/technofile/texts/giz082703.html to get roughly 10-12% sales for personal use. There have also been plenty of reports that indicate that Macintosh systems are used longer than equivalent PC systems - in that case, the sales would be an underestimate of usage. For more information on this topic, I suggest searches such as macintosh sales percentage macintosh market share percentage united states and similar phrases. If you need an answer that is a little more focused for one type of application, please let me know in a clarification request so I can get that kind of information. --Maniac |
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