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Re:Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up by nik736 on Sunday March 05, 2017 @02:11PM (#13797868)
Here in Germany I see Mac products every day. Even in the train there are more MacBooks than Windows Laptops.
Re:Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up by xorblurb on Sunday March 05, 2017 @03:35PM (#13798430)
For "PC" (laptop and desktop), the market share of Apple worldwide is somewhere between 6% and 10%. Linux is ~ 1 to 2%. The rest is mainly Windows.

Interestingly I could not found Germany on http://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/ but here is Switzerland which have one of the highest OS X penetration of the world (the highest?)

http://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/switzerlan...

I don't have the figures for laptop only, but I don't believe for 1s that OS X is above Windows in any country (of a non-trivial size)

Maybe in certain extremely local areas, you see a highest concentration of mac laptops. Even then, I challenge you to count carefully and come back to us if you still find that mac laptops are more common than laptops running Windows. Of course there are some factors that can bias in favor of mac laptops, depending of where you look at. However, while that can be interesting from a socio-economical POV, keep in mind that Windows market share is, on average, consistently largely superior to OS X, regardless of if running on desktop or laptop computers.

Re:Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up by diego_moita on Sunday March 05, 2017 @04:23PM (#13798759)
Germany has less Apple interest than the rest of Europe: http://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/germany
Re:Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up by TuringNYC on Monday March 06, 2017 @01:39AM (#13801076)
I'm sure some of this has to do with wealth and the ability to pay for intangible, but definitely positive, experience premia. Go into a cafe in New York City or a college library and you'll see a sea of MacBooks. I might say 90% MacBooks (i'm a part-time grad student.) The situation is very different in the workplace, especially in lagging industries. In finance and management consulting, my past careers, I saw 99% PCs.
Re:Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up by digi_owl on Monday March 06, 2017 @10:13AM (#13803139)
Apple has also been aiming heavily towards students, to the point of setting up mini-stores in university libraries (never mind offering discounts).
Re:Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up by throwawayish on Sunday March 05, 2017 @06:14PM (#13799460)
My casual observation: most commuters don't use a laptop in the train. Those who do, mostly Windows. Apples seem fairly rare, as in, every 20th unit or so.
Re:Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up by doczoidberg on Sunday March 05, 2017 @02:30PM (#13797998)
that is not true. people use clearly more windows laptops in germany
Re:Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up by keithpeter on Sunday March 05, 2017 @03:37PM (#13798443)
You can both be correct depending on sampling.

UK Birmingham: 0700 trains to London (corporate types), Thinkpads, Dells and a few HP laptops all with Excel/Outlook in operation. A few hours later (students and younger people), it changes to tablets and Macs. Mostly watching films or doing Web stuff. And lots of phones.

I'd imagine a large percentage of Windows licenses in any country are for desktops sitting in offices (1000+ in my fairly small organsation alone).

Re:Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up by freehunter on Sunday March 05, 2017 @03:29PM (#13798395)
People use more Windows laptops than Mac laptops everywhere. Apple's marketshare is like 25%.
Re:Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up by vilmosi on Monday March 06, 2017 @09:29AM (#13802803)
Way lower than 25% actually.