Re:Ten predictions (2004)
by martinced on Friday February 15, 2013 @02:57PM
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9. Apple's laptop sales will exceed those of HP/Compaq, IBM, Dell and Gateway combined by 2010. No way, thanks God.
Well he wasn't that far.
The high-end laptop market is utterly dominated by Apple: already in 2007 they had more than 30% (growing by 8% from 2006) of the high-end laptop market and now they're at more than 50%. So their sales there exceed those of all the other players combined.
They're also the uncontested winner in the ultra-thin laptops market.
Granted, there's a market for IBM Thinkpads but you simply cannot say he was far off regarding is Apple laptops prediction.
Well he wasn't that far.
The high-end laptop market is utterly dominated by Apple: already in 2007 they had more than 30% (growing by 8% from 2006) of the high-end laptop market and now they're at more than 50%. So their sales there exceed those of all the other players combined.
They're also the uncontested winner in the ultra-thin laptops market.
Granted, there's a market for IBM Thinkpads but you simply cannot say he was far off regarding is Apple laptops prediction.