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JohnnyTheA
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2010-05-26, 23:00

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Originally Posted by Brad View Post

In fact, Windows still dominates the desktop market where Macs are still in the single digits.
Market analysts always cite market share in terms of number of units sold rather than actual revenue. If it were the latter, Apple would have a much bigger share because their products cost more.

Where Apple wins is with market share of profit. If you were to compare all PC companies and graph actual profit from PCs, they would probably be up there because they really only compete with themselves. They are like Mercedes Benz in some ways. All Benz cost more than the average care but they have incredible brand loyalty and higher quality. Also, you can get the C-class (which is like the iMac or MacBook) or splurge for the uuhhh.... Non-Class Benz (MacBook Pro or Mac Pro). Mercedes doesn't even think about competing with Kia (Dell equiv.)
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