Apple has 91% of market for $1,000+ PCs

mikehudack:

marco:

(via David Chartier)

According to NPD, in June, nine out of 10 dollars spent on computers costing $1,000 or more went to Apple. Mac revenue market share in the “premium” price segment was 91 percent, up from 88 percent in May.

This sounds impressive, but there’s a small problem: as far as I can tell, these numbers are for sales at retail. This rules out nearly every computer purchased by businesses, creative professionals, and gamers — all likely to have higher and more expensive requirements than the average home buyer — since such sales tend to be made through the manufacturers’ websites and direct sales representatives.

What this means, effectively, is that there are very few PCs sold for more than $1000 at Best Buy, Costco, and Wal-Mart, which isn’t really groundbreaking news.

This is still a telling statistic insofar as it’s indicative of general consumer preference with respect to $1000+ laptops.

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  1. answers reblogged this from endekks and added:
    said it “isn’t really groundbreaking news”...over $1000 because most retail computers are...
  2. endekks reblogged this from falconieri and added:
    This post was a mistake for two reasons… Firstly, and most importantly, I made the mistake of having an argument on the...
  3. msg reblogged this from marco and added:
    NPD, in June, nine out of 10 dollars spent on computers costing $1,000 or...Apple. Mac...
  4. infoneer-pulse reblogged this from marco
  5. helloxander reblogged this from mikehudack
  6. geisen reblogged this from mikehudack and added:
    This is still a telling statistic insofar as it’s indicative of general consumer preference with respect to $1000+...
  7. falconieri reblogged this from marco and added:
    bargain-basement...I completely agree but when was the last time you purchased a PC for...
  8. hotncoldfuture reblogged this from marco and added:
    bargain-basement...PC’s are today over 1000… made for gamers… and with those you really...
  9. mikehudack reblogged this from marco
  10. marco reblogged this from chartier and added:
    This sounds impressive, but there’s a small problem: as far as I can tell, these numbers are for sales at retail. This...
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