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66% Apple Market Share For Sales of High-End PCs

Posted by kdawson on from the factory-to-fingers dept.

An anonymous reader lets us know about a recent analysis of retail computer sales numbers that shines a spotlight on Apple's sales growth as the PC market has flattened. In the lucrative >$1,000 PC segment, in the first quarter of 2008, Apple's retail market share was 66%. This includes a 64% market share for laptops and a market share for desktops of 70%. The article attributes the bulk of this success to Apple's stores. Fortune picked up this report and pointed out the somewhat obvious fact that the >$1,000 PC segment is Apple's by default, since Dell, HP, and Lenovo sell the bulk of their machines in the $500-$750 range, and Apple has only one model selling for less than $1,000. As the analyst said, "If you don't give people a choice [in the Apple stores], people will spend more."

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  1. masturbation in 3,2,1 by timmarhy · · Score: 5, Funny

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  2. OSX in 2008! by Artuir · · Score: 4, Funny

    See, guys? I TOLD you it'd be the year of OSX on the desktop!!

  3. Re:$1,000 market dominance... by Hal_Porter · · Score: 5, Funny

    Your mum would leave a dent in Panasonic Toughbook.

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