Apple Devices To Outsell Windows For First Time Ever In 2013

Posted by timothy on Friday April 5, 2013 @12:59PM from the well-they're-very-good-at-making-things-roundish dept.

zacharye writes "Mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets have long been considered the future of computing and a new projection from market research firm Gartner shows just how important the mobile market has become. According to the firm's estimates for 2013, Apple devices will outsell Windows devices for the first time this year. The estimate takes into account sales of Apple's iPhones, iPads and Mac computers as well as desktops, laptops, tablets and smartphones powered by Microsoft's various Windows operating systems..."

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Re:The King is dead by BasilBrush · 2013-04-05 19:26 · Score: 1, Redundant

Makes Linux the world's Dominant Operating System.
As keeps being pointed out by the bearded ones, Linux isn't an OS, it's a kernel. Especially so in the context of your list of disparate products.
And it counts even less when the topic is "companies", not "operating systems".