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Apple Devices To Outsell Windows For First Time Ever In 2013

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Re:Interesting observation because MS != Apple by jedidiah · · Score: 1, Troll

    Apple has more competent marketing.

    This is a new phenomenon. Prior to Apple's advertising renaisance, it was on perpetual deathwatch for years. The idea that they would ever sell more of anything than Microsoft was laughable.

    They were marginalized just like any other would-be PC competitor.

    It's only by becoming a Sony wannabe that they managed to avoid becoming nothing more than a historical footnote. It's a stupid and invalid comparison. The new Apple is the successor of the Sony Walkman, not the IBM PC.

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