https://architosh.com/2010/10/mac-unit-growth-remains-impressive-despite-ipad/ architosh™ — a global-leading CAD / 3D / AEC industry technology publication and #1 source for Mac and iOS users in these segments. Tue, 19 Oct 2010 04:29:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://architosh.com/2010/10/mac-unit-growth-remains-impressive-despite-ipad/#comment-514 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 03:57:12 +0000 https://architosh.com/?p=3932#comment-514 We noted in the story that earlier this year PC growth was being pegged for all of 2010 at about 20 percent. Now back in September it was shaping up to be around 15 percent. That is substantial drop, a trending downward over the past two quarters. What impact has that had on Apple’s Mac unit sales growth? Previous to this quarter nearly all quarters over the past year have had exactly 33 percent y-y sales growth. Now in the latest quarter we experience just under 28 percent (27.8 to be exact). How much of this is “industry slow-down” versus impact from iPad? My guess is most of that five percent is iPad but that at least 1-2 percent is industry slow-down.

]]> https://architosh.com/2010/10/mac-unit-growth-remains-impressive-despite-ipad/#comment-513 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 03:52:55 +0000 https://architosh.com/?p=3932#comment-513 A couple of notes to add to this story. Firstly, the presence of AutoCAD for Mac will open the doors for many users to move to the Mac OS X platform where prior to this they have not been able to do so. Secondly, the presence of a true Mac version of Outlook has prevented Windows users from moving to the Mac also. Both of these two changes in the Mac eco-system have been cited lately in our discussions with major companies as having a significant factor on Mac growth going forward. Both are heavily used in higher education, schools and in enterprise corporations.

]]> https://architosh.com/2010/10/mac-unit-growth-remains-impressive-despite-ipad/#comment-56403 Mon, 18 Oct 2010 23:57:12 +0000 https://architosh.com/?p=3932#comment-56403 We noted in the story that earlier this year PC growth was being pegged for all of 2010 at about 20 percent. Now back in September it was shaping up to be around 15 percent. That is substantial drop, a trending downward over the past two quarters. What impact has that had on Apple’s Mac unit sales growth? Previous to this quarter nearly all quarters over the past year have had exactly 33 percent y-y sales growth. Now in the latest quarter we experience just under 28 percent (27.8 to be exact). How much of this is “industry slow-down” versus impact from iPad? My guess is most of that five percent is iPad but that at least 1-2 percent is industry slow-down.

]]> https://architosh.com/2010/10/mac-unit-growth-remains-impressive-despite-ipad/#comment-56405 Mon, 18 Oct 2010 23:52:55 +0000 https://architosh.com/?p=3932#comment-56405 A couple of notes to add to this story. Firstly, the presence of AutoCAD for Mac will open the doors for many users to move to the Mac OS X platform where prior to this they have not been able to do so. Secondly, the presence of a true Mac version of Outlook has prevented Windows users from moving to the Mac also. Both of these two changes in the Mac eco-system have been cited lately in our discussions with major companies as having a significant factor on Mac growth going forward. Both are heavily used in higher education, schools and in enterprise corporations.

]]> https://architosh.com/2010/10/mac-unit-growth-remains-impressive-despite-ipad/#comment-60173 Mon, 18 Oct 2010 23:52:55 +0000 https://architosh.com/?p=3932#comment-60173 A couple of notes to add to this story. Firstly, the presence of AutoCAD for Mac will open the doors for many users to move to the Mac OS X platform where prior to this they have not been able to do so. Secondly, the presence of a true Mac version of Outlook has prevented Windows users from moving to the Mac also. Both of these two changes in the Mac eco-system have been cited lately in our discussions with major companies as having a significant factor on Mac growth going forward. Both are heavily used in higher education, schools and in enterprise corporations.

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