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kickahaApple announced earnings tonight.
2.1M Macs sold this past quarter.
According to this here article at the NY Times yesterday, "Gartner forecast that Apple would grow more than 37 percent based on expected shipments of 1.3 million computers, for an 8.1 percent share of the domestic market."
Let's adjust, assuming Gartner's estimate of total sales is accurate...
8.1% = 1.3M/X
X = 16.05M
2.1/16.05M = 13.1%
...
Wow. They broke 10%, and handily. I've said for years, that I'd be thrilled if Apple had 10% of the US market, and stayed there. Now, 20% doesn't look out of the realm of reason. Dayum.
Take out massitude bottom-budget cubicle-filling PC orders, and... that's a serious chunk of the consumer market.
Just, wow.
Edit: If today's after-hours nearly 7% boost to AAPL holds, when the market opens in the morning, Apple will have a larger market cap than IBM or Intel.
Jeebus.
2.1M Macs sold this past quarter.
According to this here article at the NY Times yesterday, "Gartner forecast that Apple would grow more than 37 percent based on expected shipments of 1.3 million computers, for an 8.1 percent share of the domestic market."
Let's adjust, assuming Gartner's estimate of total sales is accurate...
8.1% = 1.3M/X
X = 16.05M
2.1/16.05M = 13.1%
...
Wow. They broke 10%, and handily. I've said for years, that I'd be thrilled if Apple had 10% of the US market, and stayed there. Now, 20% doesn't look out of the realm of reason. Dayum.
Take out massitude bottom-budget cubicle-filling PC orders, and... that's a serious chunk of the consumer market.
Just, wow.
Edit: If today's after-hours nearly 7% boost to AAPL holds, when the market opens in the morning, Apple will have a larger market cap than IBM or Intel.
Jeebus.