03
07
2008
The Mac approaches 8 percent market share: Is it ready for popularity?
Posted by: admin in Business and PoliticsIn June, Apple’s market share for Mac OS X hit 7.94 percent, according to Net Applications. At its current growth rate of 0.18 percent per month, this means that the Mac should claim 8 percent of the global desktop operating system market by the end of July. Linux, while still holding a little 0.8 percent share, is also rising.
The only major desktop OS to decline? Windows.
Mac sales are outpacing PC sales at 3.5 times faster rate. Two large questions are looming:
- At what point will the momentum accelerate even faster? In other words, what’s the tipping point for Mac adoption?
- Is Apple set up to handle this success? Does it want it?











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