Stan's List

Too often Apple’s market share is compared to the over all market. With a world wide 2.7%, and then a US 6.1% market share, Apple’s market share would not seem to have increased. If you compared markets where Apple is actually competing, such as high end laptops, then you can see a growth in Apple market share. As reported by CNN, Fortune has Apple’s share of high end laptops at 29.4%. The problem they see is that Apple does not have much growing room, as compared to those looking at the 2.7%. Even though,  laptops are a substantial source of revenue for computer companies. More …

There’s also an extended blog write-up of this in the Baltimore Sun. More …