Comments on: Piper: Q2 Mac sales on pace to decline

Based on one month of data, Mac sales could decline on a year-over-year basis for the first time since 2003 unless Apple has new products up its sleeve, according to Piper Jaffray.

[Art Dir]

Did you ever wonder why most businesses use Windows? It's not because we want to, it's just the alternatives really, really suck.
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Most businesses use Windows because you can get cheap PCs to do what most businesses do the most of, word processing and spread sheet creation. Although you can do these on a Mac as well, why pay for more if that's all you do (and you don't know what your missing because you've never used a Mac). You don't need a graphics work station to write a proposal or for bean counters to crunch numbers in Excel, so why pay for one. Most non designers doing their own presentations in PowerPoint don't have a clue about how terrible what their creating is or why they should hire someone who knows what their doing to do it for them so they're happy with clipart and whatever MS gives them to use. That's the way things started, even though Apple had a more user friendly OS at the beginning of the personal computer revolution (still does), and that's the way it has stayed. Also, most IT departments stick to windows because that's what they've learned and they want a homgeneous environment to make their job easier?not because it is, or is not better for users they are supposed to service. Also people who make purchasing decisions (once again, bean counters) use PCs so that's what they want to buy for everyone else in their company because they only use the left side of their brain and can't imagine that someone might want or need something other than what they use.

Ever wonder why when you see someone using a computer or a laptop in a movie, far more often than not it has an Apple on it? It's because they're way cooler. Did you ever wonder why so many ad agencies, multimedia developers, graphic designers, photographers, video editors, scientists, etc use Macs? It's because the alternatives really, really suck AND we want to.

[shamisattar]

just ordered a macbook pro today! goodbye windows! (been using windows for the last 15 years).

[AppleSuxLeo]

Like anyone cares.

[AppleSuxLeo]

You think Mac sales are slumping now , just wait until Win7 hits. It will be 1987 all over.

[AppleSuxLeo]

The bad economy may be catching up with Apple.
While Mac sales have outpaced Windows PCs for months, January saw the reverse at U.S. retailers, including Apple Stores, NPD Group said Thursday. Mac sales fell 6% in terms of units sold compared with the same month a year ago, and 11% in terms of revenue.


Windows PC sales on the other hand were up 13% in terms of units, while revenue was flat as consumers sought out less-expensive models.
NPD analyst Stephen Baker said Apple sales fell for two reasons: price and the fact that the iMac desktop has not seen a refresh since April.

[pentest]

Who cares?

They are still sitting pretty. This crap about constantly needing to grow needs to stop. It is causing way too much damage.

[drbyte]

I really do not understand why Apple prices their computers so high. They really should have a larger share of the market. Excellent OS, but your paying way too much for lesser hardware.