Thu, 07 May 2009 Apple breaks into UK top five PC makers for the first time

Glenboid said on Thu, 07 May 2009

Excellent news, but hey how about Apple celebrate this by rewarding loyal UK customers with a one off discount? Doesn't have to be much, but the thought would count and it would drum up even more business :)

Well you've got to be cheeky these days ;)

AV8B said on Thu, 07 May 2009

Apple might give you something, bend over and they will do the usual.

Beano said on Thu, 07 May 2009

lol - Acer are hammering the market.

Tig said on Thu, 07 May 2009

"bend over and they will do the usual"

From Apple it could NEVER be anywhere NEAR as painful as most of us have suffered from Microsoft for DECADES!!!!!!

Microsoft as easy a 1-23 (one through twenty-three - have you seen the ad?)? Oh how Microsoft may wish they were SO easy!!!! Apple: as easy as 'one' <---power ON

It works right out of the box (unless YOU try to complicate things by thinking that you have to do as much as you have to do with anything Microsoft)!

gregorsamsa said on Thu, 07 May 2009

Love Macs, but I wouldn't go overboard about these figures, as decent as they are. I guess a lot of people are waiting for Windows 7 before they replace their PCs. PC sales are bound to surge globally when the new OS is out.

DJ said on Fri, 08 May 2009

Judging by traffic in the AppleStores and word on the street, I'm surprised it's not more.

@DJ said on Fri, 08 May 2009

I am not, people are not spending. The reseller in Salisbury is constantly empty.

I work in a repair centre for PC's and Mac's, people are upgrading PC's at the moment with new motherboards, memory and CPUs because there is no need for a new machine.

Barrie

catastrophe said on Fri, 08 May 2009

Look's like they are upgrading their computer's with apostrophe's too.

@catastrophe said on Fri, 08 May 2009

Wow - are you on something?

@catastrophe said on Fri, 08 May 2009

I was just thinking that. Good to see people welcoming comments by slagging them off for their grammer.

Joanne

MacWorld Reader said on Fri, 08 May 2009

@Beano - Acer are making huge sales - but compare these two articles news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8024320.stm uk.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUKTRE53M17X20090423?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0
I calculate that Acer's profits are about 5% of Apple's.

MacWorld Reader said on Fri, 08 May 2009

typo: 'Apple does worry about its low market share' should read 'Apple doesn't worry about its low market share'

MacWorld Reader said on Fri, 08 May 2009

Similarly despite only occupying less than 5% of the OS market, Apple's profits are 40% of MS. (www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/5211726/Microsoft-profits-fall-32pc-succeeds-in-cutting-costs.html) This is the reason they worry about Apple, and why Apple does worry about its low market share.

@MacWorld Reader said on Fri, 08 May 2009

I'd be more worried about spelling Macworld wrong if I was you...

gregorsamsa said on Fri, 08 May 2009

@Macworld Reader,

Thing is, in a downhill economy suffering from deflationary pressures, more & more people are beginning to question Apple's big profit margins. I'm not saying Macs aren't worth the money, otherwise I wouldn't have bought two, but IMO, if Apple don't offer more affordable Macs soon, then the steady number of switchers to Mac of recent years can no longer be taken for granted. I think much depends on public reaction to Windows 7 & how it improves on Vista.

Reader (formerly MacWorld Reader) said on Fri, 08 May 2009

OK, I've dropped the MacWorld part altogether to reflect my widening presence in other forums as well.

@gregorsamsa I like to think that Apple's profits provide a cushion for development. Sure, I'd like to be able to afford more Apple kit and the higher ends of it, but at the same time I know there are things I get from Apple that I don't get elsewhere - like service.

Doug said on Tue, 12 May 2009

Apple's share of the market will always be low, - consider this:

19 years ago I set up a subsidiary Company in the UK for a US Company, I bought half a dozen Macs (IICIs). At the same time we bought one PC. Over the years we bought another 15 Macs, not to replace the originals, but for additional staff. During that time we purchased a number of PCs, - not for new staff, but to replace dead and dying PCs. The early Macs were retired some while ago,despite still working perfectly.

The reason why PCs will always have a larger market share is that they only work for a couple of years before OS Bloat from MS kills them off.

Macs don't last for ever, but they work for many more years than a PC cobbled up by any manufacturer, I suggest by a factor of 5 at least.

Macs don't cost 5 times that of a PC, but certainly last that many times longer.

Carlos Q said on Tue, 12 May 2009

This is good news for me as a Mac user, as it means the future of the PCs I choose is secure. This apart, I find it very hard to care, because as good as their products are, in my experience Apple treat their customers badly. it's as well their machines work; if they were as flaky as PCs, only fools would buy them. Try getting satisfaction from Apple or their resellers when things go wrong and you'll most likely find out exactly what I mean! Long ago I an ADB adjustable keyboard. I had 3 replacements before I got one that worked! When I spoke to Apple 'customer services' about this, I mentioned that I'd spoken to someone in production, who told me it was a batch fault. She said I was mistaken! She refused to believe it was possible and insisted that i was wrong because she would have been told if there was such a fault. So not only did I spent a lot of money on keyboard that didn't work until the 4th one arrived, I had my intelligence insulted on top. Macs are great, but Apple stinks!

Wayne Stuart said on Sun, 17 May 2009

This article is incorrect. It is not the first time Apple have been in the top 5:

www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=735115