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\"\"It\u2019s always kind of been a given that Windows more or less dominates the marketplace. Traditionally that’s been driven by lower-priced hardware and a desire of users to match what they used at work. During the Mac\u2019s first year of sales, the IBM PC outsold Macs by a ratio of about six PCs for each Mac. After clones were introduced, that ratio increased dramatically.<\/p>\n

The folks over at the market research site, Asymco<\/a>, have compiled sales numbers since 1984<\/a> and have found that after peaking at a ratio of 56:1 in 2004, Mac sales have taken a larger and larger share of new computer purchases. Right now PCs only outsell at about 20:1<\/strong>, which is less than half the rate it was 8 years ago and the lowest it\u2019s been since Windows 95 was released.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you take all <\/em>Apple\u2019s offerings – Macs, the iPhone and the iPad – together, that ratio plummets even further: closer to 2:1!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Of course, debates abound whether adding iOS to OS X is fair; though there is some overlap in function (web browsing, email, etc.), the two operating systems serve two distinct functions: \u201cdesktop\u201d and \u201cmobile.\u201d In that vein, iOS should be compared to Android and\/or Windows Phone – where it\u2019s just about an even heat between iOS and Android.<\/a><\/p>\n

However you want to look at it though, it\u2019s clear that Mac ownership is on its way up. With a 25% worldwide user base and the \u201chalo effect\u201d of the iPad and iPhone, it only looks to get better<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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