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there have been about a dozen new hires at my work, each of them getting a new mac book and accessories to develop on. multiply that by all of the new hires ac

there have been about a dozen new hires at my work, each of them getting a new mac book and accessories to develop on. multiply that by all of the new hires across the country and some of the lowest unemployment numbers in years and you've got a good set up for apple's hardware division to make a ton of sales last quarter. ... but unfortunately, looking at their data, it looks like I was wrong: unit sales for macs fell by 13% compared to last year, and 9% compared to last quarter. interesting. Edit: downvotes because I made a prediction before looking at the reports then acknowledged I was wrong and didn't delete my post. Cool.

zhonwang 8y ago
Might surprise you but the vast majority of IT units hiring people are not giving them $1500-$2000 Macbooks
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- lev99 8y ago
  You only spend $2000 on your mac books? My last one was $3,750 after shipping and taxes.
  - yalph 8y ago
    Wow!! Can you say it is absolutely worth it?
    - lev99 8y ago
      It's extortion. MacOS is the only good consumer OS built on *nix, so I'd probably pay 3x if they charged it.
      - yalph 8y ago
        Haha fair enough. I too like the OS but that pricing point is way too steep for me.
- scarface74 8y ago
  My Dell laptop that I got when I was hired cost $1500
alaskamiller 8y ago
Your extrapolation process is off. MacBooks as work computers being handed out is an aberration. Has been since the 80's, 90's, and 00's.
electricslpnsld 8y ago
Windows is still something like 88% of the corporate computer market, with macOS at around 9%, last I checked. Most companies aren't purchasing Apple hardware for their employees.
- JumpCrisscross 8y ago
  > Windows is still something like 88% of the corporate computer market Apple's genius is in measuring market share by bottom line, not top.
- baal80spam 8y ago
  Yeah, certainly they don't do it in Europe. I wonder how does it look in the US, I would imagine Macs are much more popular in corporations (?) and definitely startups.
  - nicoburns 8y ago
    I don't know about the rest of europe, but macs are standard (if not universal) at web agencies in the UK (often purchased by the company). I'm sure it's very different at large corporations.
Spooky23 8y ago
You work in an unusual place. Most of our new hires are getting ancient PCs to use as VDI thin clients.
willio58 8y ago
I commend you for not deleting. Stay strong!

zhonwang 8y ago

Might surprise you but the vast majority of IT units hiring people are not giving them $1500-$2000 Macbooks

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lev99 8y ago
You only spend $2000 on your mac books? My last one was $3,750 after shipping and taxes.
- yalph 8y ago
  Wow!! Can you say it is absolutely worth it?
  - lev99 8y ago
    It's extortion. MacOS is the only good consumer OS built on *nix, so I'd probably pay 3x if they charged it.
    - yalph 8y ago
      Haha fair enough. I too like the OS but that pricing point is way too steep for me.
scarface74 8y ago
My Dell laptop that I got when I was hired cost $1500

alaskamiller 8y ago

Your extrapolation process is off. MacBooks as work computers being handed out is an aberration. Has been since the 80's, 90's, and 00's.

electricslpnsld 8y ago

Windows is still something like 88% of the corporate computer market, with macOS at around 9%, last I checked. Most companies aren't purchasing Apple hardware for their employees.

JumpCrisscross 8y ago
> Windows is still something like 88% of the corporate computer market Apple's genius is in measuring market share by bottom line, not top.
baal80spam 8y ago
Yeah, certainly they don't do it in Europe. I wonder how does it look in the US, I would imagine Macs are much more popular in corporations (?) and definitely startups.
- nicoburns 8y ago
  I don't know about the rest of europe, but macs are standard (if not universal) at web agencies in the UK (often purchased by the company). I'm sure it's very different at large corporations.

Spooky23 8y ago

You work in an unusual place. Most of our new hires are getting ancient PCs to use as VDI thin clients.

willio58 8y ago

I commend you for not deleting. Stay strong!