Michal Marek In July of last year, sales of iOS devices caught up with sales of devices running the Windows operating system, and it was clear that by the end of the year, the two systems would have a bitter battle for which of them would be more successful in 2015. In the end, everything turned out according to the expectations of many analysts and supporters of the thesis that we live in a "post-PC" era. In 2015, for the first time, more iOS devices were sold than all Windows devices.
Apple sold a whopping 300 million devices, 10 million of which were Macs running their own OS X. So a whopping 290 million iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches were sold.
So far, Google's Android has far surpassed iOS and Windows devices in sales. But if we take into account that only one company produces iOS phones, there are only a few variants and the devices are usually very expensive, Apple's success in this field is respectable.
The fact that the latest system, labeled iOS 9, is already running on three out of four iOS devices can be considered a great success of the iOS platform. According to the latest statistics, only 26 percent of devices have not been updated, of which 19 percent use the previous version of iOS, labeled iOS 8.
add win 10 on phones and lo and behold-ios is going down and down
So I don't know if the Win 10 phones would even be visible in a similar graph. ;-) And if so, it's an argument for a post PC version even more. Even if Android is included..
Try adding illegal copies of WIN and iOS won't even work :DD
there can be no question of any post-PC era. iOS may be leading in terms of phones and tablets over this version of Windows, but Windows for PC is still 10 times more sold than Apple PC. Your so-called post-PC era will start when more Mac OS PCs are sold than Windows.
And it is quite sad that you are not able to mention this in the article..
The "post-PC era" is meant to mean that more mobile phones and tablets are sold than computers (desktop, laptop). And it doesn't matter if it's a PC or a Mac. This doesn't mean more OS X devices than Windows PCs! Btw: Apple computer sales are increasing every quarter, the opposite is true for Windows PCs. But of course more devices will still be sold with Windows because it's in almost every device on the market. (desktop, laptop)
Please, what is this Apple PC?
Apple PC = Mac, but the Post-Mac era probably wouldn't sound very good, especially since we've been living in it for about thirty years :)
I thought BOOT CAMP?
Apple Personal Computer.. or do you want to claim that MAC is a washing machine?
There is a difference between Mac and PC. You can have a PC on a Mac by installing another OS on it using the Boot Camp utility. I've never heard of or seen an Apple PC, so I don't know what I was supposed to imagine.
The Macintosh (/ˈmækɨntɒʃ/ MAK-in-tosh; branded as Mac since 1997) is a series of personal computers (PCs) designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc.
source: wiki
On your part, it just seems to me like talking about words and being clever where it is not needed.
And have you ever seen the Apple PC designation in practice? I certainly don't need to be smart, I just don't understand why someone who ignores bare facts is commenting here.
"Do you believe in God, doctor?" :o)
You only speak words. A colleague above used the combination "Apple PC" as an abbreviation for "Apple personal computer". But Apple explained to you in its advertising campaign that a MAC is not a PC.
But MAC is a personal computer (PC) even though no one writes PC there.
At the moment when we are talking about specific platforms, it would be good to express ourselves clearly. It's the same as every touch phone is not an iPhone and Skoda is not modified by AMG. The Lord wrote Windows for PC So what is the difference between Windows for PC and Windows for "Apple PC"?
I understand your words as follows: "Windows for personal computers (i.e. also personal computers from Apple) is 10 times more sold than personal computers from Apple with OSX. As you know, OS X is not sold, but is licensed directly to a piece of hardware made by Apple, so I think these two things can be compared like this. I agree with what "michal" wrote, but I don't agree because, as I wrote, I consider a laptop/desktop/all-in-one with Win/OSX/Linux to be a personal computer (PC). See the comment of user "kozel".
When we're having fun in the discussion, it would be good to rise above the comments a little and not immediately make a nitpick over every woman and smear her endlessly.
A PC is not just a MAC but a MAC is a PC. A touch phone is not just an iPhone, but an iPhone is a touch phone.
I understand that the technical term PC also includes devices with OS X. But for me, the commercial meaning of these abbreviations is authoritative. And especially as presented by companies such as Windows and Apple.
Yes I understand. Please don't take me for attacking you. This is just to be sure and not to create a pointless flamewar.
But I want to say that what you wrote is exactly what the father tried and succeeded in realizing SJ This, in my opinion, is also "Think Different". He taught people to look at his products commercially, not technically. Because most of them really don't even have the basic technical knowledge.
The "MAC Vs. PC" -> if a MAC is not a PC, that's enough
It's just a question of how much you let yourself be processed by marketing. :o) And Apple can really do it!
Yes, you're right, I don't think it's just a matter of marketing, at school and in the company I work both on OS X and on a PC with Windows, and we also have Windows in the form of virtualization on OS X. Experience with iOS and OS For me, even after 8 years of use, X still remains positive and, above all, effective. Hence Bipolar Perception - Mac/PC. But even on the Mac, sometimes something goes wrong.
"Since Apple's transition to Intel processors starting 2005, all Macintosh computers are now PCs."
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_computer
Once again... PC is an abbreviation for personal computer... and it doesn't matter if it runs linux, osx or windows... the fact that some Jobs called it Macintosh doesn't change that fact... as much as a PC is hardware and it doesn't change when the OS is changed... or do you want to tell me that when I install OSX on a Windows PC that I automatically have a Mac? And believe me, I will get him there.
Some people "think differently" about topics related to Apple. :O)
Yes thank you.
I understand the technical meaning of the abbreviation as I already responded to Mr. Donald.
I'd say you're confusing terms. The post-PC era is generally understood to mean that devices such as tablets, smartphones, wearables, etc. will displace personal computers as we know them today (desktops and laptops) and it doesn't matter what operating system they run on.
Somehow I don't want to believe that Apple sells about 300 million iPhones per year. And what's more, year after year? Isn't that a waiver?
That's still not enough. When he is able to sell over 1 mega in just the 10st sales weekend.
well, I don't know, comparing a mobile phone and a computer (iPhone vs win comp) .. slightly different category .. and I think that even "linux basec pc" has a higher percentage against mac
They are complete nonsense. Mobile devices were sold as early as the Nokia era. They are completely different devices. Even iPhone and Android can be used primarily as a phone. The phone is not an iPad, and it is clearly falling sharply. So is the post tablet era already? I have a 3 year old PC. Quad core. The processor sucks. I bought an SSD drive a year ago. I just bought 16GB of RAM. Maybe next year I will change the graphics. I will certainly not be led in that graph for another 3 years as if I had bought a new PC. At the same time, it is actually new. I sit at the big PC most of the day. When I walk past any establishment or office, I see PCs running everywhere. Cell phones only for calling. What are you talking about the post-PC era. If companies are going to get rid of PCs and replace them with mobile phones or tablets, so be it. It just happens that people change their mobile phones every year, tablets every 3 years, and PCs often don't even change and just upgrade. An 8-year-old PC is fine for most people.
Comparing sales of computers, with a full-fledged OS, and sales of mobile devices, is like comparing apples with pears. In addition, you are completely missing peaches in the graph, which you mention in one sentence, but which clearly beat the sales of apples and pears together.
And to compare the sales of computers with the sales of mobile devices, which have a different life cycle, a different recovery time and completely different characteristics, is simply out of place.