It all depends on how you look at the statistics, but numbers are showing how strong Apple sales are in the US. eWeek has the low-down. It’s something like this:
Apple owns 66% of the US retail market for $1,000+ PCs.
Note: this doesn’t count online nor enterprise sales. That would make the number much smaller.
But if that caveat doesn’t make much difference to you, then you’ll be really glad to know that Apple owns 100% of the MacPro line of PCs purchased on a Tuesday in U.S. cities with populations greater than 100,000 and with one or more.
Aren’t statistics amazing? I think this is another sign that WWDC is coming up, wouldn’t you say?
Actually, I think these stats are in part an indication of how much the PC channel has changed in the last several years. The OEMs are selling direct hurting most small shops as well as cutting into larger ones, such as CompUSA.
Tablet PCs got caught in this transition as well. For instance, go try to find a store that has a Tablet in stock. There are a few, but unless you’re in a big city, it’s unlikely you’ll find one. In fact, the bigger stores that still carry Tablet PCs probably, like Apple, own huge chunks of the U.S. retail market. Not hard to do when the numbers are so small and there’s not much competition.