For the sake of accuracy, I wanted to point out that Apple's PC market share peaked at around 16% in 1986, according to the best information I can find. (They were still selling Apple IIs and IIIs then, I believe, in addition to Macs.) That's US market share. They were down to 9% in the US by 1990.
Thank you for that, I had heard or read the 20% figure somewhere in the long past, and since it's a nice, even number I guess I remembered it. What I do know for sure is that at one time Apple was the largest PC manufacturer in the U.S. in terms of units shipped. I don't know if that was ever true worldwide, but I doubt it.
I am more excited about Apple now than I ever have been, my recent negativity regarding their slip of Leopard's ship date (and reasons given for it) notwithstanding. If the iPhone is even half the hit it's expected to be, this should be the best year in Apple's history. Not only financially, but in terms of mindshare in the public consciousness.
It's sure a far cry from 10 years ago when all the pundits "knew" Apple was going out of business, it was simply a matter of which multinational conglomerate would buy them out and pick over the corpse. I remember $13/share <shudder>. |
