Making sense of Mac market share figures
Tue, Feb 24th, 2009 |
Mac market share has been a hot topic ever since Apple staggered into (and subsequently crawled out of) the gutter in the mid-90s. It has been a slow but steady climb to the point where, as of late, Apple has set quarter after quarter of records when it comes to both Mac and iPod sales.
But, as even the casual Apple-watcher knows, there are many different metrics for measuring Mac market share these days, and they often don't match up...
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