According to StatCounter’s latest data on US desktop OS market share, there has been a significant decline in Windows market share and a continued ascendancy of the Mac platform. Between April 2022 and April 2023, Windows share of the US desktop OS market declined by either 14 or 5 percentage points, depending on how you see it. Currently, Macs account for 31.34% of US desktop operating systems, while Windows has fallen to 53.43%. This shift is reflected in Safari’s highest ever share of desktop browser use in the US, accounting for 22.3% share. Microsoft’s Edge browser currently holds 13.58% share and Chrome, which also runs on many Macs, holds 55.28%.
This growth in Macs has been a long sustained story, with Apple increasing its US PC market share from 12.86% to 31.34% over the past decade. The introduction of M-series Apple Silicon Macs has boosted this momentum, even in the context of a declining PC market. However, there are headwinds, such as supply, demand, and manufacturing challenges, as well as disappointing rumors that Apple will not move to 3nm M3 processors this year. Despite this, Apple’s Macs are giving high-end computers from other manufacturers a run for their money in terms of ease of use, longevity, and computational performance per watt.
Wells Fargo analyst Aaron Rakers put it this way in a client note last year: “When this productivity increase is scaled across a large enterprise/organization with hundreds of developers, the savings could justify upgrading entire fleets of Macs, perhaps sooner than dictated by the typical…
2023-05-14 15:00:03
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