Apple: Mac sales could sustain a Fortune 500 company by itself

One in five PCs sold in the United States is a Mac, making up 20.67% of U.S. consumer market share, and bringing in triple the amount of money the Mac has earned since fiscal year 2005.

That's the amazing number that Tim Cook, Apple's COO, shared at the beginning of today's "Back to the Mac" conference. Other awesome numbers?

Year-over-year growth is 27% for the Mac compared to 11% for the PC
There are 600,000 Mac developers
33% of Apple's revenue comes from the Mac. That's enough to fund a Fortune 500 company on its own, and would rank 110th on the list (though it was made clear Apple has no plans to spin the Mac off)
More than 75 million people have visited an Apple Store within the last business quarter
The stores in China have the highest traffic of any Apple Store, signifying lots of potential in that company

All very impressive numbers for Apple's traditional computing platform. iPhones and iPads are no slouches, either, of course, but the Mac is stronger than ever.

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Christo

"One in five PCs sold in the United States is a Mac"

Did this make anyone else giggle?

October 20 2010 at 5:24 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

PJ Warren

Well of course they could. That's exactly what Apple used to be & Mac sales have only improved since then.

October 20 2010 at 3:18 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

deviladv

Okay so I'm really skeptical of that 20.67% number. How did that shoot up so quickly? Traditionally I've heard numbers from 4% to 8%, how did it get there so fast? I'm not trying to bash Apple here, I'm geniunely skeptical and thirst for more details. I would like Apple to be right, it just sounds too good to be true.

October 20 2010 at 1:48 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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