When you go to conferences like SuperNova and hang out with San Francisco web geeks, you tend to forget that Apple still isn't exactly kicking butt everywhere:
WSJ.com - Is Apple Losing Its Sheen? (subscription required):
WSJ.com - Is Apple Losing Its Sheen? (subscription required):
Even as overall PC shipments grew 12% in 2003, Apple's computer shipments were flat for the year, according to research firm Fulcrum Global Partners. At the end of March, Apple dropped out of research firm IDC's top 10 list of world-wide computer makers for the first time ever. Apple's share of the global computer market has eroded across the home, business and government markets over the past year, dropping to 1.7% overall at the end of March, down from 1.8% in early 2003, says Gartner (though its share is up in the education market). And in the company's last fiscal quarter, Apple's computer sales were sequentially flat or down across all models, particularly for its flagship iMac desktops.Sad.