XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-01-14 05:46, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   > On Wed, 14 Jan 2026 05:53:46 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Wed, 14 Jan 2026 15:40:02 +1300, Your Name wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> In fiscal year 2025, Apple's revenue by segment is as follows:   
   >>>     - Mac generated $33.71 B in revenue,   
   >>>       representing 8.1% of its total revenue.   
   >>   
   >> What would the unit sales be, though? Assuming an average selling price   
   >> of, say, $3000, that translates into 11 million units for the year. If   
   >> the average time a user keeps a machine is 3 years, that means the   
   >> installed base is a bit over 30 million Macs.   
   >>   
   >> This would be roughly consistent with the idea that something like 10%   
   >> of users on each platform have Steam accounts. It also means that macOS   
   >> is left in the dust by desktop Linux.   
   >   
   > Not one person who wants to play games regularly would choose a Mac over a   
   > Linux machine. The Mac, especially today, requires you to use MacOS which   
   > has little to no support for games. Linux, on the other hand, can be run   
   > on the same gaming machines that Windows runs on. A guaranteed 90% of   
   > games will run because Wine will do the job, but they will also run _well_   
   > because the machine has a discrete GPU.   
      
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