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   From: Brock.McNuggets@gmail.com   
      
   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.   
   >   
      
   Sorry for second reply, but not just the $3000 is wrong, the three years   
   is. More likely 5-7.   
      
   So if you cost is doubled and longevity halved, the quadruple your   
   estimate: 120 million Macs.   
      
   The more common estimate I hear is a bit lower at 100M Mac users, but who   
   knows?   
      
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