Update: The Fascinating, Booming Market for...Laptops
Update: just caught this news from SAI- turns out Apple laptops are skyrocketing in growth in the US, hitting 14% market share on 50-60% growth rates. Makes me wonder why the US and World markets are so disconnected... Yes, laptops. I figured that market would be just a short step behind desktops in market maturity, but I was surprised when a friend sent me this article showing global laptop sales trends (it's in French). Some salient points:
- The global market grew by a sizzling 41% per year. That's a google-esque growth rate, truly stunning.
- Among the top 9 brands, Asus is the fastest-growing (50%). Asus is a monster company from Taiwan that started as a motherboard supplier.
- Apple gets tons of credit for it's fast-growing laptop business, but its growth rate (38%) is actually *below* the market average. So in spite of great growth, Apple is losing market share in laptops.
- The fastest growing laptop seller is called "All Others" (sizzling 64% growth!). That is, the laptop market is becoming more, not less, fragmented over time.