There are some industry watchers who keep on questioning whether Mac has received any advantage from a ‘halo effect’ from the iPhone or not. While there are many who are not in favor of this and come up with a negative answer, I would always say that – “yes Mac has benefitted from iPhone. Eric Sherman reported in a BNET article that there isn’t any global iPhone Halo because Mac share is flat worldwide. His figures were basically based on different geographic as well as market segment data from Gartner. The advancement on the commercial end appears to be trending down slowly, whereas consumer purchases as a share of all PC units purchased globally have been flat. Sherman doesn’t mind discounting data of web browser usage and also the quarterly reports of Apple which may help you come up with a different picture all together. There are many people, who aren’t in favor of using web browser statistics for determining market share, but then, it is for sure that this data can help you see trends over time. Another thing that you need to take into consideration is that iPad cannibalization will affect the Macintosh sales to some extent. Following the global launch of Mac Mini previous year, Apple is launching its recent collection to Indian shores. These two models are well fitted with the modern technologies. The Mac mini is built using a unibodily aluminum design and comes with a Max OS X Snow Leopard that has been pre-installed on a standard version. On the flip side, the server version is known for its OS X Snow Leopard Server operating system. Both of these versions come with an in-built HDMI output that can be used directly for connecting to your HDTV while there are four USB ports, one SD card slot, FireWire 800 port, and a MiniDisplay port.
The influence of iPad is something different that Mac needs to remember till time immemorial.
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