Apple’s verkopen procentueel veel hoger dan die van Microsoft

28 mei 2008

Apple mrktaandeel in winkelverkopen is 14 %, tweederde van de PC's die meer kosten dan $ 1.000. De groei in de verkopen van Apple-PC's is stijgend, terwijl die van Windows-desktops aan het dalen is. 'In notebooks they're growing two times the market', zegt Stephen Baker, Vice President bij NPD verantwoordelijk voor analyse. 'Windows notebooks are pretty much flat right now. For the first quarter, Windows notebooks had zero percent growth year over year. By comparison, Apple notebooks had 50 to 60 percent growth'. Voor desktop PC's 'They're up 45 percent. The [overall] market is down 20 percent. Windows desktops would be down 25 percent'. En hij vervolgt: 'iMacs are growing and the Windows desktop ain't. No matter how you look at it, Apple is outperforming Windows'. Dat fenomeen laat de vraag rijzen of Windows Vista het probleem is. Het besturingssysteem is zeer koel ontvangen, ook al claimt Microsoft dat er 140 miljoen licenties zijn verkocht. 'I don't believe that Vista's to blame', zegt Baker. 'The vast majority of consumers don't care [about the installed operating system]'.

 


Apple's marktaandeel in wat NPD de 'premium' markt noemt (laptops en desktops boven de $1.000) is 66 %. Dat is tweederde van de markt ! 'If you don't give people a choice, people will spend more', zo zegt Baker. 'Apple's success above $1,000 defies some of the conventional retail thinking about PCs, where the emphasis is on lower pricing and greater features. Consumers don't care about features', zo verzekert Baker. 'People see a value proposition in an offering that gives them a great experience'. Baker vervolgt met de opmerking dat 'Apple appeals to the right segments, like multiple-computer households. Consumers that are buying a second, third or even fourth PC have different buying priorities, such as ease of use. But the retail stores make a huge difference. Apple has got better distribution than it's had in the last 15 years. They're in the right spot right now. There's the iPod advantage. But the big thing is the stores'. Apple's winkels zijn deel van een 'larger end-to-end value chain—and with it the promise of a certain kind of experience. … What Apple drives home: This is a product that we own from factory to finger. We exert some control so that you get the best experience. When you get in the store, we get you what you want'. Die aanpak werkt goed in de eigen omgeving, maar hoe sit het daar waar Apple moet concurreren, dus in winkels van derden ? Baker kan dat niet goed beantwoorden, maar het is wel zeker dat dat is 'not nearly as well in third-party retail shops as through the Apple Store'. Of Microsoft eigen winkels moet gaan openen is de vraag. Volgens baker wel: 'Yes. In a multi-hannel enviroment you should have some kind of owned–and operated–channel as well'. Het probleem darabij is echter dat Microsoft zelf geen computers verkoopt, het verkoopt software. Microsoft kan de gebruiker nooit de Apple 'experience' bieden, ook niet als het eigen winkels heeft. Het concept is totaal anders. Microsoft zal dus een andere strategie moeten volgen om te zorgen dat haar marktaandeel behouden blijft.

 

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