Re: Why is Apple choosing Google's Gemini to power Siri?

Lawrence D´Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> 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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