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Windows 10 Deadline Boosts Mac Sales
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The Windows 10 end-of-support deadline is driving the largest
coordinated PC replacement cycle in years across the industry,
and Apple is emerging as one of the main beneficiaries as Mac
shipments accelerate.

Counterpoint Research this week reported that nearly 40% of
the global installed PC base was still running Windows 10
ahead of the October 2025 cutoff, triggering early fleet
renewals across both commercial and consumer channels. This
pressure lifted shipments for most large brands, and the Mac
is among the strongest gainers. According to Counterpoint,
Apple's global Mac shipments grew 14.9% year-over-year in the
third quarter of 2025, supported by demand for new MacBook
models and rising enterprise adoption of Apple hardware.

Lenovo remained the largest PC vendor and had the highest
annual growth at 17.4% year-over-year. Asus saw 14.1%
year-over-year growth. HP followed with a 10.3% increase,
driven by commercial penetration. Dell shipments declined 0.9%
year-over-year. Counterpoint said that the top five vendors
together controlled nearly three-quarters of the global PC
market in the period, while smaller brands were flat or down.

Counterpoint noted that computer companies have started
marketing systems with neural processing units and integrated
AI features. While these features have not yet converted into
a primary sales driver at scale, enterprise buyers are
beginning to incorporate AI capability requirements into
forward procurement so as not to retire devices before
emerging AI workflows arrive.



<https://www.macrumors.com/2025/10/25/windows-10-deadline-boosts-mac-sales/>





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On 2025-10-25 15:35, Your Name wrote:

-a-a Windows 10 Deadline Boosts Mac Sales
-a-a ------------------------------------
-a-a The Windows 10 end-of-support deadline is driving the largest
-a-a coordinated PC replacement cycle in years across the industry,
-a-a and Apple is emerging as one of the main beneficiaries as Mac
-a-a shipments accelerate.

-a-a Counterpoint Research this week reported that nearly 40% of
-a-a the global installed PC base was still running Windows 10
-a-a ahead of the October 2025 cutoff, triggering early fleet
-a-a renewals across both commercial and consumer channels. This
-a-a pressure lifted shipments for most large brands, and the Mac
-a-a is among the strongest gainers. According to Counterpoint,
-a-a Apple's global Mac shipments grew 14.9% year-over-year in the
-a-a third quarter of 2025, supported by demand for new MacBook
-a-a models and rising enterprise adoption of Apple hardware.

-a-a Lenovo remained the largest PC vendor and had the highest
-a-a annual growth at 17.4% year-over-year. Asus saw 14.1%
-a-a year-over-year growth. HP followed with a 10.3% increase,
-a-a driven by commercial penetration. Dell shipments declined 0.9%
-a-a year-over-year. Counterpoint said that the top five vendors
-a-a together controlled nearly three-quarters of the global PC
-a-a market in the period, while smaller brands were flat or down.

-a-a Counterpoint noted that computer companies have started
-a-a marketing systems with neural processing units and integrated
-a-a AI features. While these features have not yet converted into
-a-a a primary sales driver at scale, enterprise buyers are
-a-a beginning to incorporate AI capability requirements into
-a-a forward procurement so as not to retire devices before
-a-a emerging AI workflows arrive.

<https://www.macrumors.com/2025/10/25/windows-10-deadline-boosts-mac- sales/>

Same thing happened when Microsoft released Windows 8.
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On 2025-10-25 18:35, Your Name wrote:

-a-a Windows 10 Deadline Boosts Mac Sales
-a-a ------------------------------------
-a-a The Windows 10 end-of-support deadline is driving the largest
-a-a coordinated PC replacement cycle in years across the industry,
-a-a and Apple is emerging as one of the main beneficiaries as Mac
-a-a shipments accelerate.

-a-a renewals across both commercial and consumer channels. This
-a-a pressure lifted shipments for most large brands, and the Mac
-a-a is among the strongest gainers. According to Counterpoint,
-a-a Apple's global Mac shipments grew 14.9% year-over-year in the
-a-a third quarter of 2025, supported by demand for new MacBook
-a-a models and rising enterprise adoption of Apple hardware.

The Macbook Air, base (16 GB, 256GB) is probably the best value
proposition of any laptop, period. Would be better with 512GB store, mind.

Indeed, if you need a computer (any computer) run, don't walk, to the companies that have locked their prices (like Apple).

Memory prices are rocketing - it will show up in pricing soon.

-a-a driven by commercial penetration. Dell shipments declined 0.9%
-a-a year-over-year.

Michael should be more careful about who he chooses for friends.

-a-a Counterpoint noted that computer companies have started
-a-a marketing systems with neural processing units and integrated
-a-a AI features. While these features have not yet converted into
-a-a a primary sales driver at scale, enterprise buyers are
-a-a beginning to incorporate AI capability requirements into
-a-a forward procurement so as not to retire devices before
-a-a emerging AI workflows arrive.

I've tried an AI platform called LM Studio with a few different models - currently Meta Llama 3.1 xxx.

When it runs, the CPU cores are pretty much dead, but the GPU cores are saturated (as reported by iStat Menu).

Wicked fast too. (iMac M3).

<https://www.macrumors.com/2025/10/25/windows-10-deadline-boosts-mac-sales/>

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the culture and independence of the ancient States of Europe."
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