Great catch. I haven't read the article yet but it wasn't adding up. For-corporate-use Thinkpads and Dells are almost all in the $1001+ range, so I was confused.
One of the most fun parts of the Steve Jobs Reality Distortion Field is the statistics -- "91% of the > $1000 market", "most revenue during a non-holiday quarter", "most computers sold on sunny tuesday afternoons in spring", etc.
This stat is so cherry-picked it might as well have been "Apple claims 100% of the 'glowing-fruit-on-lid' PC sales."
Where do you see those numbers in Apple's press release? Or did they gave them in the press conference?
If not, since when did NPD claims became Jobs RDF?
Regarding best non-holiday quarter in company's entire history—it is not something to be shy about and not exactly cherry picking. Unless you did expect Apple to beat its best holiday quarter in ordinary quarter during recession?
One of the most fun parts of the Steve Jobs Reality Distortion Field is the statistics -- "91% of the > $1000 market", "most revenue during a non-holiday quarter", "most computers sold on sunny tuesday afternoons in spring", etc.
This stat is so cherry-picked it might as well have been "Apple claims 100% of the 'glowing-fruit-on-lid' PC sales."