But they overestimated Windows sales by an even larger amount, so they still underestimated Mac market share. All numbers are in Millions of dollars and cover North American sales, only. Since the release of Windows 95 and the resultant media frenzy, they also underestimate Mac sales. By the time the final figures are released, they are old news and are never publicized. So the growing Mac market is constantly reported as dead while the modest Windows growth is exaggerated.
All numbers are in Millions of dollars and cover North American sales, only.
Keep in mind, too, that 1995 and 1996 were exceptionally high years for Windows as the release of Win95 made so much software obsolete. Also, keep in mind the fact that hybrid CDs had to be allocated by the software vendor. It appears that the share of hybrids assigned to MacOS may be too small. The above figures are based on SPA annual figures. The same trend is just as clear from quarterly results.