Asymco:

In Apple’s first 40 years it shipped 1,591,092,250 computers. This shipment total is higher than any other computer company in its first 40 years. Actually there are no other PC makers that are 40 years old.

After having a 40 year run and after selling more computers than all American and Japanese computer companies put together, how should we think about the next 40 years?

Really interesting analysis of Apple. One of the key points is Apple is neither a software or hardware company. Dediu says, “My simple proposal is to think of Apple (and actually any company) as a customer creator.”