In article <bf0d$482db35f$7418@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Glorb <Glorb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Alan Baker wrote:
> > In article <vkiXj.9264$hv2.254@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> > "weedhopper" <whopper@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> >> "Alan Baker" <alangbaker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> >>
news:alangbaker-09932E.08541416052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>> In article <mVhXj.9251$hv2.4276@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> >>> "weedhopper" <whopper@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Impressive!!
> >>>>
> >>>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=8614
> >>>>
> >>>> "Apple's global market share is only 3.3 percent among the 69.5
million
> >>>> PC
> >>>> ****pped in the March quarter, according to IDC. "
> >>> "But that market share tally is up from 2.5 percent in the March
quarter
> >>> a year ago. Why do those Apple gains matter? Those Mac sales most
likely
> >>> came at the expense of a new Windows machine."
> >>>
> >>> BTW, what is the whole subject of that post?
> >>>
> >>> "Microsoft¹s elephant in the OS room: Apple"
> >>>
> >>> The whole thing is about how the Mac is making an impact into
> >>> Microsoft's market.
> >>>
> >>> 'TR¹s audience is comprised of the folks that actually implement
stuff.
> >>> It¹s not the fanboy crowd. One sample response from an IT exec:
> >>>
> >>> "I started out as a Windows/Novell man, but now I advocate for Mac
> >>> purchases and make them as much as I can. Two main reasons I do
this: 1)
> >>> on the whole, they require less time to sup****t, much less time,
> >>> actually, because the OS runs better and there are fewer malware
> >>> concerns; 2) I practice the philosophy of keeping it simple. Mac
> >>> software is easy to use and, more im****tantly, easy to teach to my
IT
> >>> employees."'
> >> The bottom line, 3% Worldwide market share - period. I'm sure MS is
> >> shaking
> >> in their boots.
> >
> > The bottom line is Apple's market share is growing.
>
> It grew an amazing 0.35% between last year and the first calender
> quarter of 2008.
Yup. Which means that the Windows PC share of the market shrank.
>
>
> http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/04/25results.html
> fiscal 2007 second quarter ended March 31, 2007
> Apple ****pped 1,517,000 Macintosh® computers
>
> http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/07/25results.html
> 2007 third quarter ended June 30, 2007
> Apple ****pped 1,764,000 Macintosh® computers
>
> http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/10/22results.html
> fiscal 2007 fourth quarter ended September 29, 2007
> Apple ****pped 2,164,000 Macintosh® computers
>
> http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2008/01/22results.html
> fiscal 2008 first quarter ended December 29, 2007
> Apple ****pped 2,319,000 Macintosh® computers
>
> The above shows Apple ****pped 7,764,000 Macs in calendar year
> 2007.
>
> http://gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=584210
> Worldwide PC ****pments totaled 271.2 million units in 2007
>
> 7,764,000/271,200,000 = .0286
>
> Mac worldwide market share for 2007 = 2.86 %
>
> http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2008/04/23results.html
> fiscal 2008 second quarter ended March 29, 2008
> Q2'08 Apple ****pped 2,289,000 Macintosh® computers
>
> The above shows Apple ****pped 2,289, Macs in the first calender
> quarter of 2008.
>
> http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=648619
> Worldwide PC ****pments totaled 71.1 million units in the first quarter
> of 2008
>
> 2,289,000/71,100,000 = .0321
>
> Mac worldwide market share for Q1'08 = 3.21%
>
> Mac gain in worldwide market share from 2007 to 2008 =
>
> .0321 - .0286 = 0.0035% or 0.35%
Which means:
Apple growth Q1'08: 51%
Overall growth Q1'08: 12%
Apple outgrew the industry by four times.
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