Alan Baker wrote:
> In article <7f75c$482db6be$8289@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Glorb <Glorb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> Alan Baker wrote:
>>> 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.
>> By 0.35%, asshat.
>>
>>>> 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%
>> It doesn't mean that, asshat.
>
> That's what the figures at the references you provided say.
No they don't, asshat.
>>> Apple outgrew the industry by four times.
>> O.35% is not four times the industry growth, asshat.
>
> No. Because it's not the same figure, Edwin.
Who are you calling Edwin, asshat?
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