In article <6f14c$482db87d$9041@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Glorb <Glorb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 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.
>
"Gartner Says Worldwide PC Market Grew 12 Percent in First Quarter of
2008"
You're welcome!
> >>> 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?
LOL
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