Alan Baker wrote:
> In article <c3799$482db496$7869@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Glorb <Glorb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> Alan Baker wrote:
>>> In article <5e9bd$482daf22$6035@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>>> Glorb <Glorb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Alan Baker wrote:
>>>>> In article <mVhXj.9251$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."'
>>>>
>>>> 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%
>>> Apple growth Q1'08: 51%
>>> Overall growth Q1'08: 12%.
>> Somebody get Alan a math tutor!
>
> Mac Q1'08 / Mac Q1' 07 = 1.5088
>
> Those figures were provided by you, above.
Where did the other three quarters of 2007 go?
> Your last reference states (and I quote):
>
> "Gartner Says Worldwide PC Market Grew 12 Percent in First Quarter of
> 2008"
>
> 71,057,000 / 63,250,000 = 1.1234
>
> But remember: those figures include Mac sales.
>
> So if we subtract the Mac sales:
>
> (71,057,000 - 2,289,000) / (63,250,000 - 1,517,000) = 1.1139
>
> IOW, while the Mac's sales grew 51% year over year, the rest of the PC
> market only grew 11%.
Bull****!
You're an idiot.
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