Alan Baker wrote:
> In article <5aa3d$482dba52$9763@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Glorb <Glorb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> 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?
>
> Where did they need to go to compare the year of year growth of the Mac
> in one quarter to the year of year growth of the overall PC market in
> the same quarter?
Then compare to the last quarter of 2007, not the first, asshat.
Growth is from quarter to quarter. It doesn't leapfrog over three
quarters of the year.
>>> 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****!
>
> By all means, continue your oh so cogent rebuttal.
I gave you all the figures, asshat.
> How is it bull****?
You know how, asshat.
>> You're an idiot.
>
> LOL
>
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