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?
>
> > 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.
Well, there you have it. The definitive quantitative answer, straight
from a PC.
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