"Alan Baker" <alangbaker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> 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"
3% market share worldwide. As I said, impressive.
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