Alan Baker wrote:
> In article <ed0e2$482dbc1e$10679@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Glorb <Glorb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> 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 Gartner reference to the overall figures is for first quarter to
> first quarter, so -- as usual, you're wrong.
http://gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=584210
Worldwide PC ****pments totaled 271.2 million units in 2007
No, you're the one who's wrong as usual, Edwin.
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