Re: Apple Global market share

On Fri, 16 May 2008 14:43:18 -0700, Glorb wrote
(in article <4f915$482dfff6$17462@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):

> William A. T. Clark 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. 
>> 
>> Like I said, no one will ever mistake your Ford Focus for a ****sche.
> 
> Non sequitur.
> 
>  > Quality not quantity.
> 
> IOW, disregard the number of iPods sold when discussing the Zune.

Since the *iPods are both quantity and quality, your remark is meaningless
> 

* But modern ipods, while still well made and very cool, no longer have
the 
audio quality that they used to have. Most people don't seem to care,
though.