In article <PzkXj.34889$7a.4409@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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"weedhopper" <whopper@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "Alan Baker" <alangbaker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:alangbaker-A1533A.09395816052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > 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.
51% growth when the overall market is only growing at 12%; more than 4
times the growth.
Yup. That is impressive.
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