"Alan Baker" <alangbaker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> In article <PzkXj.34889$7a.4409@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> "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.
No - it's Fuzzy Math. Did you major in that?
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