Glorb 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?
>
>> Your last reference states (and I quote):
>>
>> "Gartner Says Worldwide PC Market Grew 12 Percent in First Quarter of
>> 2008"
>>
>> 71,057,000 / 63,250,000 = 1.1234
>>
>> But remember: those figures include Mac sales.
>>
>> So if we subtract the Mac sales:
>>
>> (71,057,000 - 2,289,000) / (63,250,000 - 1,517,000) = 1.1139
>>
>> IOW, while the Mac's sales grew 51% year over year, the rest of the PC
>> market only grew 11%.
>
> Bull****!
>
> You're an idiot.
>
Are you able to provide a mathematical operation that proves your point?
If not, a good steaming bowl of STFU is in order.
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