In article <ZizXj.10436$hv2.9187@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
"weedhopper" <whopper@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> >> >>>>>>>> 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?
LOL
How is it "fuzzy", Zara?
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