On May 18, 5:41=A0am, Edwin <thorn...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On May 18, 12:00=A0am, David Fritzinger
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> > In article
> > <ebb35330-ea4f-4af3-ae57-7f148c10a...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > =A0Edwin <thorn...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > On May 17, 9:19=A0pm, David Fritzinger <dfrit...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > In article
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> > > > =A0Edwin <thorn...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > > On May 17, 7:57=A0pm, David Fritzinger <dfrit...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > > > In article
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> > > > > > =A0Edwin <thorn...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > > > > On May 17, 3:03=A0pm, David Fritzinger
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> > > > > > > > In article
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> > > > > > > > =A0Edwin <thorn...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > > > > > > On May 17, 2:21=A0am, Alan Baker <alangba...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > > > > > > > In article <b0d8$482e0397$18...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > > > > > > > =A0Glorb <Gl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > > > > > > > > Alan Baker wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > In article
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> > > > > > > > > > > > =A0Glorb <Gl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > [snipping lots of stuff to save bandwidth]
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> > > > > > > > > > First quarter 2008 compared to first quarter 2007.
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> > > > > > > > > > See: they do this because sales of products fluctuate
> > > > > > > > > > seasonally,
> > > > > > > > > > so
> > > > > > > > > > that comparing a quarter to the immediately preceding
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arter
> > > > > > > > > > isn't
> > > > > > > > > > very
> > > > > > > > > > useful.
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> > > > > > > > > You found another "Edwin," did you? =A0 ROTFLMAO!!!
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> > > > > > > > >http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/04/25results.html
> > > > > > > > > fiscal 2007 second quarter ended March 31, 2007
> > > > > > > > > Apple ****pped 1,517,000 Macintosh=AE computers
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> > > > > > > > >http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=3D503816
> > > > > > > > > STAMFORD, Conn., April 18, 2007 =D0 Worldwide PC
****pments=
totaled
> > > > > > > > > 62.7
> > > > > > > > > million units in the first quarter of 2007
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> > > > > > > > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 1,517,000/62,700,000 =3D 0.0241
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> > > > > > > > > Mac worldwide market share Q1'07 =3D 2.41%
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> > > > > > > > >http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/07/25results.html
> > > > > > > > > 2007 third quarter ended June 30, 2007
> > > > > > > > > Apple ****pped 1,764,000 Macintosh=AE computers
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> > > > > > > > >http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=3D509905
> > > > > > > > > STAMFORD, Conn., July 18, 2007 =D0 Worldwide PC
****pments =
totaled
> > > > > > > > > 61.1
> > > > > > > > > million units in the second quarter of 2007
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> > > > > > > > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A01,764,000/61,100,000 =3D 0.0288
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> > > > > > > > > Mac worldwide market share Q2'07 =3D 2.88%
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> > > > > > > > >http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/10/22results.html
> > > > > > > > > fiscal 2007 fourth quarter ended September 29, 2007
> > > > > > > > > Apple ****pped 2,164,000 Macintosh=AE computers
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> > > > > > > > >http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=3D532712
> > > > > > > > > STAMFORD, Conn., October 17, 2007 =D0 Worldwide PC
****pmen=
ts
> > > > > > > > > totaled
> > > > > > > > > 68.5 million units in the third quarter of 2007
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> > > > > > > > > =A0 =A0 =A0 2,164,000/68,500,000 =3D 0.0315
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> > > > > > > > > Mac worldwide market share Q3'07 =3D 3.15%
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> > > > > > > > >http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2008/01/22results.html
> > > > > > > > > fiscal 2008 first quarter ended December 29, 2007
> > > > > > > > > Apple ****pped 2,319,000 Macintosh=AE computers
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> > > > > > > > >http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=3D584210
> > > > > > > > > STAMFORD, Conn., January 16, 2008 =D0 Worldwide PC
****pmen=
ts
> > > > > > > > > totaled
> > > > > > > > > 271.2 million units in 2007, a 13.4 percent increase
from =
2006,
> > > > > > > > > according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. The
indu=
stry
> > > > > > > > > ended
> > > > > > > > > the year with fourth quarter PC ****pments of 75.9
million =
units
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> > > > > > > > > =A0 =A0 =A02,319,000/75,900,000 =3D 0.0305
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> > > > > > > > > Mac worldwide market share Q4'07 =3D 3.05%
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> > > > > > > > >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=AE computers
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> > > > > > > > >http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=3D648619
> > > > > > > > > STAMFORD, Conn., April 16, 2008 =D0 Worldwide PC
****pments=
totaled
> > > > > > > > > 71.1
> > > > > > > > > million units in the first quarter of 2008
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> > > > > > > > > =A0 =A0 =A02,289,000/71,100,000 =3D 0.0321
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> > > > > > > > > Mac worldwide market share Q1'08 =3D 3.21%
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> > > > > > > > > Summary:
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> > > > > > > > > Mac worldwide market share Q1'07 =3D 2.41%
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> > > > > > > > > Mac worldwide market share Q2'07 =3D 2.88%
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> > > > > > > > > Mac worldwide market share Q3'07 =3D 3.15%
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> > > > > > > > > Mac worldwide market share Q4'07 =3D 3.05%
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> > > > > > > > > Mac worldwide market share Q1'08 =3D 3.21%
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> > > > > > > > > Q1'07 compared to Q1'08
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> > > > > > > > > Mac gain in worldwide market share =3D 0.8%
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> > > > > > > > > You're welcome, Alan!
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> > > > > > > > Of course you realize that, using your figures, Apple's
mark=
et
> > > > > > > > share
> > > > > > > > has
> > > > > > > > increased by 33%.
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> > > > > > > Not buy using my figures. =A0 Apple is stuck at about 3% of
th=
e market,
> > > > > > > they're nowhere near 33% of the market.
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> > > > > > Now, try reading for content. Nowhere did I say that they were
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nywhere
> > > > > > near 33% of the market. What I did say is that their market
shar=
e
> > > > > > increased by 33%, from 2.4 to 3.2%.
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> > > > > IOW, it's stuck at about 3% of the market, just like it has been
f=
or
> > > > > at least the last ten years.
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> > > > But, as you have shown, and I have demonstrated, it is increasing.
D=
o
> > > > you deny that?
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> > > Do I deny going from 3% to 3% is an increase? =A0 You bet your ass I
d=
o!
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> > Too bad for you that you said that it went from a 2.4 to a 3.2% market
> > share,
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> How is that bad for me?
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> > which, no matter how you try to spin it, is a 33% increase.
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> "For 1999, Apple ranked eighth in terms of worldwide PC ****pments,
> with 3.4 percent, up from 3.3 percent the previous year. "
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> http://www.news.com/Apple-beats-expectations,-splits-stock/2100-1001_...
> 9.html
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> At 3.2%, Apple hasn't even recovered its 3.4% level from 1999.
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> How much of a decrease is it to go down from 3.4% to 3.2%, Dave?
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> Snicker.
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> > > > > > > > Is that really what you wanted to say?
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> > > > > > > Not in any shape or form. =A0 I prefer Apple's position in
the=
market
> > > > > > > as
> > > > > > > opposed to your figure of Apple against itself.
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> > > > > > Would you mind writing that in English next time?
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> > > > > Take a remedial reading course.
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> > > > I believe =A0you should take an English Composition course, as
your
> > > > sentence is nonsensical.
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> > > See what I mean?
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> > Yup, you seem to be English compositionally challenged...
> > 8^)
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> To a loon like you.
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> > > > > > > > BTW, why is it that your posts have a strange resemblance
to=
those
> > > > > > > > of
> > > > > > > > Glorb, Mr. X, and Hasta la Vista?
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> > > > > > > The truth is the truth no matter who posts it. =A0 You
probabl=
y
> > > > > > > recognize all our posts as being the opposite of the
bullsh*t =
you
> > > > > > > post.
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> > > > > > I have posted no BS, Glorb/Mr.X/err Hasta la Vista/err Edwin.
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> > > > > You post nothing but B.S., idiot/moron/err sh*thead/err Dave.
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> > > > Having lost the argument, Edwin turns to insults. Same old
Edwin...
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> > > Same old Crazy Dave Fritzinger, acts like a moron, gets called a
> > > moron, and then declares victory.
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> > Same old Edwin. Having been proven to be wrong (using the figures he
> > provided this time, no less) Edwin has nothing left but empty insults.
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> Same old Crazy Dave Fritzinger, acting like a moron, then whining
> about being called a moron, then declaring victory for himself because
> he got what he deserved.
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> > > > > > I used
> > > > > > your figures and showed you that the Mac marketshare has
increas=
ed by
> > > > > > 33%. Note, I didn't say it increased *to* 33%, but that the
Mac =
market
> > > > > > share increased *by* 33%. Do you understand the difference?
From=
the
> > > > > > blathering you have been doing, it is apparent that you do
not.
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> > > > > The truth has become blathering to Dave"Moron"Fritzinger.
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> > > > It is noted that Edwin is unable to refute what I wrote, so he is
> > > > turning to insults, as usual Same old Edwin...
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> > > Crazy Dave Fritzinger has gone to declaring victory and whining
after
> > > acting like a moron and being told he's one after he did.
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> > No, Edwin. You declared victory for me, the minute you stopped
> > responding to the substance of my posts,
>
> The substance of your posts is moronic claims.
>
> > and started throwing out (lame)
> > insults.
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> IOW, I called a spade a spade.
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> You lost the argument as soon as you started posting your usual stupid
> drivel.
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> > > > > Apple's market share is stuck at 3%, no matter how you contrive
a =
"33%
> > > > > gain."
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> > > > I showed the math, Edwin. I used your figures, and showed that the
M=
ac
> > > > market share increased by 33%. If you can't understand the math,
per=
haps
> > > > you should take a remedial math course as well.
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> > > Crazy Dave Fritzinger needs to show how going from 3% to 3%
represents=
> > > a 33% increase.
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> > Umm, no matter how you try to spin it, 2.4% doesn't get rounded up to
> > 3%. Meaning that you are wrong, again.
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> Umm, no matter how you try to spin it, going from 3.4% of the market
> to 3.2% of the market is not growth.
>
> "For 1999, Apple ranked eighth in terms of worldwide PC ****pments,
> with 3.4 percent, up from 3.3 percent the previous year. "
>
> http://www.news.com/Apple-beats-expectations,-splits-stock/2100-1001_...
> 9.html
>
> > Perhaps you should hope for the return of Glorb...
> > LOL
>
> Perhaps you ought to pay a visit to the Wizard of Oz and ask for the
> same thing the Scarecrow wanted.
>
> In the meantime, read this chart and weep:
>
http://www.systemshootouts.org/images/mac_sales_market_share_lg.gif
There's the correct URL.
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