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Edwin <thorne25@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On May 17, 9:23 pm, David Fritzinger <dfrit...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > In article
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> > Edwin <thorn...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > On May 17, 1:59 pm, Edwin <thorn...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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® computers
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> > > >http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=503816
> > > > STAMFORD, Conn., April 18, 2007 Ğ Worldwide PC ****pments totaled
62.7
> > > > million unitsin the first quarter of 2007
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> > > > 1,517,000/62,700,000 = 0.0241
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> > > > Mac woldwide market share Q1'07 = 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® computers
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> > > >http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=509905
> > > > STAMFORD, Conn., July 18, 2007 Ğ Worldwide PC ****pments totaled
61.1
> > > > million units in the second quarter of 2007
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> > > > 1,764,000/61,100,000 = 0.0288
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> > > > Mac woldwide market share Q2'07 = 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® computers
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> > > >http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=532712
> > > > STAMFORD, Conn., October 17, 2007 Ğ Worldwide PC ****pments totaled
> > > > 68.5 million units in the third quarter of 2007
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> > > > 2,164,000/68,500,000 = 0.0315
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> > > > Mac woldwide market share Q3'07 = 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® computers
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> > > >http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=584210
> > > > STAMFORD, Conn., January 16, 2008 Ğ Worldwide PC ****pments totaled
> > > > 271.2 million units in 2007, a 13.4 percent increase from 2006,
> > > > according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. The industry
ended
> > > > the year with fourth quarter PC ****pments of 75.9 million units
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> > > > 2,319,000/75,900,000 = 0.0305
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> > > > Mac woldwide market share Q4'07 = 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® computers
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> > > >http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=648619
> > > > STAMFORD, Conn., April 16, 2008 Ğ Worldwide PC ****pments totaled
71.1
> > > > million units in the first quarter of 2008
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> > > > 2,289,000/71,100,000 = 0.0321
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> > > > Mac woldwide market share Q1'08 = 3.21%
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> > > > Summary:
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> > > > Mac woldwide market share Q1'07 = 2.41%
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> > > > Mac woldwide market share Q2'07 = 2.88%
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> > > > Mac woldwide market share Q3'07 = 3.15%
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> > > > Mac woldwide market share Q4'07 = 3.05%
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> > > > Mac woldwide market share Q1'08 = 3.21%
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> > > > Q1'07 comparted to Q1'08
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> > > > Mac gain in worldwide market share = 0.8%
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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_....
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> > >http://www.systemshootouts.org/?q=node/198
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> > Edwin, why does it bother you so much that the Mac market share is
> > increasing?
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> Why is it still at ~3% if it's increasing?
Um, because it had dropped below 3%? Now it is increasing. Indeed, using
the figures you provided, it has increased by 33% in the last year.
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> > It's not like Windows is going to be eclipsed any time soon,
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> No, it's not.
Well, you finally got something right...
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> > so why are you so worried?
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> Does projecting your worry into me help to soothe your dark soul?
I'm not worried. Why should I be? The company that makes the computer
operating system I prefer is thriving. You, however, seem very worried.
Why?
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> > To quote Edwin (or was it Glorb? Or perhaps Mr. X? Or, maybe it was
> > Hasta la Vista?) "Your fear is palpable."
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> Fear of what?
You tell me. You are the one who is acting like he (or is that they) is
afraid.
--
Dave Fritzinger
Honolulu, HI
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