Re: Global Computer Market quarter by quarter

On May 18, 5:08=A0pm, Sandman <m...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In article
> <51d8b523-16e4-4212-b3f5-b67cc295e...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> =A0Edwin <thorn...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > > > > > How much "growth" was there in going down from 3.4% to 3.2%,
San=
dman?
>
> > > > I see you lack the intelligence necessary to produce an answer.
>
> > > The answer was below, but to answer you directly, the growth was an
> > > impressive 188%! Q1 1999 Apple sold 800,000 Macs and in Q1 2008 they
> > > sold a whopping 2,300,000 Macs which is an increase of 188% !
>
> > Your stupidity-generated answer treats Apple as a world unto itself,
> > ignoring what a small fraction of the total market they've always
> > had.
>
> With a 188% growth

That leaves Apple with 3.2% of the market, less than what they had in
1999.

> I don't think Apple cares much about the market.

Apple's commercials don't agree with what you think.   Neither do the
posts here about Apple moving into business, the enterprise, the
military, etc.

> Neither do I. Why is it so im****tant to you?

Idiots like you always reach this point,when their stupidity is
finally overwhelmingly beat down, and they're left whining "why do you
care?"


> I mean, you'd have a
> point if Apple was failing, on the brink of bankruptcy. But they're
> doing great, selling like never before, making tons and tons of cash,
> worth more than Dell and so on...

I have a point that's loud and clear to anybody who hasn't made Apple,
Inc. the center of their existence.


> > IOW, in the world of fleas, Apple is one hell of a flea. =A0 Up
> > above the microscopic level, Apple was insignificant, is
> > insignificant, and will always be insignificant, =A0despite what Apple
> > sycophants believe.
>
> I would love for my company to be as insignificant as Apple, who has
> the worlds second most recognizable brand and is worth more than Dell
> and has every hardware manufacturer trying to copy its products.

What happened to your claim that Apple doesn't care about the market?

> > > > It's always a tiny fraction of the whole market.
>
> > > But loads and loads of units and revenue.
>
> > Good for stockholders. =A0 Not good for the people who bore the cost
of
> > paying those high margins.
>
> What high margins?

The ones you've been told about for years.

> > > >http://www.systemshootouts.org/images/mac_sales_market_share_lg.gif
>
> > > You do realise that that chart sup****ts what I just said, no?
>
> > I realize you have to be out of your mind to make such a claim.
>
> That chart clearly illustrate that year over year market share is
> growing. Q1 2008 is larger than Q1 2007.

The chart clearly shows Apple's market share has been stuck at around
3% for a decade.   2008 is history repeating itself.