Dave Fritzinger wrote:
> On May 19, 12:52 pm, Glorb <Gl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Dave Fritzinger wrote:
>>> On May 19, 12:35 pm, Glorb <Gl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>> David Fritzinger wrote:
>>>>> In article
>>>>> <3a024183-96b3-4a1a-b80b-ae99ea907...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>>>>> Edwin <thorn...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>>> On May 13, 4:03 pm, Jim <j...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>>>>
http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/mac/showArticle.jhtml?ar...
>>>>>>> eID=207603284
>>>>>>> "Microsoft on Tuesday said Office 2008 for the Mac is the hottest
>>>>>>> selling version of the productivity suite in nearly 20 years.
>>>>>>> In announcing the soaring sales, the software maker also released
>>>>>>> Service Pack 1 of Office for the Mac. SP1 in general improves the
>>>>>>> suite's stability, security, and performance. The company also
gave a
>>>>>>> peek of the product's roadmap by saying it would have Visual Basic
for
>>>>>>> Applications in the next version. "
>>>>>>> VBA is an implementation of Microsoft's Visual Basic programming
>>>>>>> language that's built into Office applications. By embedding the
VBA
>>>>>>> integrated development environment into software, Microsoft
provides a
>>>>>>> familiar tool for developers customizing the suite. Microsoft
dropped
>>>>>>> VBA from Office for the Mac after version 2004.
>>>>>>> Microsoft said sales of Office 2008, which launched in January,
are
>>>>>>> nearly three times what the company saw with the launch of Office
2004.
>>>>>>> The suite is selling faster than any version in 19 years. "As we
set our
>>>>>>> course for future versions, we are working closely with customers
and
>>>>>>> will also expand our staff to ensure that Office for Mac remains
the
>>>>>>> most powerful and compatible productivity suite for Mac
customers,"
>>>>>>> Craig Eisler, general manager of Microsoft's Mac business unit,
said in
>>>>>>> a statement."
>>>>>>> More if you care to read.
>>>>>> 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.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=503816
>>>>>> STAMFORD, Conn., April 18, 2007 ‹ Worldwide PC ****pments totaled
62.7
>>>>>> million unitsin the first quarter of 2007
>>>>>> 1,517,000/62,700,000 = 0.0241
>>>>>> Mac woldwide market share Q1'07 = 2.41%
>>>>>> 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.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=509905
>>>>>> STAMFORD, Conn., July 18, 2007 ‹ Worldwide PC ****pments totaled
61.1
>>>>>> million units in the second quarter of 2007
>>>>>> 1,764,000/61,100,000 = 0.0288
>>>>>> Mac woldwide market share Q2'07 = 2.88%
>>>>>> 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.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=532712
>>>>>> STAMFORD, Conn., October 17, 2007 ‹ Worldwide PC ****pments totaled
>>>>>> 68.5 million units in the third quarter of 2007
>>>>>> 2,164,000/68,500,000 = 0.0315
>>>>>> Mac woldwide market share Q3'07 = 3.15%
>>>>>> 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
>>>>>> http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=584210
>>>>>> STAMFORD, Conn., January 16, 2008 ‹ 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
>>>>>> 2,319,000/75,900,000 = 0.0305
>>>>>> Mac woldwide market share Q4'07 = 3.05%
>>>>>> 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
>>>>>> http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=648619
>>>>>> STAMFORD, Conn., April 16, 2008 ‹ Worldwide PC ****pments totaled
71.1
>>>>>> million units in the first quarter of 2008
>>>>>> 2,289,000/71,100,000 = 0.0321
>>>>>> Mac woldwide market share Q1'08 = 3.21%
>>>>>> Summary:
>>>>>> Mac woldwide market share Q1'07 = 2.41%
>>>>>> Mac woldwide market share Q2'07 = 2.88%
>>>>>> Mac woldwide market share Q3'07 = 3.15%
>>>>>> Mac woldwide market share Q4'07 = 3.05%
>>>>>> Mac woldwide market share Q1'08 = 3.21%
>>>>>> Q1'07 comparted to Q1'08
>>>>>> Mac gain in worldwide market share = 0.8%
>>>>> Which is a 33% gain in market share. To show my work, 0.8/2.4=33%.
Is
>>>>> this what you really wanted to say, Glorb?
>>>> No.
>>>> Whatever you did there didn't increase Mac market share above 3.2%
>> I got rid of your nutty reply.
>>
>> Mac market share is 3.2%. End of story.
The facts you can't run away from:
Mac market share is 3.2%. End of story.
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