"Alan Baker" <alangbaker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:alangbaker-4304CA.22210619052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> In article <55732$482dc5fc$14653@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Edwin <thorne25@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> Alan Baker wrote:
>> > In article <ed0e2$482dbc1e$10679@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>> > Glorb <Glorb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Alan Baker wrote:
>> >>> In article <5aa3d$482dba52$9763@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>> >>> Glorb <Glorb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> Alan Baker wrote:
>> >>>>> In article <c3799$482db496$7869@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>> >>>>> Glorb <Glorb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>> Alan Baker wrote:
>> >>>>>>> In article <5e9bd$482daf22$6035@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>> >>>>>>> Glorb <Glorb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> Alan Baker wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>> In article <mVhXj.9251$hv2.4276@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>> >>>>>>>>> "weedhopper" <whopper@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> Impressive!!
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> 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."'
>> >>>>>>>> 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%
>> >>>>>>> Apple growth Q1'08: 51%
>> >>>>>>> Overall growth Q1'08: 12%.
>> >>>>>> Somebody get Alan a math tutor!
>> >>>>> Mac Q1'08 / Mac Q1' 07 = 1.5088
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Those figures were provided by you, above.
>> >>>> Where did the other three quarters of 2007 go?
>> >>> Where did they need to go to compare the year of year growth of the
>> >>> Mac
>> >>> in one quarter to the year of year growth of the overall PC market
in
>> >>> the same quarter?
>> >> Then compare to the last quarter of 2007, not the first, asshat.
>> >> Growth is from quarter to quarter. It doesn't leapfrog over three
>> >> quarters of the year.
>> >
>> > Your Gartner reference to the overall figures is for first quarter to
>> > first quarter,
>>
>> No it's not, asshat. My first overall figure is for all of 2007. My
>> second overall figure is for all of the first quarter of 2008. You
>> even said so when you complained I was comparing all of 2007 to one
>> quarter of 2008.
>
> <http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=648619>
>
> You provided that reference.
>
> It compares PC ****pments in the first quarter of 2008 to the first
> quarter of 2007:
>
> "STAMFORD, Conn., April 16, 2008 < Worldwide PC ****pments totaled 71.1
> million units in the first quarter of 2008, a 12.3 percent increase from
> the first quarter of 2007"
>
>
>>
>> > so -- as usual, you're wrong.
>>
>> No I'm not, asshat. Not as usual or any other way.
>
> LOL
Four days to make that weak comeback?? Many sleepless nights tossing and
turning?
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