In article <8HwYj.25505$j7.469450@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
nospamatall <nospamatall@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Edwin wrote:
> > 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
> >
> <snip>
> >
> > 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
> > 1,517,000/62,700,000 = 0.0241
> > 2,289,000/71,100,000 = 0.0321
>
> 2,289,000 - 1,517,000 = 772,000 = 33.7% increase
50.9%, actually.
> 71,100,000 - 62,700,000 = 8,400,000 = 13.4% increase
But remember that the Macs themselves are counted in there.
Try this (figures in thousands):
((71,100 - 2,289) - (62,700 - 1,517)) / 62,700) = 12.5%
So when you compare the Macs growth to every PC *but* the Mac, the Mac
is growing four times as fast.
>
> It all depends on what point you're trying to make. I think any company
> would be pleased with results like Apples have been recently. What is
> your point? That the mac's market share is small?
>
> Does that matter to you?
>
> Andy
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