Alan Baker wrote:
> 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%
Yes I thought of that but it was late and I couldn't be bothered... He
wasn't going to take any notice anyway. Glad you did it though.
I think the turn-around generally has been amazing so far.
Andy
> 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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