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Re: mac sales down

Edwin
SubjectRe: mac sales down
FromEdwin
Date05/17/2008 21:12 (05/17/2008 12:12)
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FollowupsAlan Baker (2d, 10h & 36m)

On May 8, 10:54 am, "weedhopper" <wendelhop...@comcast.net>wrote:

weedhopper
I don't know if I really want to buy a new Mac now. With all the lies and bashing the Mac Zealots seem to constantly do - is it worth it?

Market share facts from the new Mac Zealot Bible;

http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=10&qpmr=24&qpdt=1&q...

March  7.48% April     7.38%

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/04/25results.html fiscal 2007 second quarter ended March 31, 2007 Apple shipped 1,517,000 Macintosh® computers

http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=503816 STAMFORD, Conn., April 18, 2007 — Worldwide PC shipments 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 shipped 1,764,000 Macintosh® computers

http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=509905 STAMFORD, Conn., July 18, 2007 — Worldwide PC shipments 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 shipped 2,164,000 Macintosh® computers

http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=532712 STAMFORD, Conn., October 17, 2007 — Worldwide PC shipments 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 shipped 2,319,000 Macintosh® computers

http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=584210 STAMFORD, Conn., January 16, 2008 — Worldwide PC shipments 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 shipments 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 shipped 2,289,000 Macintosh® computers

http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=648619 STAMFORD, Conn., April 16, 2008 — Worldwide PC shipments 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%

Alan Baker (2d, 10h & 36m)