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Re: mac sales down

Edwin
SubjectRe: mac sales down
FromEdwin
Date05/18/2008 13:06 (05/18/2008 04:06)
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FollowsAlan Baker
FollowupsAlan Baker (1d, 18h & 41m)

On May 8, 11:14 am, Alan Baker <alangba...@telus.net>wrote:

Alan Baker
In article <mlFUj.541$C8....@bignews2.bellsouth.net>,

 "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... al=1&qptimeframe=M&qpsp=110

March  7.48% April     7.38%

Alan Baker
Yup. Statistics fluctuate, that's why there are such things as margins of error, confidence intervals, etc.

But the overall trend is unmistakable:

Apple's share of overall web usage is going slowly but steadily up.

"For 1999, Apple ranked eighth in terms of worldwide PC shipments, with 3.4 percent, up from 3.3 percent the previous year. "

http://www.news.com/Apple-beats-expectations,-splits-stock/2100-1001_3-23949= 9.html

Mac woldwide market share Q1'08 =3D 3.21%

http://www.systemshootouts.org/?q=3Dnode/198

Alan Baker (1d, 18h & 41m)