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SubjectRe: mac sales down
FromAlan Baker
Date05/20/2008 07:47 (05/20/2008 07:47)
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In article <dea9de16-f891-4b18-8389-a006d186184d@2g2000hsn.googlegroups.com>, Glorb <Glorb@orb.com>wrote:

Edwin
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&qpmr$&qpdt=1&q... al=1&qptimeframe=M&qpsp0

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.

Edwin
"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

What does it rank today?

How's its profitability? Its viability as a company?

Mac woldwide market share Q1'08 = 3.21%

http://www.systemshootouts.org/?q=node/198

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