Skip to main content
news

Re: mac sales down

Alan Baker
SubjectRe: mac sales down
FromAlan Baker
Date2008-05-08 18:14 (2008-05-08 18:14)
Message-ID<alangbaker-C42948.09141708052008@[74.223.185.199.nw.nuvox.net]>
Client
Newsgroupscomp.sys.mac.advocacy
Followsweedhopper
FollowupsEdwin (9d, 18h & 52m) > Alan Baker
Edwin (10d & 38m) > Alan Baker

In article <mlFUj.541$C8.526@bignews2.bellsouth.net>, "weedhopper" <wendelhopper@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&qpct=3&qpc al=1&qptimeframe=M&qpsp=110

March 7.48% April 7.38%

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.

-- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia "If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that wall to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you sit in the bottom of that cupboard."

Edwin (9d, 18h & 52m) > Alan Baker
Edwin (10d & 38m) > Alan Baker