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re: Mac Q3 2007 market share: 3.19 percent worldwide, less than 8.3 percent in the US (Updated)

MaryW — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:54:20 GMT

Paul, I do wish you had not 'updated' your post. I think you are adding to your reader's confusion as-well as fostering the notion that Apple's share of the computer pie is much larger than reality!

First of all that headline! "Less than 8.3 percent" just does not have the same punch as something like "Gartner and IDC fraudulently inflate the Mac market share"

Dam right those figures are "untrue". If they think that adding the word "preliminary" means that they are not actually lying through their teeth..... well it just beggars belief.

On Thursday Microsoft will be reporting figures of over 60 million Vista systems sold in q3. With over 75% of those (take away the number you first thought of) in the US that makes the Mac share about 2.356711%

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L2 — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:12:08 GMT

.....more Apple/OS X talk huh?

You dudes are like little boys who have a crush on a girl but you’re too embarrassed to say you do. This includes you too PAUL!

Ridiculous! LOL!

re: Mac Q3 2007 market share: 3.19 percent worldwide, less than 5.59 percent in the US

Cfischer83 — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:06:50 GMT

I'm surprised by a few things. First, that Gateway is now number 5 when it was number 3 and then bought by Acer, and also that Dell replaces HP at the top of the US market.

I'm guessing that at this rate (if you are a uniformitarianist, which I'm not but we'll say I am for this argument) that Apple will be where Microsoft is in about 100 years. They are growing but there are a number of reasons for that. 1) Windows works on the mac now, so people may buy it for that Windows. In some jobs you need to have both OSes for development testing, so that's one less PC being sold for someone who can use both. 2) Since the move to Intel, people have to throw out there old ones and buy new ones... pretty soon that won't be an issue as no one will have their PowerPC's anymore.

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Yawn! — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:20:44 GMT

jtyyz, correctly pointed out that Paul's matrix and the data he uses may contain a flaw. I have emailed Paul about this and asked him to re-examine the data he is using.

There is no reason to be an ass about this issue. I truly believe that Paul's has one of the better Matrix's used for best guessing market share.

I will wait for Paul to post his answer. Until then please try to be nice.

Vista (sp2)

re: Mac Q3 2007 market share: 3.19 percent worldwide, less than 5.59 percent in the US

gredo — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:47:36 GMT

I'm always amazed at Paul's obsession with market share. I would guess with a market value higher than both Dell and HP, Apple is less than worried with their standing in today's tech market.

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johnpapola — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:08:20 GMT

Paul,

I know you love to be contrarian when it comes the mac, but seriously... you aren't helping your image with this post. I just don't see the point. Apple is growing at a rate many multiples higher than the broader PC industry. They have a market cap that now exceeds HP (and for the moment IBM as well) and more than doubles Dell.

There's simply ZERO negative here. Apple has no control over IDC and Gartner. As is often the case, you're conflating the statements and hype of third parties with that of Apple itself. Between this and all the digs against Leopard, I get the feeling you might be enjoying a little Mac-user baiting.

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cesjr — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:55:19 GMT

Actually IDC estimated 6.3 percent, which is not too far off your 5.59 percent.

Also, half of 8.1 percent is 4.05 percent. So your statement about half is wrong.

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bkvalheim — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:45:24 GMT

More importantly to Apple though:

1. Apple shipped 2,164,000 Macintosh® computers, representing 34 percent growth over the year-ago quarter and exceeding the previous quarterly record for Mac® shipments by 400,000.

2. The Company sold 10,200,000 iPods during the quarter, representing 17 percent growth over the year-ago quarter.

3. “We are very pleased to have generated over $24 billion in revenue and $3.5 billion in net income in fiscal 2007,”

4. Apple ended the fiscal year with $15.4 billion in cash and no debt,”

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jtyyz — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:06:15 GMT

Before the Apple fanboys pounce on you, I think your numbers are off. Apple's press release shows 965 000 units for Americas, but it also lists 473 000 units for Retail, which if I'm not mistaken is almost entirely in the US. I think you need to add the two (and as you said subtract for all the other 'Americas').

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