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Maurice

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Jan 3, 2010, 10:41:55 AM1/3/10
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All those "record" 25% and 35% sales of the last quarters?

They don't show here,

http://marketshare.hitslink.com/os-market-share.aspx?qprid=11

Lloyd Parsons

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Jan 3, 2010, 10:50:09 AM1/3/10
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In article <ZU20n.5477$Wl3....@newsfe11.iad>,
"Maurice" <Mauric...@aol.com> wrote:

But maybe elsewhere, so I'll cherry pick some of my own...

http://successfulsoftware.net/2009/01/09/macosx-market-share/

Notice UP trend?

http://www.tech-no-media.com/2009/10/european-os-market-share-rise-of-osx
.html

Another up trend, this time from Europe.

As to the 'record' sales, well they all appear in the financial reports.
Which kind of explains why Apple's share pricing is as high as it is,
with a huge market cap.

Tommy the Troll

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Jan 3, 2010, 11:26:11 AM1/3/10
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On Sun, 3 Jan 2010 10:41:55 -0500, "Maurice" <Mauric...@aol.com>
wrote:

>All those "record" 25% and 35% sales of the last quarters?
>
>They don't show here,
>
>http://marketshare.hitslink.com/os-market-share.aspx?qprid=11
>
>


A few explanations might be in order

1. The new Maccies can't figure out how to get them on the Net
2. The new machines are replacing PPC Macs made redundant by SN
3. The new Macs are actually running Windows most of the time
4. The new Macs are in Cupertino for screen repairs
5. Older Macs are running Windows a higher % of the time as their
owners tire of playing with the OSuX eye candy and try to get some
work done.

See, it's not that hard to explain away...

Steve de Mena

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Jan 3, 2010, 11:28:58 AM1/3/10
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They show here if a lot of them are running Windows.

Steve

Steve de Mena

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Jan 3, 2010, 11:34:39 AM1/3/10
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Lloyd Parsons wrote:
> In article <ZU20n.5477$Wl3....@newsfe11.iad>,
> "Maurice" <Mauric...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>> All those "record" 25% and 35% sales of the last quarters?
>>
>> They don't show here,
>>
>> http://marketshare.hitslink.com/os-market-share.aspx?qprid=11
>
> But maybe elsewhere, so I'll cherry pick some of my own...
>
> http://successfulsoftware.net/2009/01/09/macosx-market-share/
>
> Notice UP trend?

That's a year old. Let's focus on the Windows 7 era....

>> http://www.tech-no-media.com/2009/10/european-os-market-share-rise-of-osx
> .html
>
> Another up trend, this time from Europe.

I don't understand their logic for the numbers they show. (The AT
Institute) It looks like they tried different techniques to get the
result they wanted.

Steve

Maurice

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Jan 3, 2010, 11:37:23 AM1/3/10
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"Lloyd Parsons" <lloydp...@mac.com> wrote in message
news:lloydparsons-EB14...@port80.individual.net...

> In article <ZU20n.5477$Wl3....@newsfe11.iad>,
> "Maurice" <Mauric...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>> All those "record" 25% and 35% sales of the last quarters?
>>
>> They don't show here,
>>
>> http://marketshare.hitslink.com/os-market-share.aspx?qprid=11
>
> But maybe elsewhere, so I'll cherry pick some of my own...

There was no cherry picking. That link has been your gospel for years. It
only fell out of favor when they went to real world numbers. Try to live
with it.


MuahMan

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Jan 3, 2010, 6:50:40 PM1/3/10
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On Jan 3, 11:37 am, "Maurice" <Maurice504...@aol.com> wrote:
> "Lloyd Parsons" <lloydpars...@mac.com> wrote in message
>
> news:lloydparsons-EB14...@port80.individual.net...
>
> > In article <ZU20n.5477$Wl3.3...@newsfe11.iad>,

> > "Maurice" <Maurice504...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> >> All those "record"  25% and 35% sales of the last quarters?
>
> >> They don't show here,
>
> >>http://marketshare.hitslink.com/os-market-share.aspx?qprid=11
>
> > But maybe elsewhere, so I'll cherry pick some of my own...
>
> There was no cherry picking.  That link has been your gospel for years.  It
> only fell out of favor when they went to real world numbers.  Try to live
> with it.

Another Mactard PWNed!

John Slade

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Jan 4, 2010, 3:41:35 PM1/4/10
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Tommy the Troll wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Jan 2010 10:41:55 -0500, "Maurice" <Mauric...@aol.com>
> wrote:
>
>> All those "record" 25% and 35% sales of the last quarters?
>>
>> They don't show here,
>>
>> http://marketshare.hitslink.com/os-market-share.aspx?qprid=11
>>
>>
>
>
> A few explanations might be in order
>
> 1. The new Maccies can't figure out how to get them on the Net
> 2. The new machines are replacing PPC Macs made redundant by SN
> 3. The new Macs are actually running Windows most of the time

Is there any information to back this up?

> 4. The new Macs are in Cupertino for screen repairs


They are? I haven't heard much about this one. Every
since Apple switched to making PCs, I stopped paying much
attention to the new Mac hardware issues.

> 5. Older Macs are running Windows a higher % of the time as their
> owners tire of playing with the OSuX eye candy and try to get some
> work done.
>

I want to see some facts about this, can you provide a link?

John

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