famousringo on 28 November 2009
| kowenicki said: @stekstav Im talking this year... and Im not just talking US.... there is a big wide wold out there you know. And revenue of hardware is meaningless in this discussion about install base of opperating systems.... apple hardware costs more. nice try though. |
Your point that revenue share isn't install base is valid, but surely Apple's position as the largest PC manufacturer in the US by revenue share isn't a bad thing.
Okay, so where is your evidence that Mac marketshare is shrinking? I see record Apple revenues and profits (Apple gives most credit to growing overseas Mac sales) and I see this table, neither of which supports your assertion:
http://marketshare.hitslink.com/os-market-share.aspx?qprid=9
| Month | Windows | Mac | Linux | iPhone | Java ME | Symbian | Other |
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| December, 2008 | 93.90% | 4.45% | 0.98% | 0.18% | 0.00% | 0.01% | 0.48% |
| January, 2009 | 93.66% | 4.71% | 0.90% | 0.20% | 0.22% | 0.07% | 0.24% |
| February, 2009 | 93.74% | 4.55% | 0.98% | 0.19% | 0.23% | 0.08% | 0.23% |
| March, 2009 | 93.51% | 4.69% | 1.01% | 0.20% | 0.23% | 0.11% | 0.25% |
| April, 2009 | 93.45% | 4.64% | 1.06% | 0.22% | 0.25% | 0.11% | 0.28% |
| May, 2009 | 93.18% | 4.73% | 1.17% | 0.25% | 0.25% | 0.12% | 0.30% |
| June, 2009 | 93.39% | 4.70% | 1.00% | 0.27% | 0.25% | 0.12% | 0.27% |
| July, 2009 | 93.04% | 4.86% | 1.05% | 0.30% | 0.29% | 0.14% | 0.31% |
| August, 2009 | 93.06% | 4.87% | 0.94% | 0.33% | 0.31% | 0.14% | 0.36% |
| September, 2009 | 92.77% | 5.12% | 0.95% | 0.35% | 0.30% | 0.15% | 0.36% |
| October, 2009 | 92.52% | 5.27% | 0.96% | 0.37% | 0.35% | 0.17% |
0.35% |
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