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18-03-2008, 11:24 PM
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Re: Headlines - Apple gains US PC market share
What Walibe said, no story here that isn't being whipped up by fanboys giving the rest of us a bad name.
Shame to see Hexus posting headlines that frankly belong somewhere like Pocket Lint. |
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19-03-2008, 08:00 AM
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Re: Headlines - Apple gains US PC market share
The headline and story concern the share of the US PC retail market owned by Apple Macs.
Macs accounted for: '14 percent of the total volume and a full quarter of the total value of the US computer retail sector. This compares with shares of nine and 15 percent respectively a year ago.' Hence: 'Apple gains US PC market share'. |
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19-03-2008, 10:19 PM
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Re: Headlines - Apple gains US PC market share
The data is based on retail, and EXCLUDES on-line sales. Seeing Apple have pushed heavily in the POS arena in the U.S, is it really a suprise? Either way its overall percent of the market is still questionable when you consider how many PCs Dell ships on-line, especially in the U.S.
I'm not having a digg or anything at you guys, I just think it needs to be taken with a pinch of salt when on-line sales arn't even counted. Better headline? "Apple gains U.S Retail (although not on-line) market share"  .And I'm an Apple fanboy, - just a realistic one .
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19-03-2008, 11:28 PM
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Re: Headlines - Apple gains US PC market share
As Walibe says, no dig at you guys, it's just 'Macs continued to comfortably outpace the rest of the US PC retail market' is a ridiculously innacurate statement when compared to sales and results elsewhere.
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20-03-2008, 04:58 PM
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Re: Headlines - Apple gains US PC market share
It's not taken as a dig (or digg - although feel free to do that too), I just don't see where the inaccuracy is.
If we accept that retail means high street retail as opposed to etail, then the stats are what they are: Apple's gained market share. Whether or not that's a surprise is not for me to judge - to some people it might be. If you think I should have added 'High Street' for clarity, then fair enough - good point. |
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