False claims about Apple's increase in Market share

[gxsaurav]

Found on Neowin....Wonder why no one posted

Original Article

Data from two leading research firms has cast doubt on claims that Apple's retail market share has reached 21%, a claim originating from a 1394 Trade Association release praising Apple's use of Firewire 800 ports on the new iMac. The industry group claimed that Apple's share in the consumer market had reached 21%. A group spokesperson confirmed the figure to vnunet.com, citing a CNBC report that also listed HP's consumer retail market share at 37 per cent and Dell's at 11%. The group contends that the figures are only for retail sales, though that would still not account for an 11% share from Dell, which does virtually all its business directly.

However, data from other research firms appears to contradict 1394 Trade Association's claims. IDC analyst Doug Bell told vnunet.com that his firm recorded Apple's consumer market share for all of 2006 at just 6.3%, with HP's at 27.5%and Dell's at 25.5%. In the first quarter of 2007, Apple saw its market share grow, but only to 7.6%. IDC does not yet have data from Q2. Research firm Gartner also cast doubt on the possibility that Apple's market share had exploded. The firm did not yet have consumer-specific data for Q2 available, but the company did not have Apple among the top five in total sales. CNBC could not be reached to verify the aforementioned report.

Apple said that it sold 1.517 million Macintoshes in Q2, representing just 2.5%of the 61 million PC sales logged by Gartner. HP's market share was listed at 18.2%and Dell's at 15%.

lolz...& I thought "Safari is the fastest browser in the world" was the funniest statement from Apple

[iMav]

mac salesman: sir this was a prediciton of sales after the new macs are relaesed and u have no proof that jobs said anything

[praka123]

worldwide Vista adoption is at 100%.is that what u both salesmen wants to hear?unfortunately feel Vista will follow the fate of Windows ME.kudos!

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get a life?rather wasting defending a company famous for anti-trust and patent claims to kill alternate OS's.

[gxsaurav]

Originally Posted by praka123

unfortunately feel Vista will follow the fate of Windows

Yeah, while Nokia makes bread & Coca Cola maken engine Oil

get a life?rather wasting defending a company famous for anti-trust and patent claims to kill alternate OS's.

This is new section, & I posted a news. Did I do anything wrong? Didn't u also posted Linux News about it taking over the world

[iMav]

Originally Posted by praka123

get a life?rather wasting defending a company famous for anti-trust and patent claims to kill alternate OS's.

the only reason ur telling us to get a life or the vista comment is because the altrnate OS happens to be the 1 u love and u want to hear OSS world domination which cannot happen so get a life and stop hi-jacking threads which have nothing or very little to do with u and ur OSS

[anandk]

Originally Posted by gx_saurav

Found on Neowin....Wonder why no one posted

was going to but changed my mind...

[goobimama]

Apple is never going to be mainstream. Unless it agrees to run on POS hardware and uses the free licensing system, I don't see OS X gaining more than 10% of the market share. But that's good. Don't want everybody running around with a Mac now do we?!

[Gigacore]

They wanna become much richer than before

[aryayush]

WTF is this!! The topic title is blatantly misleading.

The report does not say that Apple made those claims and I've never heard any report from Apple, directly or indirectly, claiming to have a 21% retail market share either.

The first line in the article reads "claims that Apple's retail market share has reached 21%, a claim originating from a 1394 Trade Association release". And gx_saurav somehow managed to make it sound as if it was Apple who released the heightened figures. This is certainly a new low for him. I dunno whether he has his eyes set of some sort of a twisted record or something!

[Pathik]

Originally Posted by goobimama

But that's good. Don't want everybody running around with a Mac now do we?!

Typical exclusivity_seeking_macboy

[freshseasons]

Originally Posted by goobimama

Apple is never going to be mainstream. Unless it agrees to run on POS hardware and uses the free licensing system, I don't see OS X gaining more than 10% of the market share. But that's good. Don't want everybody running around with a Mac now do we?!

Prefect articulation of facts if you call one.Good accessment.

unfortunately feel Vista will follow the fate of Windows ME.kudos!

Vista is nothing like what Windows me was when it was released.In fact comparing both is sacrilege.
Vista is the OS of future.

[aryayush]

Originally Posted by goobimama

Apple is never going to be mainstream. Unless it agrees to run on POS hardware and uses the free licensing system, I don't see OS X gaining more than 10% of the market share. But that's good. Don't want everybody running around with a Mac now do we?!

Certainly don't.

Originally Posted by pathiks

Typical exclusivity_seeking_macboy

Yeah, pretty much. Count me in too.

[goobimama]

Originally Posted by pathiks

Typical exclusivity_seeking_macboy

If everyone had a mac, then there would be none left to say "Wow! That's really cool! I wish my POS could do thaat!".

But yeah, gx, that was a mean trick. I didn't really get tricked, but I wasn't absolutely sure....

[gxsaurav]

Originally Posted by goobimama

Apple is never going to be mainstream. Unless it agrees to run on POS hardware

Apple Mac runs on Intel CPU & nVidia graphics card, with motherboard made by Asus & RAM by Samsung.

Windows Vista runs in Intel CPU with nVIdia graphics card, motherboard made by Asus & RAM by Samsung.

So isn't it already running on PoS hardware ?

I don't see OS X gaining more than 10% of the market share. But that's good. Don't want everybody running around with a Mac now do we?!

Didn't u said the same when iPod was released? Now everyone has one...& it is sooooo common. Sandisk Sansa on the other hand...well, just connect to any OS & copy paste songs, no software required.

[shantanu]

the title maybe misleading.. so title changed..

[iMav]

arya said exactly what i predicted ...

shantanu i dont find any reason for a title change ... its not as if we are publishing the times of india

the title was gx's interpretation of the article and perfectly right

[shantanu]

I think now all users must be satisfied.. by the title..

[aryayush]

Thank you, Shantanu!