Uh-oh.... Anybody following WWDC?

[Chipp Walters]

Richard,

Marketshare is all about sales per unit of time. SPA estimates computers 
currently in use. When Dell says they are #1 in Marketshare, it means 
they have sold more computers last qtr than anyone else. My 
recollection, is that Mac users have always been in the 10% and above, 
especially because Education still uses *older* Macs.

Apple is as you've already said, somewhere around 4% marketshare.

best,

Chipp

Richard Gaskin wrote:

> This afternoon Jeanne DeVoto sent me this encouraging item:
> 
>    In addition,
>    the Software Publishers Association (SPA) estimates that 16 percent
>    of computer users are on Macs.
>    <http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/5933/>
> 
> If Apple, for the first time since Jobs came back, not only returned to 
> the 10% marketshare of a decade ago but actually exceeded it by another 
> 6 points, why wouldn't Apple be shouting this from the rooftops.
> 
> If memory serves, at 16% this would mean we currently have the largest 
> marketshare in the history Mac history.