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Apple Mac OS Market Share rises 27 percent year over year - now stands at 7.86 percent
According to data collected and metrics tracked by market research firm Net Applications, Apple's Mac OS market share has risen to 7.86 during August 2008. The rise represents a year-over-year gain of 27.18 percent based on August 2007 when Mac OS market share was measured to be 6.18 percent.
Key Percent Increases
The following is a view of Apple's Mac OS market share month by month for calender year 2008. The table tracks Mac OS market share for 2008 and 2007 and highlights the year-over-year (Y-O-Y) increase. In this scenario, year over year measures the percent change in Mac market share (based on Net Applications data) versus the same month in the 2007.
About Market Share
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- Up 27.18 percent since August 2007
- Up 3.83 percent since January 2008
- Up 19.5 percent since October 2007 (month during which Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard was released)
The following is a view of Apple's Mac OS market share month by month for calender year 2008. The table tracks Mac OS market share for 2008 and 2007 and highlights the year-over-year (Y-O-Y) increase. In this scenario, year over year measures the percent change in Mac market share (based on Net Applications data) versus the same month in the 2007.
About Market Share
You can learn about Net Applications here.
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