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Category: Market Share

January 15, 2008

2008 will be the Year of the Mac

It's now 2008 and the latest installment of the annual Macworld Expo is upon us.  As we look back on the prior year, it's clear that 2007 was the year of the iPhone.  Apple shook the core of the wireless handset industry when Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone at last year's Macworld keynote.  Macworld 2008 will give us the first insight into Apple's strategy for the upcoming year and beyond.  Rest assured that Apple will place a major emphasis on the Mac.  It's my view that 2008 will be the Year of the Mac.

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December 04, 2007

OS Wars - 81% of Windows market share loss went to Mac OS X

Net Applications' operating system data for November 2007 demonstrates that Apple's Mac OS X hit a new all-time high with 6.80% market share.  A more telling story can be seen when the numbers are analyzed.  More than 81% of the lost Windows market share has been picked up by Apple's Mac OS X.

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August 28, 2007

Computerworld: Apple now sells more than one in six laptops in U.S.

In his August 28, 2007 Computerworld article Gregg Keizer describes how NPD data demonstrates that Apple now sells more than one in six laptops in the United States.  A simple calculation of that statement would mean that Apple sells at least 17 percent of the laptops in the U.S.  The exact number is detailed below.

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August 21, 2007

InfoWorld: Dell takes huge hit as Apple laptop sales soar

In his August 21, 2007 article Jonny Evans of InfoWorld details how a ChangeWave survey describes how Apple laptop sales have surged since the release of the iPhone.  The loser is Dell.

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August 12, 2007

1394 Trade Association: Apple holds 21-percent of US retail PC market

In an August 8, 2007 article titled "IEEE 1394b Gaining Momentum as Apple Introduces New iMacs", the 1394 Trade Association reports that Apple holds about 21 percent of the retail PC market in the United States.  The article focuses on the inclusion of 1394b on the new iMac models.

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June 05, 2007

Safari Market Share Rises to 4.82 Percent - Up 48 Percent Year Over Year

According to data collected by Net Applications, the Safari Web browser for the Mac operating system continues to gain market share and checks in at 4.82 percent for May 2007.  Safari continues to maintain its position as the third most used web browser trailing only Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox.

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Net Applications May 2007 - Apple Mac OS Market Share rises to 6.46 percent - Mac OS X Intel rises to 2.51 percent

According to data and metrics collected by market research firm Net Applications, Apple's Mac OS market share rises to 6.46 percent for May 2007.  Mac OS Intel market share rises to 2.51 percent.

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May 08, 2007

Computerworld: Mac share of surfers doubles in 8 months

In a May 8, 2007 article titled "Mac share of surfers doubles in 8 months" with a subtitle "Apple is eroding Microsoft's online market share, says analyst", Computerworld demonstrates that the number of people surfing the Web with Macs has grown substantially in the past eight months.  Furthermore, the article states that the Mac audience should not be ignored by Web application developers.

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May 01, 2007

April 2007 - Apple Mac OS Market Share at 6.21 percent - Returns to Growth

Reversing its first market share decline since June 2006, Apple's Mac OS market share returned to growth in April 2007 as it rose to 6.21, up from the 6.08 percent from the prior month.  The market share data in this report has been obtained from market research firm Net Applications (Market Share).

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April 03, 2007

March 2007 - Apple Mac OS Market Share at 6.08 Percent - Declines 4.7 percent since Feb 2007

Although up 39 Percent from March 2006, Mac OS market share as measured by market research firm Net Applications (Market Share) shows that Mac OS market share declined by 4.7 percent in March 2007.  The total Mac OS X market share percentage for March 2007 comes in at 6.08 percent.  The decline is the first  monthly drop since June 2006.

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March 29, 2007

Barrons Online: Mac revenues growing 5x faster than PCs

Barrons Online reports that according to NPD data and a report from Pacific Crest analyst Andy Hargreaves that Apple Mac revenues grew 5x faster than PCs over the past year.  The article states:

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March 21, 2007

Wall Street Journal: Apple Opens Doors by Running Windows

In an article posted at the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) Online, Nick Wingfield starts off by stating, "Ability to Handle Microsoft Operating System May Help Macs Make Some Inroads"

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March 01, 2007

Feb 2007 - Apple Mac OS Market Share at 6.38 Percent - up 48 Percent from Feb 2006

Data demonstrates that Apple's Mac operating system market share continues to rise.  In fact, the market share gains during February 2007 kept pace with the 48 percent year-over-year observed in January 2007.

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February 01, 2007

Jan 2007 - Apple Mac OS Market Share at 6.22 Percent - up 48 Percent from Jan 2006

Data demonstrates that Apple's Mac operating system market share continues to rise and most notably, it has risen 48 percent year-over-year from January 2006 to January 2007.  The data has been rounded to the nearest whole percent, the actual rise is 47.7 percent.

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January 09, 2007

Apple's Mac OS Market Rises to 5.67 Percent - Up 30 Percent Year Over Year

Apple's Mac operating system market share continues its upward trajectory as data for December 2006 demonstrates that it has risen 30 percent year-over-year from December 2005 to December 2006.  Data rounded to the nearest whole percent, actual rise is 30.3 percent.

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Safari Market Share Rises to 4.24 Percent - Up 38 Percent Year Over Year

According to data collected by Market Share, Apple Computer's Safari Web browser continues to gain market share as its use continues to rise.  Safari continues to rank as third most used browser trailing only Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox.

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December 01, 2006

Mac OS X Intel Posts Significant Share Gain in November

Apple Computer's Intel native Mac OS X operating system posted a 15.2 percent market share gain during the month of November 2006, based on data reported by market research firm Net Applications

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Apple's Mac OS Market Rises to 5.39 Percent - Up 31 Percent Year Over Year

Apple's Mac operating system market share continues its upward move and data in for November 2006 demonstrates that it has risen 31 percent year-over-year from November 2005 to November 2006.  Data rounded to the nearest whole percent, actual rise is 31.1 percent.

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Safari Market Share Rises to 4.03 Percent - Up 45 Percent Year Over Year

According to data collected by Market Share, Apple Computer's Safari Web browser continues to gain market share as its use continues to rise.  Safari continues to rank as third most used browser trailing only Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox.

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November 01, 2006

Apple's Mac OS Market Share Spikes to 5.21 Percent - Up 35 Percent Year Over Year - Growth Accelerates

Apple's Mac operating system market share is up 35 percent year-over-year from October 2005 to October 2006.  Data rounded to the nearest whole percent, actual rise is 34.6 percent.

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Safari Market Share Rises to 3.93 Percent - Up 53 Percent Year Over Year - Growth Accelerates

According to data collected by Market Share, Apple Computer's Safari Web browser continues to gain market share in the Internet browser segment.  Safari maintains its ranking as third most used browser trailing only Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox.

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October 23, 2006

Apple 2006 European Sales Exceed 2002, 2003, and 2004 Combined Sales

The Times Online reports that Apple's European businees raked in sales of $4.1 billion (£2.2 billion) in the past 12 months (ending in September 2006).  What's strkining is that those sales exceeded the combined sales total for 2002, 2003 and 2004.

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October 02, 2006

Apple's Mac OS Market Share Rises 26 Percent Year Over Year

Apple's Mac operating system market share is up 26.2 percent year-over-year from September 2005 to September 2006.  Please note that this does not mean that Apple's market share is 26.2 percent.  The number represents percent increase.  My prior post for August that demonstrated a 24.4 percent increase caused confusion as many readers were confusing "percent increase" with actual market share percent.  Data used in this post has been obtained from Market Share.

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October 01, 2006

Safari Market Share Rises 48 Percent Year Over Year

According to Market Share, Apple Computer's Safari Web browser continues to gain market share in the Internet browser segment.  Safari maintains its ranking as third most used browser trailing Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox.

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September 25, 2006

ThinkEquity Partners Analyst: Apple Positioned to Gain Market Share

As a follow-up to our previous article about Apple market share gains over the past year, Jonathan Hoopes, an analyst at ThinkEquity Partners states that Apple Computer is positioned to gain market share.

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September 20, 2006

Apple's Mac OS Market Share Rises 24 Percent Year Over Year

Several outlets this week have reported that Apple's market share is declining or has flattened out, especially when compared to December 2005 data.  At first glance it may appear so but there's more to the story and the data.  This post will clear up the confusion by analyzing Apple's market share on a month to month basis during 2005 and 2006.  We'll also extract relevant metrics from Apple's earnings reports and product launches over the past several quarters to provide further insight into the matter.

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September 02, 2006

Safari Market Share Continues Upward Trend Up 46 Percent

According to Market Share, Apple computer's Safari Web browser continues to gain market share in the Internet browser arena.  Safari maintains its ranking as third most used browsers.

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July 05, 2006

Safari Market Share Rises 65 Percent Year-Over-Year

According to Market Share, Apple computer's Safari Web browser has grown over 65 percent year-over-year between June 2006 and June 2005.  Safari still checks in at number three on Market Share's list of the most used browsers.

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April 20, 2006

New To Mac - 50 Percent of New Macs to Switchers

Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer stated that 50% of consumers buying Macs at Apple retail stores are classified as what Apple has termed "New to Mac".  These are customers that have never owned a Mac before.

Apple indicated that of the 1,112,000 Macs sold in the quarter, 154,000 Macs were sold in their retail stores.  That's 13.8 percent of Macs sold in the quarter.  More on this number in a moment.

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April 17, 2006

Safari Continues To Gain Market Share

Apple computer's Safari Web browser continues to gain market share.  It still checks in at number three on the most used browsers but its use is up 84 percent over the past year and 33 percent since September 2005.

This continues the Safari growth trend.  According to MarketShare,  Safari market share growth is as follows:

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April 07, 2006

Macs - Boot Camp - Market Share - Switchers

Earlier this week, the buzz was centered around Apple's new beta Boot Camp software for OS X Tiger 10.4.6 that allows owners of new Intel Macs to extend the funcionality of the systems to boot into Mac OS X or Windows XP.  Apple also released firmware updates for the entire line of the Intel Macs that provide EFI and BIOS support that should allow the new Intel Macs to boot into adiitional operating systems such as Windows XP, the upcoming Windows Vista, and Linux.  The Intel Macs use a modern booting technology called EFI, Extensible Firmware Interface.  In order to boot Windows XP and Windows Vista, the computer needs to support BIOS, a technology over 20 years old.  Boot Camp bridges the EFI and BIOS gap.

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March 30, 2006

Macs are Faster - Benchmarking - Virtualization Technology - Increased Market Share

Historically, there has never been a true test to compare Macs with Intel based PCs.  New data and benchmarks demonstrating that the Intel powered MacBook Pros and iMacs run Windows faster than today's PCs dismiss the myths that Macs are slower, behind the technology curve, and are more costly.  The point I'd like to make is that the Intel based Macs were designed and engineered to be Macs that run OS X, not Windows.  The fact that they run Windows XP faster than WinTel machines proves that Apple's hardware engineering, innovation, and quality surpasses its competitors.

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January 11, 2006

Apple Intel and Increased Market Share

Why did Apple move to Intel processors?  We've all heard the "Performance per Watt" argument presented by Steve Jobs and other Apple executives.  Although true, the reason to go with Intel reaches far beyond performance metrics.

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