05/19/2003, 4:30pm, EDT

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Apple notebook sales growth outpace industry

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Macworld UK reports that Apple's notebook sales in the UK PC market exceeded general market growth in the first quarter 2003, growing 18% in both the commercial and consumer sectors: "Apple's UK notebook market share climbed from 2.8 per cent to 3.4 per cent year-on-year. In total across all vendors, notebook sales grew 14.7 per cent year-on-year, so Apple's growth in that market exceeded industry averages."

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113288 05/19, 4:41pm, EDT Wow!

Ooohh!!! What does this mean????? I think Steve's going to hold back on the 970s, since its obvious no one wants or needs them.

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113289 05/19, 4:47pm, EDT uk sales

bloody good show, chaps

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113291 05/19, 5:20pm, EDT those limey brits

fuck em up the arse

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113303 05/19, 9:18pm, EDT perhaps

May be it's just because we don't have nothing else to take. PowerMac obviously lack in power and price competitivity and on the other hand, iMac and eMac seem to attrack a lot less than the previous fruty models. We really need 970 desperately especially in the desktop market.

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113305 05/19, 9:21pm, EDT Shut-up

This has NOTHING to do with any 970s, so shut the hell up.

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113316 05/20, 2:01am, EDT Heh

All this means is the brits like the 12" and 17" models better than the dell crap. Surprise surprise. Now if Apple could do that across the board with the Powermacs, iMacs and iBooks, it would be impressive.

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113318 05/20, 3:23am, EDT Dear Jesus!

I must sell all my shares now! Apple's going bankrupt... This is a clear indicator!!! Call MSNBC and The National Post!

They can write /another/ "insightful" story on Apple's twenty-six-year-history of going under.

(Sorry, I couldn't resist.)

jrbd

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113319 05/20, 4:13am, EDT Hmmmm...

If Apple's sales growth exceeded general market growth, doesn't that mean Apple actually took marketshare.

Where are the Microsoft trolls when you need to rub their faces in it?

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113321 05/20, 8:04am, EDT but

Yeah but I'll bet desktop sales dropped by the same percentage if not more!

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113326 05/20, 9:04am, EDT Marketshare

Marketshare is such a misleading statistic.

They are basing marketshare solely on sales figures and ignoring the actual install base.

When they say that Apple's marketshare has dropped to 2.5% for that quarter then that mens that out of every 200 computers sold that quarter, 5 were Macs. They fail to indicate how many of the other 195 were Windows or how many were Linux. They do not mention how many were Dell, how many were IBM, how many were Sony, how many were HP/Compaq, how many were some brand we have never heard of, etc. Also out of all of the non-Mac computers sold, how many were purchased to replace PCs that are being thrown away? How many Mac buyers are replacing an older Mac and how many are replacing a PC? Are the older Macs beibg thrown away at the same rate that older PCs are?

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