The reason for Apple's falling marketshare is not that they sold less computers, but that Windows based PC's sold more, percentage wise, than Apple did.

Dissatisfaction with the Windows Platform, and it's associated ills of virus, trojan, and worm attacks (not to mention Adware) has reached a tipping point resulting in a fall off in sales.

As tomorrow's quarterly results will begin to show, Apple will start to take advantage of this dissatisfaction with Windows based systems by selling all the iMacs they can make. A large impact will not be apparent until a full quarter of iMac sales is available.

This will be a very good Christmas season for Apple, and the trend in marketshare will be obvious to all when the results come in.

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Aphelion wrote:
As tomorrow's quarterly results will begin to show, Apple will start to take advantage of this dissatisfaction with Windows based systems by selling all the iMacs they can make.

So.. what like 10?

Dude, you're gettin a dell.... um, I'm sorry dude.

Build your own screamer, choose your own components, save a bundle of money, and your Mac have a new buddy to talk to.

wow, guest, last time i checked the demographics of mac-heads, um, we don't friggin' waste time in the "garage". we like using our computers, not tinkering on them.

wakey wakey widdle wost pc user.....

I'll bet the girls just go wild over your kit-car, too.

Apple will not sell many computers over christmas because they don't know the meaning of the word "Sale". Their prices already dwarf the $399 computers sold at Circuit city. Your average computer user sees that and gets the idea that you can have a good computer for under $500. Then they hear that apple computers are better but the cheapest imac is $1200 and they think "I'm not spending that much on anyone." I would love to get a mac for Christmas. If I could get a decently loaded machine for under $1500 I might consider it. But because i can't, I'm going to wait until I can really afford it, rather than making an impulse purchase to have it now. Selling an ipod mini for $244 when the suggested retail is $249 is not a sale, it's a joke. Apple will never make a serious dent until they cut their profit margins at opportune times, like say, the holidays.

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metavurt wrote:
wow, guest, last time i checked the demographics of mac-heads, um, we don't friggin' waste time in the "garage". we like using our computers, not tinkering on them.

wakey wakey widdle wost pc user.....

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John@was wrote:
I'll bet the girls just go wild over your kit-car, too.

Wow geez guys it's not like he said build your own PC and ditch your Mac. I use my Mac as my primary, but the PC's that I do have I built myself. I control the brand (and thus quality) of each component and make sure I get the best price. Are we supposed to trust Dell to do that? Boy we sure are dumb! And you guys obviously have very little clue what you are talking about in the first place. I mean what do you think we're sitting in workshops with soldering irons or something? There are standards. These things just plug together.

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John@was wrote:
I'll bet the girls just go wild over your kit-car, too.

Wow geez guys it's not like he said build your own PC and ditch your Mac. I use my Mac as my primary, but the PC's that I do have I built myself. I control the brand (and thus quality) of each component and make sure I get the best price. Are we supposed to trust Dell to do that? Boy we sure are dumb! And you guys obviously have very little clue what you are talking about in the first place. I mean what do you think we're sitting in workshops with soldering irons or something? There are standards. These things just plug together.[/quote]

Yeah I have a diehard Linux PC building friend who enjoys talking Mac with me. His wife keeps budding him for an Apple laptop. I think I'm wearing him down, he'll give in sooner or later. If I ever wanted a PC I'd have him build it before going to the likes of Dell.

Before crying or partying, let’s wait for the actual figures to be in !
Do they give any inkling as to what their sample was ? How do they go about picking their targets ?
20 % of the US population is what, about 56-58 million ? 5 % of that is 2.8-2.9 million: I doubt Apple can build that many desktops in a quarter. As a shareholder, I would definitely LOVE to be wrong … about $3-4 billion in desktops alone would be sweet indeed …
Just because of this good news, I’m placing an order for 500 shares …

Well I dropped over $4K on my Powerbook (and accessories) when I bought it earlier this year. The fact that I could have bought a Dell for less than half of that didn't faze me at all, I got great VALUE for that price.

Windows is an abomination. People call me to bail them out after their Windows computers are owned by all the malware that is out there feasting on their systems. I charge $100 just to show them how to purge their systems of spyware and adware, Add another $100 to reformat and reload their systems, if I have to go that far.

Of course that is only a temporary fix. In six months they call me again. I always tell them to take their Windows system out to the curb on trash day and get an Apple to stop bothering me with their Windows problems. It usually takes three visits before they take my advice. The only time I hear from them after that is to tell me how happy they are with OSX.