____/ John Bailo on Thursday 21 June 2007 03:57 : \____
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http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/06/20/apple_gets_new_eu_extension_iphone_dock_7_6_percent_mac_share.html
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>> Apple at 7.6 percent home share?
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>> The Mac may have achieved a breakthrough in US marketshare, according to a
>> study conducted by USA Today.
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>> The national newspaper claims that Apple's percentage of the American "home
>> market" for May stood at 7.6 percent, well above its 5 percent for the first
>> quarter of the year and more than double the 3.2 percent held by the Mac
>> designer in May 2004.
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>> Worldwide figures for Apple weren't collected by the publication, which used
>> the statistic to reinforce the upward trend in Apple's fortunes leading up
>> to the introduction of the iPhone.
They are quite biased, but if true, then it's good news. Platforms that are not
Windows cannot be ignored and some hard numbers help persuade
designers/developers/businesseses to open up a little.
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