ROTFLMAO. Again. You like the graph? It's dishonest? Thank you for getting my blood moving. I needed a good laugh today. You demonstrated once again your desperate need for a clue!
Apple at 45% against Six (!) others, you say? REALLY?!?!?! Jump to conclusions much? Well, we already know that's true. You sure? Care to look again?
Are you graph challenged too? Can't you decipher a pie chart? Maybe it's just laziness? Let's look at this "nice graph" again, since you seem to be incapable of understanding it.
This pie chart represents 100% of the worldwide (before tax) operating profits in the PC manufacturing and assembly industry in the last quarter 2012. The wedges represent the share division of profits in the industry.
Starting with Apple's 45%, we have Dell with 13%, HP reporting 11%, Lenovo and ASUS both at 6%, and Acer with just 1%, leaving that famous computer maker OTHER at a whopping 21%. You have interpreted that as Apple against six,other computer makers. Right, Lx?
You FLUNK!
How do YOU interpret the wedge that says "Other 21%”, Lx?
Exactly what PC manufacturer is "Other?" Tell us, Lx, what models of PCs does "Other" make?
Let me help you further decipher the chart.
"Other" means any PC maker not specifically named in the chart, Lx.
Therefore, Lx, that "Other" wedge on the chart represents the profits of ALL OF the approximately 105 of the major and minor name brand companies that manufacture/assemble PCs (and also includes the profits of thousands of white-box no-name PC assemblers) with profit shares of less than 1%! All of them Combined accounted for a total of 21% of the world wide profits.
So, no, Lx, it's one maker, Apple, taking home 45% of profits in the world compared to thousands of other PC makers combined taking home only 55% in 2012.
In 2013, those percentages reversed, with Apple taking home 55%! These data are based on standard industry reports.
These data are not even a little bit dishonest.
Do you see now why I don't give you much gravitas in this industry? Either your level of knowledge or your attention to detail, one or the other, is abysmal. Perhaps it's both.
Obviously, I am not left speechless, but I am stunned.
You're notorious for telling other Freepers to go get educated, when they have far more education than you demonstrate. Take your own advice, Lx.
What you fail to recognize, Lx, is that network flunkies like you are literally a dime a dozen. You guys are there to support the economic engines of the business. You are not the engine. If you get in the way of doing that, you're hindering the economic survival of the business. When I was a CEO I fired IT grunts for demonstrating the kind of arrogant, short-sighted ignorance and unwillingness to learn you've displayed on here. . . and had them replaced in less than a day.
By the way, when I use your own words back to you, it's not a lack of vocabulary, it a form of satire intelligent people easily grasp. Here's some more:
. . . why, because I'm a man baby!
LOL! Hey, Lx, we knew that! Everyone! Come hear the "man baby" whine as he's lifted on his own petard again! Twice!