Wake me when someone translates percentages to absolute numbers.
You have a great plan. Wake me up when the stock has doubled ten times . . . then I’ll know that I should have bought it when it was low!
The percentages are calculated from absolute numbers (currently estimated by Gartner who has an excellent track record on accurate estimates). Apple sold ~741,000 Macs in what has historically been the slowest quarter of the year. This is compared to 1st Qtr. 2006 when they sold ~570,000.
The industry as a whole sold 14,811,000 computers (excluding servers) in 1st Quarter 2007 compared to 14,395,000 a year ago.
That means that Apple sold just over 5% of all computers sold in the USA in 1st Quarter 2007... and they sold just under 4% of all computers sold in the USA in the same quarter last year.
I know. I can’t believe anyone believes Gartner/IDC numbers. Redic.