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Comments on: Apple's market share explodes 52 percent in April...or does it?

Apple is either way up or slightly down in market share, depending on who you believe.

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by Stariun May 7, 2008 3:07 AM PDT: I never expected you to post this without first checking the link you yourself are giving as that of Hitslink.

From Hitslink, Apple's share is at 7.57% and not your altered 11.43%

Check Hitslink and don't lie in the name of Hitslink; Like this Reply to this comment


by Stariun May 7, 2008 3:08 AM PDT: Anybody reading this should check Hitslink for the true (non-altered) values; Like this Reply to this comment


by Stariun May 7, 2008 3:12 AM PDT: I will wake up tomorrow and blog that Apple marketshare is 99.99% and just say that my source is HITSLINK.com; Like this Reply to this comment


by Stariun May 7, 2008 3:32 AM PDT: I don't blame you much Matt but will advise that you take your time to verify the source or where your proof is from.

If the image you posted is legitimate then sites like HITSLINK shouldn't br trusted even if they can be trusted, they only use web traffic.

Manufacturer's figures should't also be taken as sold to people either as part of those figures might be in some wholesale.; Like this Reply to this comment


by ian.waring May 7, 2008 5:26 AM PDT: I got to play with a MacBook Air and an iMac in various west coast Apple stores recently, even though I was really using them to check my email at home. However, very impressed - and sufficiently so to persuade my father to buy his first Mac after 10 years on Windows. I'll be following suit in September...

Ian W.; Like this Reply to this comment


by nelsoon May 7, 2008 8:03 AM PDT: It's was just a error. If you check today it's:
Month Windows Mac Linux iPhone Playstation Nintendo Wii Other
March, 2008 91.57% 7.48% 0.61% 0.15% 0.04% 0.01% 0.14%
April, 2008 91.56% 7.37% 0.72% 0.15% 0.04% 0.01% 0.15%

So it's Linux that progressed against Windows and Mac.; Like this Reply to this comment


by TxemiC May 7, 2008 8:57 AM PDT: Even is the piece of data for Mac is wrong, the graph still shows the good work Vista is doing to slowly and consistently erode Windows market share.

http://tech-talk.biz/2008/04/25/vista-sucks-ubuntu-or-mac-os-x/

Even for enterprises...
http://tech-talk.biz/2008/05/02/mac-and-iphone-also-popular-in-enterprises/; Like this Reply to this comment

by Matt Asay May 7, 2008 3:16 PM PDT

I did link to it, and when I linked to it it showed the 11.43 percent I cited. It's back to normal today. No need to hyperventilate. I checked the source, linked to the source, etc. It's just that Hitslink (not Hitwise, as I incorrectly named it) had its data wrong when I accessed it.

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by Gunady June 5, 2008 10:52 AM PDT: Then why there is no update to your post?; Like this

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