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Mac vs. PC gap is the narrowest since '90s

• facorreia 14y ago
  It's odd, I see this story everywhere. Now even in CNN. But I still haven't seen a story that explains where the numbers came from and what they represent. For instance, is this worldwide or US only? Are all PC makers considered (large and small ones)? For instance, are Brazilian PC maker Positivo's sales considered? Some stories refer to "PCs with Windows" or "Microsoft's PCs". Does that mean they only count PCs bought with Windows preinstalled?
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• calciphus 14y ago
  If you want something to be true hard enough, you can explain it any way you want. What's weird, is that this seems to imply that Apple has gone from 1.8% market share (in 2004) to 6.125% market share, and that's amazing. Being only 1 in 15 isn't a good number, and distorting relative change as opposed to absolute change is just intellectually dishonest.