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To: spitsong who wrote (36284)	2/5/2003 9:43:22 AM
From: phbolton	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

Safari, so good: browser and Bluetooth boost OS X By Andrew Orlowski Posted: 05/02/2003 at 09:09 GMT Something funny happened on the way back from the Forum. About a week before MacWorld a fellow Apple user asked me if Jagwyre had been enough to lure me to OS X full time. "Pah!" I groused - "when it matches the speed of MacOS and that kind of tactile comfort I get with MacOS, then sure, I'll be right over." Because I've never used a computer UI - and I've used many on what have been much better computers - that match that tactile sense that makes the computer UI feel as natural as a pair of chopsticks should: an extension of your fingers. About a week after MacWorld I noticed I hadn't rebooted back into MacOS 9 for quite a few days. This was almost entirely down to Safari, the new OS X-only browser Apple launched at the show. Now Safari isn't a metaphor-shattering breakthrough like the advent of the spreadsheet or the first consumer DTP applications. It isn't even a dramatically more of a "wow! have a look at this!" browser than any of its peers. And I personally haven't the great "innovations" Jobs enthused about in his keynote - "Snapback" for example, goes unused. whole story at theregister.co.uk

To: spitsong who wrote (36284)	2/5/2003 1:57:35 PM
From: Dave	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

That's a surprising table. It indicates that the market share of the top seven manufacturers adds up to only 49.02%. So that means that 50.98% comes from other vendors, a total 19,589 thousand units, all from vendors with less than 1.87% market share. Are there really that many black-box computers made by hobbyists and back-alley IT hacks, or do those figures include all kinds of non-PC, non-server machines like cash registers and GPS units and handhelds and TV set-top boxes? The table is unlabeled, so it's hard to tell what market you're talking about. Care to elucidate? Dave

To: spitsong who wrote (36284)	5/2/2005 1:44:03 PM
From: spitsong	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 213177

Apple's 1st calendar quarter of 2005, in context Figures are for worldwide sales (in thousands): Q1 2005 Q1 2005 Market Q1 2004 Market ShpGrowth ShrGrowth Rank Vendor Shipments Share Shipments Share 2005/2004 2005/2004 ------- --------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- --------- --------- 1 Dell 8,727 18.90% 7,682 18.45% 13.60% 2.43% 2 Hewlett-Packard 7,110 15.40% 6,431 15.45% 10.56% -0.32% 3 IBM 2,337 5.06% 2,290 5.50% 1.97% -8.06% 4 Fujitsu Siemens 2,144 4.64% 1,868 4.49% 14.78% 3.49% 5 Acer 1,834 3.97% 1,368 3.29% 34.06% 20.88% Apple 1,070 2.32% 749 1.80% 42.86% 28.81% Gateway 941 2.04% 604 1.45% 55.79% 40.47% All Vendors 46,167 100.0% 41,626 100.0% 10.91% Notes: 1. Figures for Apple are actual unit shipments for the periods, obtained from apple.com apple.com 2. Figures for Gateway are actual unit shipments for the periods, obtained from prnewswire.com prnewswire.com 3. Figures for all other manufacturers are "preliminary estimates" from IDC: idc.com (4/15/05) 4. Figures for Gateway in the first calendar quarter of 2005 include shipments from its recently acquired E-machines unit, while Gateway's CY 1Q04 figures do not.