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To: Done, gone. who wrote (1781)	9/29/2004 2:54:30 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6035

Through the 1990s, Microsoft began to gain a much larger percentage of new computer users than Apple. As a result Apple fell from controlling 20% of the total personal computer market to 5% by the end of the decade. fact-index.com (The big reason Macs don't get targeted by virus writers is that Windows-based computers offer a more target-rich environment: There are at least 20 PCs out there for every Mac.) macdailynews.com In fact, Al Fasoldt, writing for the Syracuse Post-Standard estimates that 8-12 percent of the personal computers used in homes today are Macs. He even thinks that Apple’s own figures for the number of Mac users worldwide (25 million) is low; Fasoldt thinks it’s closer to 35 million once you “add in the number of new users in the last few months.” And in a Forbes article last June, Arik Hesseldahl estimates that Apple has 10 percent of the world’s computer users, while its sales usually account for about 3-5 percent of the world global personal computer market. macsimumperspective.com Alternate estimate - Larry Rosenstein (dased on IDC data) estimates "239 million [PCs] in the past 3 years" (1996-98). Assuming 80% of all 25 million Macs are currently in use yields 20 million Macs and 240 million in use PCs, giving us a total population of 260 million Macs plus PCs. This yields a Mac Installed Base Share of 20/260 or 7.7%. macintouch.com Pick a number. Any number. :-)