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To: Don Green who wrote (43120)	2/12/2005 6:14:14 AM
From: Cogito	Respond to of 213176

>>When I see it reported by other than Apple I will believe and doubt it will have anytime soon.<< Don - There is an apparent contradiction here. You say that the fact that Steve Jobs hasn't trumpeted any minor improvement in market share means that it hasn't happened. (This of course being based on your not-necessarily-valid assumption that he would make an announcement like "We've gone from 2.4% to 2.8% market share!" How stupid would that sound?) So the lack of an announcement by Apple is proof there is no market share improvement, even a small one. But you won't believe that they have reached 5% until someone other than Apple says it. What kind of thinking is that? - Allen

To: Don Green who wrote (43120)	2/12/2005 8:56:23 AM
From: RX4PROFIT	Respond to of 213176

More ‘somewhat anecdotal’ evidence the revolution has begun reference Forbes article on 2/11/05 “Vote...Which Company Makes The Best Personal Computers?” Top 3 Apple @ 54% while others trailing big-time IBM @ 12% and Dell @ 10%. Don, still no evidence of Apple's improved market share? You can vote and review the results at: forbes.com

To: Don Green who wrote (43120)	2/13/2005 12:14:35 PM
From: rnsmth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213176

Yes some might change but the vast majority will never it is just too much hassle. As compared to the hassle of spyware, viruses, infrequent OS updates/upgrades that are delayed for years rather than months. I suspect that for a significant number of people, the hassle of staying with Windows is becoming greater than the hassle of switching. Remember, it really only needs to be a relatively small -tiny really- proportion of Windows users in order to be way significant to Apple's market share numbers.