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To: Robert Mayo who wrote (17541)	9/2/1998 12:22:00 PM
From: Travis	Respond to of 213177

Huh? Last December, Apples market share stood at 2.8%. As of late spring (the last time we had solid numbers) it was 4%. What do you suppose the new users were buying anyway? While I am not saying that i agree or disagree, many people/analysts/press say that uptick in marketshare was due to elimination of clones, not a "true" increase in market share. That's why everyone is so focused on Apple growing it's market share now. They want to see if it will go up in a true sense. Which is ALSO the reason you see me complaining about production, demand, and apple getting units shipped. you'd be crazy to think Apple isn't going to be profitabe in upcoming Quarters. We already know this. What we need to do is get that market share growing. Market share can't grow if units aren't shipping. -travis

To: Robert Mayo who wrote (17541)	9/2/1998 1:48:00 PM
From: Alomex	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 213177

demand for the G3s has crested, What makes you say so? Because an upgrade was sorely needed. Essentially anybody who had decided to stay with the Mac really needed to upgrade. Some would of course wait a quarter for the prices to go down, and then buy. The second generation G3s are just being introduced. Yes, but it is harder to justify a move up from G3 to G3-II than from an old 68X00 to G3.... Last December, Apples market share stood at 2.8%. As of late spring it was 4%. Your comment actually has three different, correct answers: 1.- Last December there were still clones being sold, not so in spring. 2.- The figures for both december and spring are still somewhat contentious. 3.- While market share might have possible increased, user share actually decreased. It was simply that old Mac users were coming to buy new ones.