Mac Market Share Over 7% In December
Apple continues to make market share gains according to online trend research firm Net Applications.
Last month, Net Applications reported that Apple's share was up to 6.8% with corresponding declining Windows market share. Today, Net Applications reports that the Mac has crested the 7% barrier and is at 7.31% for December 2007. Meanwhile, Microsoft's Windows OS continues to decline in market share, with a still dominant 91.79% in December having eroded from 92.42% in November. Apple (and to a lesser extent, Linux) have been steadily taking market share from Microsoft for the past 6 months.
Courtesy, Net Applications
In contrast to market share numbers by firms like Gartner which combine quarterly results from the industry to give market share of sales, Net Applications market share numbers attempt to represent installed base of internet users. More on how Net Applications gets its numbers...
Last month, Net Applications reported that Apple's share was up to 6.8% with corresponding declining Windows market share. Today, Net Applications reports that the Mac has crested the 7% barrier and is at 7.31% for December 2007. Meanwhile, Microsoft's Windows OS continues to decline in market share, with a still dominant 91.79% in December having eroded from 92.42% in November. Apple (and to a lesser extent, Linux) have been steadily taking market share from Microsoft for the past 6 months.
Courtesy, Net Applications
In contrast to market share numbers by firms like Gartner which combine quarterly results from the industry to give market share of sales, Net Applications market share numbers attempt to represent installed base of internet users. More on how Net Applications gets its numbers...
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54 months ago
More like over 9000, right?
I digress. It's good to hear especially after getting a lot of Windows + crappy Terminal clients + Xming to switch over.
Not that Xming is a bad thing.
Everyone drooled over my MacBook's looks. I drooled over Core Foundation, 64-bit, and Terminal.app.
I digress. It's good to hear especially after getting a lot of Windows + crappy Terminal clients + Xming to switch over.
Not that Xming is a bad thing.
Everyone drooled over my MacBook's looks. I drooled over Core Foundation, 64-bit, and Terminal.app.
54 months ago
great news, especially for AAPL stockholders over the next month.
it would be incredible to reach 10% marketshare by Jan '09
it would be incredible to reach 10% marketshare by Jan '09
54 months ago
I looked really briefly at that link on how they calculated the data and they talked about Iphones and such under the browsers section. I'm sure the extra 5 million safari's being used helped things some.
54 months ago
This is great! It's not surprising though. People are really starting to get it here in the city. I'm beginning to see more Macs than PCs in cafes these days.
54 months ago
Also somewhat (and I repeat, somewhat) pleasing is that IE7 has finally overtaken IE6 as the dominant browser.
Being a web developer that makes me giddy. Now Firefox/Safari needs to overtake them both, but we'll leave that goal for 2012.
Being a web developer that makes me giddy. Now Firefox/Safari needs to overtake them both, but we'll leave that goal for 2012.
54 months ago
I'm not surprised. I had a friend who asked for a Mac for Christmas a few years ago. His dad said that there was no way that he would ever buy a Mac. This year, my friend asked again and because of Boot Camp, his dad went with the Mac.
54 months ago
I give much of the credit to Vista. Microsoft may as well have named it Windows Frank Stallone. It's kind of like MS is a football team that's beating itself- fumbling, throwing interceptions, penalties, etc. Worst OS ever. That, and OSX just being superior, is my theory.
54 months ago
Well my parents switched over to a nice little MacBook so I guess their helping!
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