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274117 2004-09-20 09:24:00 The Operating System Numbers

Now, let's take a look at this simple set of numbers that took me
somewhere around 30 hours of research to develop and to verify.
Here are the approximate numbers of computers today in the world, by
operating system and application:
520,000 AS400's, 210,000 mainframes, 3 million Unix servers, 9 million
NT servers, 240 million Windows PC's, 32 million Macintosh PC's, and 3
million Linux PC's.

Now that we have some real numbers to work from, let's do some playful
analysis.
First, let's take a look at the percentage of all personal computers
running Windows XP. Interestingly, of the 240 million total Windows
based PC's in the world, only 46 million have been upgraded to XP;
that's about 19% of the total Windows market running XP. If we include
Mac and Linux systems in the market total, it brings the XP percentage
down to only 16.7%. Now, I can see why Microsoft is a little touchy
about XP sales. XP is an upgrade that is nearly 100% compatible with
the previous version, so no software and few work habits must be
abandoned for a user to move up to XP. Even so, adoption is still only
at under 20%.
Of the total Mac installed base of about 32 million units, at least 3
million have installed and are running OS X as their primary operating
system. That's pushing the 10% penetration level that Phil Schiller
mentioned at Seybold. Not bad for a new OS that requires that you scrap
most of your older software and work habits. Even with that barrier to
adoption, that 10% of Mac users has moved to the new platform. Not bad.

Despite the statistical novelty of those ideas, the real shocker in
these numbers is here: Of the 275 million personal computers in the
world today, 32 million of them run some version of the Mac OS. Folks,
that's not 5%, like the urban legend has it; that's 11.6% of the
worldwide personal computer market. And, it's certainly not the 3% or
so recently published as the Mac's share of new computer sales.

So what?

So, more than 1 in 10 people who use personal computers in the world
are already using a Mac operating system.
The last time I checked, 5% did not equal 11.6%.

The Hardware Numbers

To cap off this interesting study, I'll now share one more group of
estimates with you: the percentages of installed personal computers
around the world, by manufacturer. These numbers are drawn a from about
20 different fragmentary sources, and have been compiled by me, to the
point that I am confident in their general accuracy. Take a look.

11.6% Apple
10.4% Compaq
9.8% Dell
9.1% IBM
7.3% Hewlett-Packard
5.1% Sony
3.4% Toshiba
3.1% NEC
3.0% Packard-Bell
2.1% eMachines
1.7% Microstar
1.3% Fujitsu
32.1% Others (each less than 1%)

Yes, gentle readers, Apple has more installed personal computers in the
world than any other individual computer brand. To phrase that idea in
another, totally acceptable and accurate manner:

Macintosh is the number one computer in the world.

What does that fact do to the "Five Percent Myth?"

from GOOGLE. 		olldaddy76 (2539)
274118 2004-09-20 10:01:00 > Yes, gentle readers, Apple has more installed
> personal computers in the
> world than any other individual computer brand. To
> phrase that idea in
> another, totally acceptable and accurate manner:
>
> Macintosh is the number one computer in the world.
>
> What does that fact do to the "Five Percent Myth?"

All that goes to prove is that Windows is a heck of a lot more successful o/s than Mac 		Greg S (201)
274119 2004-09-20 10:40:00 As Apple never licenced the system (as IBM did) there is only a single supplier of Apple. That makes the quoted statistics rubbish, you need to add all the "IBM compatable" PC's together to do the comparison.

If Apple had licenced the system to other makers, it could well have had a significant market share. 		godfather (25)
274120 2004-09-20 11:55:00 Now here we have someone who really does need to get out more. So much effort on such a load of meaningless statistics - which as Godfather pointed out are totally flawed anyway. tbacon_nz (865)
274121 2004-09-20 12:40:00 Scoring so far:

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Cohesive argument: D- 		whiskeytangofoxtrot (438)
274122 2004-09-20 13:46:00 Lies, Lies & Statistics :)

Not bad as an excersise though Olldaddy76, don't let the naysayers get you down. Hear them yes, take the constructive onboard, fine, but never give up on enquiry. Guess I'm preaching to the converted ;)

Cheers Murray ;P 		Murray P (44)
274123 2004-09-20 21:03:00 Murray,

IS/was it not "there are Lies and then there are Statistics" Winnie will know if he reads this..

D. 		drb1 (4492)
274124 2004-09-20 21:54:00 The original aphorism was "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics". The originator was Benjamin Disraeli in the 19th Century. tbacon_nz (865)
274125 2004-09-20 21:58:00 I like winston churchils quote better: There are two sides to any arguement - my side and the wrong side ! drcspy (146)
274126 2004-09-20 22:54:00 Olldaddy76,

You produced this set of stats for a reason.

Some have suggested factors to consider.

You may wish to re-evaluate your results including these factors.

Should you do so, you may wish to include the vairable of "Microsofts" shareholding in "apple".

D. 		drb1 (4492)
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