Mac OS Market Share

Although Mac OS has been widely and positively received by many, its scope or market covered is still not comparable to that of Windows. Mac OS is still growing and getting strong, with its continued improvements on its products and released OS versions. Notably, one news article posted online justified that Mac OS has not succeeded in making computer users interested in it. It said further that the market share of Mac OS “is starting to fall.” The article is posted in http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2006/09/19/mac-os-fails-to-interest-anyone.

The news came as a shock; somehow, making people wonder what happened to the news before that the Apple operating system was said to be in high growth.

It even mentioned that from Mac OS’ 4.35% share of the world’s operating system market, it has already dropped significantly to 4.33%.

Another article in a different website also held the same point – that the Mac OS market share is decreasing. The website, http://www.appleinsider.com/, stated that the overall usage of Mac OS has declined, even if the Mac Intel OS usage was said to be growing.

Both articles shared the same points that this decline would pose a big problem on Apple Computers, Inc., which is very determined in making the Mac OS grow and spread into more users worldwide.

It is quite confusing how the Mac OS is REALLY doing well in the market. If some sites, like the two posted above, have mentioned the lessening of the market share of Mac OS, there are also some other websites that are all praises for Mac OS with its growth and stability it has shown, especially in this year.

Check this out - http://arstechnica.com/. In the said article, Mac OS showed gains and growth after last year. It also contains the statistics, data and graphs you will want to refer to in order to confirm the points of the article.

You can also try to see the following webpage: http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=8#. This site contains a comparative data of the market shares received by various operating systems throughout the world. It lists down the most common and the most used OS and gives each of their market share. Graphs are also available, so you won’t have a hard time grasping the idea. You can also try to click on other related links that reveal more about the market share, like the page that gives the market share of specific operating system versions: http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=10#.


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