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Nice upswing in momentum, but Apple in the US still has way more market share than Apple in Europe.

It would be nice if Dell just disappeared down the table though. Out of all the WinTel equipment I've worked with, Dell is by far the worst in quality. And their customer support stinks from my experience.

Why should teachers have to put up with that? If you have to use Windows, buy HP. They at least are well built machines, and aren't filled with whatever the cheapest components were that week.

This is one more sign that Apple's empire is about to come crumbling down. If Apple manages to take over the PC market then what? There's no place but down from there.

Just give up. Sell your stock. Get out while you still can.

@Noraa

Great idea! We should start an Enderle-write-alike competition here on MDN!

excellent.
Dull are the worst built computers going around. they pride themselves on it.
if they could insert faeces into a computer and get away with it they would.
and microsoft would try and tell you they partner with 'innovative companies' too.

There huge demand for Apple machines in the whole world.
Hope that Apple can keep up with the production.

Gwendo, I love that idea. However I don't think that any of us could write stuff as stupid as Enderle does. I mean, Microsoft wrote the first Mac OS and is writing the current one? I mean you gotta be seriously mentally challenged to say something like that.

Dave H.

According to Apple's own numbers, Europe makes up something like 44% of Apple's worldwide hardware sales.

More Macs are sold in the US, but not by much.

Henrico be damned!

I moving my kids to Bern!

Goes to show where all the smart people are

My entry for the Enderle-a-like competition:

"European educationalists are ignoring the real world and choosing Apple Macs. Children will be quite unable to understand viruses or the real-world fear of using the system of choice of bureaucrats, exceedingly intelligent IT managers and let's not forget, supermakets. These spoiled kids will live in a world of cool, where their only fear is of being hit on the head by the top-heavy iMac in an earthquake. Is this really what we want for our children?"

Hmmmm… could this be why students in America are behind other countries? They are using Macs and American students are having to deal with PCs!

83% fat free means there is still 17% fat.

15% Macintosh market share still means 85% Windows.

I am not sure it's right. Where in the Western Europe? And there is no Apple advertisements in Europe !

MDN: "Apple says the company has taken the #1 spot in the European education market"

Where does Apple say that?
No where in the article you site does apple make that statement.
That Apple guy states in article:
"Speaking with Macworld recently about his company's strategy in the educaton market, Apple UK general manager Mark Rogers said: "We have gained significantly in the last few years. It’s only in the last few years we have emerged in Europe."

That´s it. He does not say they are #1.


This is all total B.S.
Apple computer has less than 2% of the consumer market in Germany. Germany is very much Windows oriented.

Go to the Apple.de website under Schule & uni and you don´t see this news about Apple #1 in the school market.
Here´s a list of all the Universities in German and Austria that have Apple campues stores for students:
http://www.apple.com/de/aoc/
Germany has over 89,000,000 people and just a handful of universities are even offering Apple computers on campus. (And click on some of the links to their stores - they don´t work!)


My son goes to a Gymnasium in Germany with over 1,000 students. No Apple computers there; in fact, he is the only one that he has seen with an iPod.

H&F;: Where does Apple say that?
No where in the article you site does apple make that statement.

Silly, Apple can't and does not need to. It is not companies that CLAIM that but independent market consultants organization like Gartner that says that.

Before Gartner was saying Dell was #1 now it says Apple is. And Apple comment was rightly the "We have gained significantly".

Companies get their data from Gartner, ie, independent sources, otherwise everyone would say "We are #1"

Hanz und Franz: have you heard Dell complaining or questioning Gartner like you did? "This is bullshit, WE DELL ARE #1". Why? BECAUSE THEY CAN'T.

iPodder - read the article. MDN says Apple made the comment -"Apple says the company has taken the #1 spot in the European education market."
Apple never did.
MDN is spreading FUD again.

Janice,

I read the article and please, re-read my post. I did not say Apple said it: I said Apple did not and did not need to either! Gartner says it which, frankly, has WAY MORE CREDIT than anyone else saying it, even Apple.

As I said in my post, every company can say "We are #1" and means nothing. When Gartner says "THEY are #1" every company shuts up and the THEY - professionally - say: "well, we made lots of progress"

Capish?

and, Janice, read as well my second post. I mention nowhere MDN. They are big enough to advocate for themselves. Only this very post has MDN mentioned.

I hope you now capish.

BTW, Apple internal emails are all over the place with a big grin:

"Team, WE ARE #1 in Education! Join for a drink."

But you will not see this statements in public emails or communication. Gartner, which has weight and credibility, is more than enough.

:D