As this yarn about market share is the longest living off-topic discussion I have witnessed here, I wondered who the intended audience is. If you want to inform me how wonderful the Mac is: I already know that. If you want to argue with financial experts: most of them use the system that shall not be named. If you want to reach the PC world: this is the wrong newsgroup. To show that I don't want to stem the info flow, my own two cents comparing Apples & Oranges: Alpha Romeo's market share is a meager 0.28% Something wrong with that automobile? And keeping linux out of the discussion, while adding more and more oranges: any news about the proportion of users who love their Macs vs. the proportion of users who love their wind blows? Eduard PS1 December's MacAddict advises on debunking Mac myths to PC users. PS2 To educate the group, write to the group, to educate me, write to me.