Apple Taking a Bite Out of Market Share

In December 2007, it appears that Apple experienced a gain in market share for all lines of the Mac and iPhone. According to a report by Net Applications, the company's market share rose 7.5% for the Mac operating system (OS) and 33% for the iPhone from November to December experiencing the biggest increase in the last two days of December. "This represents a phenomenal increase of 18% from November for the Mac and 89% for the iPhone. In addition, the iPhone has been taking off in France and the other countries it has been launched in, including an amazing .27% share of web browsing in the United States." The Mac OS market share grew from 6.38% in February, 2007 to 7.31% in December, 2007. In all, Net Applications' stats indicate that the top three spots for the OS share market for 2007 went to Windows at 92.91%, Mac at 6.40%, and Linux at 0.46%.