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Too often Apple’s market share is compared to the over all market. With a world wide 2.7%, and then a US 6.1% market share, Apple’s market share would not seem to have increased. If you compared markets where Apple is actually competing, such as high end laptops, then you can see a growth in Apple market share. As reported by CNN, Fortune has Apple’s share of high end laptops at 29.4%. The problem they see is that Apple does not have much growing room, as compared to those looking at the 2.7%. Even though,  laptops are a substantial source of revenue for computer companies. More …

There’s also an extended blog write-up of this in the Baltimore Sun. More …

If you picked any consumer product, you would be incorrect. Think of profit margin What was it that made the Macintosh possible? In a matter of days Apple will display its crowning jewel, its latest version of Mac OS X. I think because of the iPid and iPhone, the world will take better note. It is Macintosh that matters., as Mercury News reports. More …

Have you returned your Mac two or three times and it is still not fixed? A user had replaced his Mac twice and had a problem with the third, decided to email Steve Jobs.Openswitch carries an individual posting entitled, The office of Steve Jobs called me today. More …

Install this software to take advantage of your aluminum Apple Keyboard’s special features. Download page.

According to Apple it took 2 years to get the iPod to that number. The price reduction should continue further sales According to Bloomberg, analysts say that demand has improved since the drop in price. More …

InformationWeek’s John C.Welch, notes that while Apple has no interest in enterprise, provides the argument that most of the parts are there for business to take an interest. More …

This Apple article is about AVI ( MS Audio Video Interleave), this article tells you what to do when encountering an AVI file in iDVD. More …

The problem is AVI is mostly unsupported, as M$$$ has not released the protocols, especially the most recent versions. As mentioned before VisualHub handles AVI files and can convert them to most any media format you desire. Yet there is a cost.

A report by Ars Technica claims that Apple will hold an iPod-specific media event on Sept 5th.

According AppleInsider, iPods to be announced Sept.5th will include an iPod version of Mac OS X, likely similar to the iPod interface in the iPhone.

It is no longer on life support. The download page now leads you in a circle, or you are re-directed to a page that tells you the page you want no longer exists (rather than re-directing you to iWork). Some think it may still be available in the Apple Education Store, but no promises.

With iWorks ‘08, which includes a spreadsheet, it appears to be the end of AppleWorks. Last updated January, 2004, even AppleWorks User Group has moved over to iWorks. Apple has started re-directing AppleWorks links to iWork, though you can still access the AppleWorks download page.