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Apple only 3% global PC market share
Apple only 3% global PC market share
- Apple only has a 3% market share in the global PC market (www.nytimes.com) (Support:
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Title: Apple is having problems overcoming the challenges facing it
- Because: Apple only 3% global PC market share
challenges from rivals
Apple's rivals have modified their products to work better with Apple's products in order to share its market (Support: +61.29%):
- e.g. Microsoft's Zune Details...
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e.g. Microsoft's Zune
e.g. Microsoft's Zune
- e.g. Microsoft's Zune device also supports AAC has adopted a similar closed DRM model used by iPods and the iTunes store (www.zune.net) (Support: +61.29%)
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Title: Apple is having problems overcoming the challenges facing it
- Because: Challenges from rivals
- Because: E.g. Microsoft's Zune
steadily growing sales of product
Apple Inc. maintain a steadily growing sales of their products in recent years (Support: 
+60.75%):
- iPod is the biggest selling digital music player Details...
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iPod is the biggest selling digital music player
iPod is the biggest selling digital music player
- Apple iPod is the biggest selling digital music player of all time (sold more than 100m) (Support: +60.75%)
Reference: Wikipedia contributors, "IPod," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IPod&oldid=160258471 (accessed September 26, 2007). - Overview Previous Topic « »
Title: Apple is having problems overcoming the challenges facing it
- But: Steadily growing sales of product
- Because: IPod is the biggest selling digital music player
Apple competes with large established companies
Apple competes with large established companies (Support: 
+56.45%):
- Apple's Mac computers compete with Dell etc Details...
- Apple's software competes with Microsoft Details...
- the iPhone competes with Nokia Details...
- the iPod competes with Sony's Walkman Details...
- iTunes competes with other music download sites Details...
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Apple's Mac computers compete with Dell etc
Apple's Mac computers compete with Dell etc
- Apple's Mac computers compete with Dell and other computer manufacturers (Support:
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Title: Apple is having problems overcoming the challenges facing it
- Because: Apple competes with large established companies
- Because: Apple's Mac computers compete with Dell etc
Apple's software competes with Microsoft
Apple's software competes with Microsoft
- Apple's software competes with Microsoft (Support: +56.45%)
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Title: Apple is having problems overcoming the challenges facing it
- Because: Apple competes with large established companies
- Because: Apple's software competes with Microsoft
the iPhone competes with Nokia
the iPhone competes with Nokia
- the iPhone competes with Nokia (Support: +56.45%)
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Title: Apple is having problems overcoming the challenges facing it
- Because: Apple competes with large established companies
- Because: The iPhone competes with Nokia
the iPod competes with Sony's Walkman
the iPod competes with Sony's Walkman
- the iPod competes with Sony's Walkman (Support: +56.45%)
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Title: Apple is having problems overcoming the challenges facing it
- Because: Apple competes with large established companies
- Because: The iPod competes with Sony's Walkman
iTunes competes with other music download sites
iTunes competes with other music download sites
- iTunes competes with other music download sites such as Amazon (Support:
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Title: Apple is having problems overcoming the challenges facing it
- Because: Apple competes with large established companies
- Because: ITunes competes with other music download sites
problem of illegal music download
Apple's online iTunes music store is suffering from illegal music sharing through the internet (Support: +48.39%):
- illegal downloads can easily be found on internet Details...
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illegal downloads can easily be found on internet
illegal downloads can easily be found on internet
- songs available on iTunes music store can be easily found and got for free from the internet, sometimes even few weeks before their official releases (Support: +48.39%)
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Title: Apple is having problems overcoming the challenges facing it
- Because: Problem of illegal music download
- Because: Illegal downloads can easily be found on internet
ipod has been dominating digital player sales
ipod has been dominating digital player sales
- since 2004, the iPod has dominated digital music player sales in the United States, with over 90% for hard drive-based players and over 70% for all types (www.appleinsider.com) (Support:
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Title: Apple is having problems overcoming the challenges facing it
- But: Ipod has been dominating digital player sales