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That is impossible to answer. As of 2012 Apple has about 15% of the computer market share.
Business' stay in business while they are making profits. Apple is a very profitable company with nearly 30 billion dollars in the bank. Their success is reflected in the price of Apple shares. Apple mainly aims at the top end of the computer market where they have over 90% market share.
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Apple has around 8% market share to microsofts 88% when it comes to operating systems.
as of may 20 2010 one share in apple costs 10.47
Apple Inc. as of May 1, 2008 is worth more than $158.66 billion. http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/05/04/why-apple-is-now-worth-four-dells/ (UPDATE) Apple Inc. as of March 25, 2010 is worth more than $207.99 billion. http://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:AAPL
In today's market, apple shares are actually almost $500 a share. Theoretically speaking, if shares were purchased in 1989 before apple truly became a house hold name, then you would have gotten your investment back with a profit.
You cannot purchase Gold from the share market.
Not much since other mp3s beside Apple iPods hold about 25% of the mp3 market share. And also cars pollute way more than mp3 companies.
The best laptop brand for your money is apple. Apple computers are expensive, but will save you money in the long run. Apple computers never get a virus so you will not have to worry about the sites to frequent.
Measuring the market share of Macs will depend upon what market you are looking at and how you are measuring the size of the share. One way is to monitor web browsing to see the percentages of different computer platforms. Such a measure gives the Mac around 10% of the market. (See links below) If you define the market as the quality end of computer sales ($1000 and up) which Apple targets then they have around 91% of the market. (See links below)