That growth is from 4Q2013 to 4Q2014. On the whole year they grew by only 4.2%. And the market grew much faster, which is why their market share is down.

Yes and no. There is no way Microsoft will stay in the market with only 3% of the market (yes, share) in the long term. Their Windows Phone division is currently not profitable enough and will never be except if they can get a significant share of the market. With 3%, their platform will continue to be avoided by developers. In 2011, analysts projected that Microsoft would be at arround 20% by 2015. And that's why Microsoft invested in Windows Phone. They beleived they had a chance to win. The problem with 3% is that the competition will have much larger economies of scale and will drive you down to 0.

Wrong, it says its market share went from 3.3% in 2013 to 2.7% in 2014.

It was. But it was still the best option back then. It was the most powerful platform, with the most apps. You could have 640x480 resolution which back then was high (and wasn't surpassed by Apple until the iPhone 4).

These are yesterday's phones. Old SoC, no innovation. High prices.

I agree the Mac Pro is a bad choice (overpriced), but most servers are more expensive than a fast desktop with similar performance. Given that you need a desktop PC anyway, it often make sense to invest an extra $500 or even $1000 in it to save the costs of a server.

It was checked by default within the "Apple software updater" a software which was meant to update iTunes on PCs where it is installed. That's pushing bloatware. Even if you don't like it, it's bloatware. Just because you can remove it doesn't making any less bloatware.

Yes. Also, 1080p is more pratical as it allows 1:1 clone to TV.

They had bloatware practices at least once. Therefore it's enough for me to put them in the bloatware category of companies, along with Lenovo and Adobe.

poor clients

http://appleinsider.com/articl...

Bloatware isn't only about trialware and adware. I consider Lenovo Power Controls to be bloatware. It has no ads and doesn't expire.

No, and I don't really care. I don't use their products that much. This is only an example of bloatware that I remembered. I am sure there are others.

http://appleinsider.com/articl...

I remember they included Safari by default when you tried to install iTunes on Windows.