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51% of US Households Own An Apple Product

tbrinkma said:
Actually, no. There's an old adage (I think Soviet in origin) that the well-to-do can afford to buy cheap products, but they're the only ones who don't *have to*.
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I only know the saying "I'm not rich enough to afford cheap things."
 
Kinda strange demographics

I own to many way more than the average
I still own my first apple i bought with my own money the LCIII
Apple Products I own
1) LCIII
2) Performa 9600
3) AGP G4 (Upgraded to Dual 1.3ghz
4) 17" Powerbook G4 1.67ghz
5) PowerMac G5 Dual 2ghz
6) PowerMac G5 Dual 2ghz
7) MBP 2.4ghz (2007 edition with fresh new Motherboard from apple)
8) 2011 2.7ghz quad core imac
9) ipod Classic
10) ipod Touch 3rd Gen
11) ipad Current Gen
12) 600mhz iMac

Mind you these are all fully functional
I used to own 12 more but wife wanted me to sell them since they were not being used
 
Based on that poll I must be a member of "the 1%." Apple 1% that is. I own 3 Macs, 2 iPhones, 1 Airport Extreme, 1 Airport Express, 1 iPad, 1 iPod nano, 1 iPod shuffle, & 1 AppleTV. Whew. I'm breaking a sweat.
 
thomas.g.tg said:
A US-wide survey consisting of only 800-somewhat people...?
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Read the comments above. That sample size is fine.

The document actually states a margin of error or +/- 3.4%. If the sample had been many times the size then that wouldn't change much.
 
KeithJenner said:
Read the comments above. That sample size is fine.

The document actually states a margin of error or +/- 3.4%. If the sample had been many times the size then that wouldn't change much.
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The sample size DOES seem low to be giving regional and income bracket breakdowns though. The margin of error on those would be much higher.
 
Now, I used to own loads of Mac/Apple stuff. My first Apple was in '84 with an old ][+, then starting in '91 I had an LCII (I think it was a II) and then every 2 or 3 years I purchased a new Mac and printer from Apple until Apple stopped making printers and then in 2007 I settled for 5 years, so far, with this Pro.

payneo said:
Wow, I must be a 1%.... :)
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There is a "missing" 1% which is everyone over 5 products. You are probably a .001% or something up there.

If they include monitors and Airports and all those things, I have about 10 or maybe more.
 
Let's see...

1) 3 iPod Nano's
2) G5 iMac
3) G4 iBook
4) MacBook
5) 24" iMac Intel Core 2 duo
6) 3 iPhone GS's
7) Apple TV ver 2
8) 27" i7 iMac
9) Apple Express
10) Apple Extreme
11) Apple Time Machine
12) iPad 3

Well that makes 16 items, I live in the South and I am 56 years old...

This has got to be some kind of record. :roll eyes:

Dan Reilly
Sarasota, FL
 
mr.steevo said:
I have more LG products in my home than Apple products. My range, microwave, refrigerator, dishwasher, TV, and computer monitor are LG. VS. iPod, iPhone, iBook
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Relax, this is not a competition and the Apple police won't come to your house to shut things down.

LG makes beautiful looking products in that field.

Have some LG , but when it comes to computers and idevices all Apple all the time since 1984:)

Whenever I looked at Rio, ZUNE (haha) and anything non Apple, Macs, ipods and etc. were just better and somehow they knew what I wanted.

Plenty of clunkers in Apples line since 1984 I never warmed up to and miss-buys, but lately Apple FTW!
 
forty2j said:
The sample size DOES seem low to be giving regional and income bracket breakdowns though. The margin of error on those would be much higher.
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Yes, such breakdowns are always subject to larger margin of error. Analysis of polls very rarely make this clear, and this can be a cause of inaccuracies when results are adjusted for demographics if a particular demographic is over or under sampled to a large extent.

As long as there aren't any such over or under samples (and the polling company should make sure there aren't) then the overall results should stand up, even if the other breakdowns are not as accurate.

The accuracy is still pretty good though, even at really small sample sizes. A sample of just 100 has a MOE of +/- 10%. That's high, and nobody would publish such a poll and expect to be taken seriously, but it's a lot more accurate than you'd imagine
 
KeithJenner said:
Read the comments above. That sample size is fine.

The document actually states a margin of error or +/- 3.4%. If the sample had been many times the size then that wouldn't change much.
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Orly...... reading the comments it seems America is a very rich and prosperous country, The survey suggests that your either rich or on the way to becoming rich and own an apple product. Get out of the cities or hit the surburbs that are well less off and see how many can afford an apple product!

If they excluded MP3 players, then the stats would change significantly!

Its a luxury brand and they are playing with stats here to push an agenda. I probably have 10 products but know areas of london that will have none... well legally anyway!
 
MH01 said:
Orly...... reading the comments it seems America is a very rich and prosperous country, The survey suggests that your either rich or on the way to becoming rich and own an apple product. Get out of the cities or hit the surburbs that are well less off and see how many can afford an apple product!

If they excluded MP3 players, then the stats would change significantly!

Its a luxury brand and they are playing with stats here to push an agenda. I probably have 10 products but know areas of london that will have none... well legally anyway!
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Not sure what that's about. I was just stating that a sample of 800 is a statistically significant sample. I don't really understand what you thought I was saying.
 
Ten items in my house that get used consistently. That doesn't count the box of defunct iPods and iTouches that still work but don't really hold a charge anymore. iPad 1 is on its way to Sis in a bit, but I suspect something else will bring the count back up to 10 before the end of the year.
 
Lesser Evets said:
I assume they mean major products like iPod/iPhone/computer/iPad, not monitors and so forth.

We're probably all beyond this chart. I own more than 5.
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G4, G5, Cinema Display, Apple TV, 3 iPods, 1 Nano, 1 Shuffle, 2 MBPs, 2 MBAs, 3 iMacs, a Mac Mini, an iPad, an iPod Touch, 2 iPhone 4Ss and 2 iPhone 3GSs.

Grand total of... 23 apple products! (For a five person household.)

(And I didn't include the replacement headphones, iSight, or wireless mice and trackpad.)
 
topmounter said:
Who the heck owns 34 Apple products?
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Most of them are not anymore in use .... but let me see

90´s

3 Powerbooks ( 100 / 120C / 140C ? ) 120C still works .....
2 Apple II´s
1 LC 4/40
1 LC 8/80
1 Performa
1 Quadra

00´s

2 ibooks G3
1 ibook G4 ( still works )
1 Macboock
1 iMac ( actually in use since 2011)

Ipods

1 2nd generation ipod
1 4th generation ipod
1 5th generation ipod ( still in use )
1 1st generation shuffle
1 2nd generation shuffle
1 ipod Nano
2 ipod Minis ( still in use )
2 iPod touch´s
2 iPhones 3G ( still in use )
1 iphone 4 ( still in use )

Ipads

1 1st gen ipad ( in use a lot : my wife´s iPad :eek:)
1 2nd gen ipad ( in use .... mine )

Apple tv 2nd gen.( in use )
1 airport express
1 airport extreme
1 time machine ( still in use )


So yeah , more or less ....

I think I forgot one or two ....never mind :p
 
forty2j said:
The sample size DOES seem low to be giving regional and income bracket breakdowns though. The margin of error on those would be much higher.
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This actually could be true. It's been a while since I've done stat analysis so I don't remember the lowest number of respondents in a breakout that are still relevant. You could still make inferences if the results were obviously different, though. When I was testing products and analyzing data, I always had to fight the temptation to break out the data too finely and try to make something significant out of it so I could report something interesting to my bosses. ;)
 
I started with the iPod click wheel, then iPod Video, then iPod Classic, then macbook, then macbook pro, iPhone, and iPad. I've always owned at least 1 apple device in the last 9 years
 
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