Totally agree...People has 3gs. 4 comes out. They rush to buy 4. Then 4S comes out. People cry...Why apple is updating so quickly. But they are still expecting this change/update.
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51% of US Households Own An Apple Product
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Totally agree...People has 3gs. 4 comes out. They rush to buy 4. Then 4S comes out. People cry...Why apple is updating so quickly. But they are still expecting this change/update.
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In my home I have an iMac, an MBP, an iPad2, an iPhone 4S, an iPod Shuffle, a Time Capsule, and an iPad 3 on the way - unshared with anyone!
I've also given away iPhones (1st Gen to 4), 2 iPod Nanos, 2 iPod Classics, an MBP, a PowerBook, an iMac, another iPad 2, 2 iBooks, and half a dozen iPod Shuffles. Accumulated and dispersed over a decade, of course!
Nope, not a techie. Just appreciate that I know how to use the gizmos.
The odd thing is - I own an iPad and an iPhone, and love them for the VERY SAME reason I hate OSX and all thing related.
I have a Macbook Pro 17" to run Windows 7 on (couldn't find anything comparable in the PC world).
So - I guess that puts me at 2.5
I have a Macbook Pro 17" to run Windows 7 on (couldn't find anything comparable in the PC world).
So - I guess that puts me at 2.5
You don't get it do you?
The iPod domination and the iMac helped turn around Apple's balance sheets into the positive and then into the multibillion dollar company it is today. Apple knows how to make the most profit in an area without selling the most of that type of product. In short, sell less but make more profits.
It's taken a while to get the market share in houses higher. I'd rather have a solid base before I got more marketshare. Just like Apple did. So this 51% is hardly surprising. It's a nice slow rise of Apple's market share. And avoiding the whole "low margin high volume sales" that some of Apple's competitors are doing.
I came from a Microsoft family and I remember when I bought my macbook pro in 2009, my dad made fun of me. Now he always wants to see my iPad, iPhone, and Macbook Pro.
For me it started with a G5 iMac to replace my winbox
Now we've got a 15" MBP, a 13" MBA, a 24" iMac, 23" cinema display, an iPhone 4, an iPhone 3GS, an iPod Video, 2 iPod Nanos, an iPod Touch, an iPad and an ATV. Plus my 27" LED display just arrived yesterday.
So...some. We have some.
Now we've got a 15" MBP, a 13" MBA, a 24" iMac, 23" cinema display, an iPhone 4, an iPhone 3GS, an iPod Video, 2 iPod Nanos, an iPod Touch, an iPad and an ATV. Plus my 27" LED display just arrived yesterday.
So...some. We have some.
17 Hardware items!
Me - Macbook Pro; Shuffle; iPod Classic; iPhone 1st Gen now used as iPod; iPhone 4S; iPad 3; Mac Pro; 27" Cinema Display; 24" Cinema Display; AppleTV
Wife - Macbook Pro; Shuffle; iPod 5Gen; iPhone 1st Gen; iPhone 4S; iPad 3
Child - Shuffle
We have a total of 17 things that are currently being used and not just legacy stuff sold or not in use.
Crazy.
Me - Macbook Pro; Shuffle; iPod Classic; iPhone 1st Gen now used as iPod; iPhone 4S; iPad 3; Mac Pro; 27" Cinema Display; 24" Cinema Display; AppleTV
Wife - Macbook Pro; Shuffle; iPod 5Gen; iPhone 1st Gen; iPhone 4S; iPad 3
Child - Shuffle
We have a total of 17 things that are currently being used and not just legacy stuff sold or not in use.
Crazy.
I think you are missing the point. The question was about the accuracy of the regional breakdowns etc, which will be less accurate than the overall figures, as the sample sizes are smaller.
And why are you guys always ignoring the not so glamorous reality? Because you need another, more fancy justification why you spend so much money on expensive Apple products?
I began using and buying personal/private computer stuff more than 30 years ago, and in the last seven years OS X has played a significant role in my household. In the beginning, I liked Apple and their software like anybody else here. Then slowly but surely reality set in and revealed a simple but extremely ugly fact: Apple products age FASTER than all other products on the market, and it costs MUCH more to keep an Apple environment running than it would cost with competing products. Of course, you can keep using five year old stuff - as long as you do NOT want to upgrade your software. But well, I upgrade. And in Apple land, you upgrade more often than in Windows or Linux land, and it always costs.
It didn't bother me that much when I was between my first and second marriage and before I bought a house and before I had two dogs. It sure bothers me now, because there are now IMPORTANT things in my life on which I need to spend money.
And that leads me to another reality: Apples does not offer one single product that is so much better than the competition that it justifies the additional expenses. Not one. I like Apple's hardware design, but I really began to dislike their software around the time Snow Leopard came out. After Leopard, everything appeared to be a step back or a step in a direction that wasn't mine or was headed where I want to go.
And what I really began to hate with a passion are Apple's constant attempts to lock their customers even deeper into their ecosystem. Mac App Store here, Gatekeeper there, iTunes Store there. They are much more intrusive than Microsoft ever was -- and back then I thought that Microsoft was bad.
The sad truth is that when you live Microsoft for Apple, you only move from one abusive relationship to another and you only swap the name and the face of your tyrant.
The only difference is that Apple puts more makeup on the ugly, stinking pile of dung than Microsoft does.
But people are more forgiving to Apple because they pull the same strings that all those perfume and designer clothes companies pull. They all speak to their customers' vanity, and they all sell an image and status symbols. Microsoft never got there. But I'm not even sure if they ever really tried.
Using a PC always gets the job done, and it usually gets the job done faster and cheaper. It's just not sexy to use a PC.
But using a Mac won't stay sexy for much longer either. Obviously, Apple products have become mass products quite a while ago. They're no longer "special".
It's time for something or somebody new.
First Apple product purchased was the 30GB iPod that could play video around 2005. Made the switch to Mac around 2008. Happy ever since.
In our home we have: iMac, Mac Mini, MacBook 13', Airport, iPod Touch, iPad (first gen), 3 iPod Nanos, 1 iPod Classic. Yep, thats 10. For 5 people over many years. The eco system just grows. We are buying another macbook pro come summer for my son who is going off to college.
ps, my office is all mac, well over 100 apple products there. my computer at work is a Mac Pro. I love my job
ps, my office is all mac, well over 100 apple products there. my computer at work is a Mac Pro. I love my job
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Makes sense. Every man and his dog seems to have an iPhone these days. Apple have done a great job of getting into the common household with a great array of products. We have 6 Apple products in our home.
I know the feeling. I bought my first mac in 2003, a G5 tower. My Dad was always a PC person, but has since converted. He now owns an iMac, an AppleTV, and... an Amazon Kindle. He never made fun of me for buying a Mac, but boy did my friends. Back in 2003 I was told by so many people that I had wasted my money and purchased a "toy".
But today, nearly all of those people own MacBook Pros, along with iPhones and iPads. People I know who HATED mac for years and years, people who swore to always build their own PCs at a fraction of the cost, now own Macs.
I'll never forget back in 2008, seeing my friend Brandon, who previously would not hesitate to tell you that Steve Jobs was the devil, so giddy about his new iPhone. He used SoundHound to figure out what song was on the radio and he was floored.
In our home we have: iMac, Mac Mini, MacBook 13', Airport, iPod Touch, iPad (first gen), 3 iPod Nanos, 1 iPod Classic. Yep, thats 10. For 5 people over many years. The eco system just grows. We are buying another macbook pro come summer for my son who is going off to college.
ps, my office is all mac, well over 100 apple products there. my computer at work is a Mac Pro. I love my job
Do you love your job because you do something you're passionate about or just because the tool that you use to perform your job is a Mac?
I'm not sure I completely agree with some of your claims/opinions above. I have an iPhone 3G that is in perfect condition still. Is it as snappy as the 4G or 4GS? No, but it works perfectly fine. Same with my iPad 1st gen...
I *do* agree with your frustration about upgrades though. The fact that you can't use some iOS features on older phones or older Macs on previous OS X versions (Photostream anyone?) really annoys the heck out of me. But the cost to upgrade a Mac's OS is NOT that costly. It's certainly cheaper to go from OS X 10.6 to 10.7 than it is to go from Vista to Win 7.
I gotta disagree there.... the iPad as a tablet device is hands down better than anything else available right now. It's cost effective for the performance and value that you get. We'll have to see how great (or bad) the Win8 tablets are when they come out, but for now...no other tablet beats an iPad, dollar for dollar.
We've got lots of Apple stuff too - hurrah - but I'm in the UK.
I have to say that Apple's rise and rise is nice, but they have gone from underdog to top dog in a relatively short time. All empires crumble once they stop expanding.
As someone above said, they are cool now, but for how long..............?
However, as long as their products are good, easy to use compared to the competition, well built and reliable, I can see their expansion continuing for a good while yet.
51% of US homes is an amazing stat, if accurate considering the sample size used in the poll. Still leaves 49% to aim at, although another 20% is more likely.
One day Apple will crumble - but it aint this day.
I have to say that Apple's rise and rise is nice, but they have gone from underdog to top dog in a relatively short time. All empires crumble once they stop expanding.
As someone above said, they are cool now, but for how long..............?
However, as long as their products are good, easy to use compared to the competition, well built and reliable, I can see their expansion continuing for a good while yet.
51% of US homes is an amazing stat, if accurate considering the sample size used in the poll. Still leaves 49% to aim at, although another 20% is more likely.
One day Apple will crumble - but it aint this day.
I would of thought this number was higher but then again I am from an affluent suburb so my town would prob be in the 77% range. This might skew reaity a little bit. Out of the people I know, I can only think of one maybe 2 households that do not own an apple product. I have 3 by myself.