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Apple Claims 91% of $1,000+ PC Market Revenue in June
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and after all those folks switching, Microsoft still is dominating market share at around 90%. Go Microsoft APPLE IS DEAD
even worse
I tend to disagree. I think its pure genius the way they have desktops set up. everyone needs a monitor anyway, and personally I think the imacs are a great deal in terms of mid range. The mini's are pretty sweet little machines, and the pros are just.... well they're the mac pros. enough said.
got it, instead of looking at the entire post, you decided to prove one statement to discount the entire spirit of the post.
And I appreciate the Windows masses for absorbing all the Internet malware for me.
This report is meaningless except for Apple PR. Apple has a unique sales channel, and most non-Apple consumers that buy from brick and mortar are buying SUB $1000 machines.
The bulk of >$1000 non-mac purchases are either done by power users or businesses and they are buying online or through business sales channels.
The bulk of >$1000 non-mac purchases are either done by power users or businesses and they are buying online or through business sales channels.
And I hate the Windows masses because my day at work consists of removing all that crap. I guess I am glad Windows exists because it gave me a job: removing all the viruses, malware, and fixing all the random problems Windows has.
Well I wouldn't pay anything for it because it's just a bunch of parts in a bucket, not much good for anything. But by the same token, take the same parts and throw them into a bucket made of aluminum. How much would you be willing to pay for that?
Apple's quality control routinely leads the industry. Customer satisfaction, quality ratings such as Consumer Reports, and repair rates are regularly cited as best in the industry.
They annually win awards for industrial design which also reflects on the quality of their products. Industrial design isn't simply about how something looks, but also how it is put together and how you interact with it.
This. And to add to that, Dell's customer support is almost nonexistant, many resellers I know don't sell Dell just for that reason. Once it's broken, no way to get it fixed.
again, its the users that usually inflict the most damage. this isn't about the security of the OS's which has already been proven, its apple rolling out a statistic that proves there aren't in touch with the current climate and spending habits in the personal computer space.
Nah ... you can get quite a bit of bang for 1500 bucks in the PC market. However, the iMac is only a great deal because of sleek integration and overall ease in using one (ie. the Apple experience). Add in support and unless you really are an expert, you've generally got a bargain on the whole.
It makes my teeth ache though - building a top-of-the-line 24" iMac at the Apple website though. $2500 (includes Apple Care) seems like such a lot in today's economy for sure. Then again, who am I to point fingers? I am quite the nerd - having forked over almost $4k for that uber Intel 80486 Gateway 2000 PC tower back in the 90s!
Yeah but most Apple users buy their macs online as well, because of configurations which you can't find in retail stores.
With Vista's high profile problems, OS and marketing spin have been muddled somewhat. Apple has been using Window's problems to leverage a larger share for the last couple of years. If Microsoft gets their stuff together with Windows 7 they may be able to detangle those two a bit more.
It is possible to set up Vista SP2 / Windows 7 so that avoid lots of problems common to legacy Windows. However, some of it is not having things come out of the box configured that way.
Yeah, there are some fanatics who unbox Apple stuff and just stare at it. The vast majority of Apple ads aren't primarily appeals to those folks.
The bigger spin factor is these skewed stats. We are big and successful so buy from us, because nobody every got fired for buying from big and successful. For example billions and billions of downloads... when that is also upgrades, free "throw away" apps, etc.
However, should discount the anti-consumer effect that tying has. If users were actually provided with choice (could take Mac OS where they wanted) some of this "valued added pricing" would evaporate.
The lack of hardware choices also squeezing folks into buying machines would rather not but but have limited choices.
other than mass recalls to their power supplies for their iPhone and IPT spontaneously catching on fire.
https://www.macrumors.com/2009/07/22/apple-legal-reportedly-hinders-reporters-investigation-of-ipods-catching-fire/
This is a classic chestnut from the anti-Apple horde. "You're paying $500 for a logo!!!"
Ignorance at its finest.
Not surprisingly, I see this exact argument (raise the $500 part though) in other product forums, say, Chevy fans raging about BMWs (or even Hondas).
HUMBUG! This depends on your warranty, of course. M1710 XPS laptop from friend needed a new mobo and keyboard recently and the experience was very pleasant overall.
The outsourcing of support has hurt DELL's reputation, yes - but let's not throw the baby out with the bath water just yet, ok?
If you bring bulk purchases (corporate, institutional) into the picture certainly (and maybe even without them).
But for those persons willing to spend more than $1000 on a computer and wanting to have a nice shopping experience (in a nice store, with competent sales personal etc.), Apple offers their stores whereas other manufacturers cannot offer it. I can buy my clothes in 'cheap' store or in a upmarket designer boutique. They might in some respect offer similar products but the shopping experience in the designer boutique is nicer. Apple is capturing that market better.
So in rephrased, this study fails to count neither the Macs nor PCs units sold in the over $1,000 price range.
Your point only adds the what that previous poster is pointing out how this study does not map to making grand statements about the broader personal computer marketplace.
Yeah, and Microsoft got where it is strictly by the quality of its product.
I've seen plenty of unboxing videos for non-Apple products. Perhaps you need to get away from MacRumors sometimes?
That said, no one is going to do an unboxing video for a $600 HP laptop. Because, well, it's an HP laptop and no one cares.
What was the spirit of the post? Sorry, I was looking at the words of the post.
It seemed to be that you were saying that Macs are likely less successful than blu-ray players even though blu-ray players are looked at as being unsuccessful.
What part of what you said in spirit is correct?
HUMBUG! This depends on your warranty, of course. M1710 XPS laptop from friend needed a new mobo and keyboard recently and the experience was very pleasant overall.
The outsourcing of support has hurt DELL's reputation, yes - but let's not throw the baby out with the bath water just yet, ok?
I called Dell support to return a product recently, and they tried to make a deal with me over the phone to keep it! I felt like I was shopping in Mexico again. They offered to credit me back some money if I didn't return the item. What kind of customer service is that? Are they that desperate?
Now I know how to get a free discount from Dell if I ever buy from them again. Call, say I don't want it, and boom: they send me some money back to get me to keep the item. Sweet.
Reports seem to suggest that they are the best of the major computer manufacturers. Not that they are perfect.