strong as ever, apple. let's just hope you realize the netbook market before it is saturated and/or passes you by. learn something from acer, here.
everyone's sales is being affected. everyone's market share is not.
apple's latest notebook renewal was clearly turn to worse.
Actually, you're not grasping growth.
I do grasp it.
I was commenting to someone who said that the Q4 drop is normal.
It is, but I pointed out that it looks a bit more serious of a drop than in recent years.
In fact, there's been negative growth since Q2.
But of course, it's only one data point.
It's funny you mention that.
I was just in a Sony Store this past weekend. I hadn't set foot in one for years and thought I'd look at the laptops to see what sort of competition Apple was up against.
I was really surprised at the specs and price points. I remember Sony as always being the other "way overpriced" computer manufacturer, but they had an 18" laptop with 1TB storage, 4GB ram, a BluRay drive and FW for $1,700! And remember, this was at the horrible Sony Store, which sells things for MSRP and above. I bet you could easily find that model from a reseller for under $1,500!
And that's all just the high end competition. With all these Net Books nibbling at the low end, I'm not very optimistic as far as Apple is concerned.
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Actually, if you look at the chart, it has gone downhill a bit. In the two previous years, Q4 was down from Q3 - but still higher than Q2. In the latest year, Q4 was even down from Q2.
If you type "Sony Loss" into Google, you'll find that Sony is posting a $1.1 billion operating loss, the first loss in 14 years. Maybe Apple knows something that Sony doesn't.
You're right. But year ago Apple had better lineup than today; we're all practically awaiting new products and therefore not buying anything (if possible).
Perhaps Apple's lack of interest in the netbook market ought to be reconsidered.
Only if there is profit -- otherwise, what's the point? Apple jumping in on the race to the bottom isn't a great strategy...
Any one have recent profit data on Acer? I seem to recall they earn a very slim 3-4%, but I could be wrong on that.
Why would Apple build a netbook when they're "just a fad," as you say? Not to mention that Steve doesn't see the appeal of netbooks, anyway.WHEN Apple produces a pocketable computer in the same size range, I expect it will make the current round of netbooks look sick and pretty much blow away that market as Apple is currently blowing away the Smartphone market.
Not to mention that the primary appeal of the netbook market is the price. If Apple builds a netbook that starts $500 or more, I doubt it will be all that successful. The Sony Vaio P, for example, is very tempting, but starts at $900, which makes it more of an ultra-portable than a true netbook.
It's funny you mention that.
I was just in a Sony Store this past weekend. I hadn't set foot in one for years and thought I'd look at the laptops to see what sort of competition Apple was up against.
I was really surprised at the specs and price points. I remember Sony as always being the other "way overpriced" computer manufacturer, but they had an 18" laptop with 1TB storage, 4GB ram, a BluRay drive and FW for $1,700! And remember, this was at the horrible Sony Store, which sells things for MSRP and above. I bet you could easily find that model from a reseller for under $1,500!
And that's all just the high end competition. With all these Net Books nibbling at the low end, I'm not very optimistic as far as Apple is concerned.
All I can say is, it's a good thing none of you are running the company.
Check it out.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834117831
Man that is a good computer for the price from Sony!!!! Are you kidding me,
If you read the reviews on Newegg (i.e., using the link you provided), you will note that the price point is obviously subsidized by bloatware. That being said, I'm sure an advanced user will figure out how to disable or re-install... but good luck to the rest of the world.
I don't read anything to indicated this machine is any different than every other PC - they've all got bloatware preinstalled. And I'm not sure at all about any PC being "subsidized" by software either...
What makes me crazy is the bloatware MS Office 2004 preinstalled on my Macbook that keeps taking over my Office X that I installed on my own. Talk about bloatware that you can't get rid of...
4th paragraph.
I agree that does suck. I found this using Google search "how to remove ms office 2004 trial from mac os x".
Do you know that for a fact? Or are you just assuming?
In all this talk about Steve's health and how Apple will tank without him as CEO, I think you could legitimately argue that he is now starting to hold back Apple.
I think it's missed that the lack of decent update to the Mac mini, the lack of decent sub-$900 Macbook, and Steve's opposition to a mini-notebook and obsession with ridiculously high-end user unfriendly boutique laptops with non-removable batteries has resulted in Apple NOT fully capitalizing on their success of the ipod/itunes combo in capturing more of the computer market share. Very, very few parents are springing for 17 inch Macbook Pros.
I was talking to a devoted Apple fan whose Titanium Powerbook was finally dying. He would like a Macbook Air but the price compared to what he needs it for has him for the first time considering Windows based mini-notebook. Apple is passing up a market they could have possibly owned a large junk of.
When times get better, is someone going to switch back to Apple ?