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.
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Apple's US Market Share Growth Slows in 4Q 2008
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First off, your grammar is completely ridiculous. Second, if you seriously believe, that the new macbook line up is a turn for the worse, you are off your rocker.
Third, why don't people actually read the article? The Q4 for Apple is generally lower than others. This is not a big deal, seriously.
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.
We're in the midst of a severe recession. Nobody is immune. As I pointed out above, a much more meaningful way of interpreting these numbers is to compare Apple's YoY sales growth the the rest of the industry's YoY sales growth. By that measure, Apple is doing far better than the balance of the industry, just as they have been for the last several years.
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.
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.
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). Give us new desktops and at least I'm buying
Mac Pro, where are you?
I reckon that has a lot more to do with things like their music label and motion picture divisions (both areas Apple doesn't deal with) than electronics, but I could be wrong...
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.
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.
Apple's "netbook" should be a 10" MacBook Air
I don't get the assumption that an Apple netbook would have to compete with the $300 tier of netbooks. Apple doesn't compete in the bottom price bracket in any of their existing models - so why not a premium netbook?
Think more of a 10" MacBook Air, and that $700 to $900 price point is fine. (10" is about the minimum for an adult-sized keyboard.)
Use the Atom CPU for long battery life. Make it a bit thicker than the MBA, and square the edges a bit so that ports won't need the door flap. Add a couple of ports, too.
And give it a 3G radio, finally.
I don't get the assumption that an Apple netbook would have to compete with the $300 tier of netbooks. Apple doesn't compete in the bottom price bracket in any of their existing models - so why not a premium netbook?
Think more of a 10" MacBook Air, and that $700 to $900 price point is fine. (10" is about the minimum for an adult-sized keyboard.)
Use the Atom CPU for long battery life. Make it a bit thicker than the MBA, and square the edges a bit so that ports won't need the door flap. Add a couple of ports, too.
And give it a 3G radio, finally.
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,
It's funny in a strange and sad way, but this debate about what Apple should be doing continues on and on, despite the fact that Apple once again has outperformed the rest of the PC industry by a huge margin. Still, the argument that they must be doing something horribly wrong persists -- even when the objective evidence continues to show that precisely the opposite is true.
All I can say is, it's a good thing none of you are running the company.
All I can say is, it's a good thing none of you are running the company.
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".
$50 to remove bloatware? I'll admit that does imply subsidization.... doh! Still, even with $50 extra, that laptop does seem like a good deal. Mostly I like the idea of Blu-ray...
Things are OK regarding Office on my Macbook now. It seemed to have been gone twice, but then mysteriously resurrected itself. I'm not sure what I did differently, but now the beast seems gone for good...
In a way I was generalizing I meant that a vast majority of laptop PCs lack firewire.
You know, many people are going to agree with you, especially since Apple's stock numbers dropped about 8% last night immediately after Jobs' email. However, in looking at Apple's numbers today, they made up almost 6 points and are only down 2.3% from time of close yesterday--before his email. This tells me that despite the news, Apple's prospects are still good and are expecting to resume their steady rise in installed market.
However, parents and individuals, as well as businesses, are still buying nearly every model at a higher rate than they did this same time last year. It seems your logic fails in the face of real numbers.
Why should they, when they're not switching away? Ok, I'll grant that some may buy cheaper during this downturn, but in all honesty, just go into any Apple store and watch how quickly new machines are going out the door. Their numbers are still showing increasing growth despite the current problems.
I, for one, can't see the benefit of a downsized laptop when you still have to put it down on something and use two hands to type on it. Something better is already on the market and it won't be that long before something revolutionary is available.