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Are Mac prices responding to or horribly subverting the global recession?
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These are preliminary NPD numbers, since Apple doesn't do mid-quarter reports, but it doesn't look too hot.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=3980
http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=3980
Other than an educated guess (since Apple says nothing until the quarter is over and the financials are publicly announced), I'm wondering how NPD comes up with these numbers?
Honestly, the potential that Windows 7 will not suck will be a bigger threat to Apple than the global recession.
What tends to get lost in the hysteria of recession coverage is that the upper, upper middle, and those solidly middle class people who still have jobs all still have money they can afford to spend to a certain extent. Sure they might not be maxing out the options on things they buy, but if they could afford Mac prices before the recession they can still afford Macs now, it just may be a 20-inch iMac instead of the 24 incher, the 2.0 MB instead of the 2.4, etc.
The real problem for Apple will be the possibility that a successful Windows 7 roll out could wipe out customer negativity that came with the Vista rollout. A Windows that sucks considerably less be just enough to stop the growth that Apple has enjoyed the past couple of years.
What tends to get lost in the hysteria of recession coverage is that the upper, upper middle, and those solidly middle class people who still have jobs all still have money they can afford to spend to a certain extent. Sure they might not be maxing out the options on things they buy, but if they could afford Mac prices before the recession they can still afford Macs now, it just may be a 20-inch iMac instead of the 24 incher, the 2.0 MB instead of the 2.4, etc.
The real problem for Apple will be the possibility that a successful Windows 7 roll out could wipe out customer negativity that came with the Vista rollout. A Windows that sucks considerably less be just enough to stop the growth that Apple has enjoyed the past couple of years.
Prices are not in "free fall." That would be deflation, and deflation means depression. I don't think we want that...
Do you work in a really affluent, wealthy area, or an area that's more recession-proof due to the nature of the businesses in the area?
Well, everyone knows that Apple is impervious to the recession. They play by a different set of rules than all other businesses. That's the kind of freedom you get when you have no debt and billions in savings. The auto industry should have taken a page from their rule book.
They play by a different set of rules than all other businesses. That's the kind of freedom you get when you have no debt and billions in savings. The auto industry should have taken a page from their rule book.
Well, everyone knows that Apple is impervious to the recession.
Just be careful, such smugness usually ends up biting you in the backside
Ever heard of hubris?