Now obviously there are many benefits to having a large market share in computing, like the support of software manufacturers and hardware makers, but I was thinking that the fact that Apple has a quite small market share helps create places like these, where everyone talks about their experiences with their macs. If Apple were to have 95% market share there wouldn't be such a dedicated user group, as with PCs, most people just use their computers, without a thought about what is coming soon or the cool new stuff that is on the horizon. With 95% market share there would be less innovation, or new and catchy products, because, like Microsoft, Apple would have to play to such a huge amount of people they would struggle to find a happy medium. One can argue that with such a large share there would be room for new products and designs, and that apple has never played to the interests of everyone. If one were in so perfect a position why would you mess it up? If one was sitting at the top of the world, and there was no competition why give them a chance? It seems as if having a larger market share would create a less than perfect situation. Right now if one goes looking for software for Windows there are many billions of programs made by Joe Java and Charlie C++, and when you try to find something specific there are always many choices, but it is hard to find a quality program that always works, is updated often and has real people to help you. I think that if Apple were to grow into a computer superpower, millions of people would grab a hold on the developer tools and begin to churn out typical rubbish that already exists in 20 different flavors, while trying to charge 39.99 for it. Now, I am not trying to say that all windows software is bad and mac programmers are faultless, I am just saying that there is a strong bloating effect in the windows software market. I think that as long as Apple remains a nice market, under 25% market share, there will remain such close-knit communities like this, and many satisfied people to laugh at the blind followers on the other side of the fence.
--Thanks for reading this, I tried hard to keep away from the "PCs Suck" rant as much as possible, and to prove my point. That's my 2¢
--Thanks for reading this, I tried hard to keep away from the "PCs Suck" rant as much as possible, and to prove my point. That's my 2¢
