tech industry
07/25/2005, 10:20am, EDT
Monday, July 25th
Intel announcement not hurting PPC sales
Although many Apple fans and analysts worry that the company's switch to Intel processors will put sales of current hardware on hold until updates, the evidence at the moment indicates no such stall. According to an it-analysis report, Apple still occupies five of the top six slots in Amazon's list of top selling computers, which is updated hourly. "This indicator showed no drop in demand following the Intel announcement. Of course, demand may diminish in the coming months, but I suspect that most buyers don't care too much about it either way." Regarding the so-called "halo" effect, "the prediction by Forbes that Apple will grow its PC market share from 3 percent to 5 percent this year, looks like it will be fulfilled." Moreover, "we can think of Apple as heading towards a 10 percent share of the home market."
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Nah...
I also hope Apple drops the eMac, and instead gets a contract for a dirt cheap Monitor to sell along with its MacTel mini, as a loss leader to really grow the Mac market.
So what if "Apple still occupies five of the top six slots in Amazon's list of top selling computers." What other computers does Amazon sell?
Ranking as the top computers sold by Amazon does not even necessarily mean that Apple sales at Amazon have not decreased; it only means that Amazon is still selling more Macs than other computers. Quite meaningless consider how few PCs Amazon sells.
The fact is that Apple's overall sales are being affected by the Intel announcement. I work at an Apple store and we have had dozens and dozens of people come in asking about the Intel based Macs and telling us that they are going to wait until then before purchasing a new Mac. Some people who had previously ordered a new Macs, cancelled their orders after the announcement came out.
Of course, its hard to complain about this philosophy, because no one has ever liked any of Apple's commercials over the past 10 years. They're always complaining on MacNN about this one or that, and how stupid it is. And they just want to know specs, like how fast it'll run Doom. Or whatever.
I may not be typical, but I really don't care that someday they will use intel. When they use intel, someday, I guess the machine that I buy that year will have an intel in it.
what I buy a mac for is os x. not because I like apple..I don't, they are a mini-microsoft, monopolist wanna-be control freaks.. But I am productive on iMovie, photoshop, and xcode...and I like to stay productive.
Or, as someone else said, perhaps it's just that the common shopper doesn't know about the upcoming switch, or understand its implications, or care. But then, how many of Apple's customers are the "common shopper"?
I see people actually buying PPC machines, myself included.
I needed a new machine now, not two year down the pike.