06/07/2006, 4:50pm, EDT
Wednesday, June 7th
Apple could increase marketshare in '06
The March quarter numbers, which appear to discount the iPod halo effect, show that while Apple increased sales by 3.1 percent to 570,000 Macs, the market grew at a much faster pace -- by nearly four times at 13.1 percent. However, Apple's full line of Intel-based Macs were not available in the first quarter and its MacBook Pro shipments were constrained.
"There’s no empirical evidence to suggest that iPods make people buy computers," says IDC research manager David Daoud.
At least one analyst, however, believes that Apple will gain significant marketshare later this year as college students purchase the new, lower-priced consumer level MacBooks. Apple's new free iPod nano offer for college students could help along with the company's expanding partnership with Best Buy, according to the report. Apple's growing retail presence may also aid the company during the holiday season.
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He has a habit of repeating himself, but that includes the good and the bad things.
Take the Lisa, Next Cube, G4 Cube, blah blah blah
All were painfully over priced.
Now, I'm all behind the premiur items require a premiur price, and this was the price we would have to pay for custom hardware, powerful OS, and CPUs out of the mainstream commodity market. However, the prices were still quite high. Quality was great, but how much is too much.
Now we are using the standard PC world CPUs and building basically upscale PCs, but the prices have INCREASED!!!!!
I know it's an old and unfair comparison pitting a Dell that comes with a 17" flatpanel and printer for $499 against a monitorless Mac Mini minus the screem for $100 more.
So how much are we expected to pay for prettier hoardware.
For me the Mac experience does include the elegance of the hardware, but it's more the OS that means anything to me.
So why in the hell is anyone who uses a PC regularly and looks at a Dell setup for $499 going to want to shell out $799 17" cinema plus $599 mini total $1,398?
For what iLife? The average PC user is just that, average. They don't do hardcare web development, need calibrated screens, edit movies daily, need to manage their photos professionally, or anything close to what us average Mac users do.
This is not saying that they as stupid, less interested, or less creative, but they don't want to pay $900 more for a computer becuase it can "do" something they don't normally "do" better.
What they do:
1. Surf the web. unfortunately they win here. More site can run on Windows than mac. doesn't matter if Firefox is used.
2. Balance accounts and internet bank. Tie
3. Play games. Hardcore PC gamers can build killer machines under the base cost of ours.
4. Email. All equal again.
5. Managae music. iTunes for everyone here fellas.
So for the 4-7% of creative professionals out there, we already use Macs.
The rest of the iPod users with PCs simply are not willing to pay.
This is a lesson you would think Steve would FINALLY LEARN, but stupid is as stupid does.
Solution: 1. Keey the Pro line basically as is. Lower the price by like 15%. They would need to develop 15% more sales to break even, but do it anyway.
2. The Mac Book is kinda cheapish anyway. Just lower the price to $799, $999, and 1129 for the black.
3. Mac mini single $299 and $449 core duo. But kill the expensive housing. Put it in a freaking plastic modled box like the rest of the world. Put the industrial design mess to rest on this one. It's just an entry-level machine, not a Mona Lisa for goodness sake. Drop it alre
If you're going to write an epistle, might I suggest that you proof read or run a spell check on it before posting!
As far as price is concerned, again, who cares? Apple is OBVIOUSLY not interested in the bottom of barrel market. Don't understand why people can't see that?
For instance how many Macs are replaced because they got viruses or that they broke because of quality issues?? Does GARTNER count the Masc that survive past the typical 2-3 year LIFESPAN of a DELL??
I've seen companies using 12 year old Macs with greater productivity then some with BRAND NEW DELLS!! NO JOKE!! And these Mac's were purchased USED!! Are these Used Macs included in the NUMBERS TOO?? NOT!!
How many Dell boxes are considered 'market share' when they sit in a pile after the m-board fries or the HD dies or the OS is INFECTED with SPYWARE and VIRUSES?? Are these SPENT DELLS Being included in Gartners propaganda??
How many MEGA HOURS are wasted EVERY DAY on expensive TECH support dollars that get FUNNELED to EXPLOITED INDIA LABOR.
How MANY Tech dollars are wasted on DELLS every year??
How many times do you have to hangup and re-dial tech support to get a person whom can understand english??
Typical Mac computers out last the windoz boxes beyond thier cost surcharge because of LESS HASSLE Along with SUPERIOR OS and HARDWARE. Not to mension cool.
If somebody wanted to give me a free DELL box I'd rather THROW IT OUT then WASTE MY TIME WITH IT, who has time for that krap.
Why doesn't somebody track the amount of PRODUCTIVITY LOSS DUE TO CHEAP COMPUTERS INSTEAD OF SKEW'D MARKET SHARE BS.
GARTNER = FALSE MISLEADING INFORMATION DESIGNED TO INFLUENCE YOUR PURCHASING DECISIONS.
QUALITY BEATS krap EVERY TIME.
I suggest you dont listen to GARTNER THEY ARE recieving revenue from the very companies whom are tring to distroy your FAVORITE COMPUTER PLATFORM PEOPLE.
GARTNER HAS A VESTED INTREST IN DISTROYiNG AAPL.
PS - AAPL has a considerable MARGIN on thier products, which is why AAPL will surpass Dell market cap soon enough (again) and has a cash horde of roughly $12B.
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