"So cool, we don't need customers!"

"cool" is tomorrow's customers, give them enough time to make money, they'll buy it. no, the marketshare won't change overnight but with a cool factor and the constant reminder of how crappy and bug ridden windows is... well, there may be a bright future yet. then again, people have proven themselves stupid. look at the other guys post about his networking prof. that's just sad.

now they just need some decent advertising

All your mindshares are belong to us.

h*** yeah, we need more humor on this board.

Macs were expensive and not widely available
Managers had Macs and bought PCs for their underlings.
Managers retired and underlings became managers
New managers use PCs and buy underlings PCs
Underlings, however, discover Mac on their own
New managers finally retire, underlings become managers
Newest managers at least consider Macintosh...

whats hotter then a girl with an ipod on a crotch rocket ...

from the Gil Amelio fiasco of the '90s. These new "cool" Macs will need another 10 years to improve market figures.

Ill trade some mind share for 200 blog shares and then go trade in my tickets for some wax lips .

if everyone loves them so much, why does apple have such a small marketshare??? the company has been around for decades....

what's a crotch rocket?

It's a small, fast motorcycle. Often Suzuki or similar.

Apple's share is small because people are too stupid and simpleminded to look beyond virus-ridden, buggy, insecure Windows. The same reason Linux (which I also adore) has such a small (at least on desktops) share.

If everyone has it, then it is not cool anymore; it is ordinary. That should explain the market share.

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Apple=Player

The ladies flock to me like bees to honey when I have my Powerbook and/or iPod. Apple hardware always gets the chicks ;-)

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Guess that means your own hardware doesn't cut it, you have to resort to someone elses. Geez

Because marketshare isn't an indicator of how much people love a company/product. The masses love BMW, Lexus, Porshe and a host of others - but the masses buy Hyundais, Geos, and Kias.

"Apple appeals to young people because celebrities they perceive as cool use their products, like musicians, filmmakers and designers....Apple's slick advertising contributes to that image, as do its upscale retail stores."

Maybe young people just like the good design and workmanship ?

Are tomorrow's corporate dogs.

duh.

the feeling of dread I have that is building with each passing day... the feeling that Motorola has basically ceased delivering G4's (I mean any G4's) to Apple.

Try to buy something new with a G4 in it, and tell me if it arrives.

"Mindshare is nothing but a buzzword. Sure all the college kids think Macs are cool, but they don't have any money to buy them. How about we increase CORPORATE mindshare. h***, my networking prof doesn't consider Mac OS X to be a viable NOS. This is where we need to grow, not on college campuses. "

NO. Most college kids DON'T think Macs are cool. As the younger generation slowly trickles in the opinion is changing, but for the most part they preffer PCs (cuz of the better P2P applications and DIVX encoding). Why care? Because college kids DO have money for computers, dumbass. The majority of kids in college have their own computer. Stop talking out of your a**.

"NO. Most college kids DON'T think Macs are cool. As the younger generation slowly trickles in the opinion is changing, but for the most part they preffer PCs (cuz of the better P2P applications and DIVX encoding). Why care? Because college kids DO have money for computers, dumbass. The majority of kids in college have their own computer. Stop talking out of your a**."

Funny, a lot of students have Macs at my school. Then again, I go to one of the best public tech schools in the country (georgia tech) where people are actually not stupid and are openminded about computers, only wanting to diversify their computer collection, knowledge of different systems, etc. There are a number of people here who use some sun solaris machines as well...

I assume it is something unique to the male anatomy.

If you networking prof doesn't consider OSX to be a 'viable NOS', then he's been taking too many hits off the Windows pipe.

I'd be interested to see what he *does* consider a 'viable' NOS...

"whats hotter then a girl with an ipod on a crotch rocket ... "

Hmm, well, I'd have to say a girl with an ipod on a Harley would be a good start. :-)

http://www.harley-davidson.com/PR/MOT/2004/04_template.asp?bmLocale=en_US&market=US&family=Sportster&model=XL1200R&modelSection=intro

Hmm, well, maybe just the girl on the Harley; I have an ipod. :-)

Sorry, the images have me distracted right about now.

Just figured that someone would ask what a Harley was, like someone asked what a crotch rocket was.... shrug... not plugging products.

Waa waa waa, go cry to mommy you little baby.

Hey green boy, get your head out of your a**. Apples are the best.

Those last two guys need to stop talking out their asses.

most American kids are not cool then ! Bummer !

"NO. Most college kids DON'T think Macs are cool. As the younger generation slowly trickles in the opinion is changing, but for the most part they preffer PCs (cuz of the better P2P applications and DIVX encoding). Why care? Because college kids DO have money for computers, dumbass. The majority of kids in college have their own computer. Stop talking out of your a**."

Most college kids DO think Macs are cool. I have a G4 iMac and people always stop and look at it when I'm trying to do work. They choose PCs because they don't know any better, or because daddy doesn't want to get them something that won't work at school.

Most college kids have ONE computer they keep for four years cause they don't have the time to work and don't really care about having the latest and greatest machine.

Why always 3-5% market, cool is cool is COOL