appleinsider.com— "Apple's line of MacBook and MacBook Pro notebooks combined for nearly 10 percent of all notebook sales at U.S.-based retail stores during the month of March."
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@flag564And it works this way because Apple is a brand-lifestyle company. See their ads, fact-less and pure emotional appeal. The technology market is naturally not a very subjective one -- ie; its very easy compare products based on specifications. A rational buyer makes his spec. evaluation and compares it with price. An irrational buyer -- manipulated by branding and marketing is influenced by irrationality and conditioning. What we see here is a triumph of the kind of emotion-based herding mentality by sophisticated marketing.So much more of their world-view is tied-up in their 'technology-brand loyalty' than the average, this is why we see the kind of psychology displayed in this forum. Further, the kind of mental gymnastics performed are a result of cognitive dissonance between their wishful world and reality.At one time, I was a pretty vocal (in the interweb sense) advocate of GNU/Linux. It was only in the last 18 months that -- when I came to see the kind of fandom surrounding Apple did I take the time to reflect on _my_own_ absurdity. My pet technology's status in the status of overall market-share does not represent an injustice in the world. In my case, I thought GNU/Linux could improve the social status of people -- I like sharing and community. But when Apple forked FreeBSD and called it OSX -- and the sycophantic Apple fans instantly stopped advocating for MacOS, turned on a dime, and started about how terrific OSX, how terrific is FreeBSD, GNU/Linux or any other Desktop Unix? Dont ask, even when this group talks about OS architecture and enterprise computing, they completely fail to accept that from an organizational-perspective, OSX is now *less* compelling as it exists in a sea of more enterprise-class Unixes. With MacOS, apple had a chance to offer something unique, with OSX, they've only succeeded in usurping the effort of the *BSD world. This stark compartmentalized world-view is just -- from this observer's perspective -- shocking.Im a fan of abject reality -- and the cult of mac is just too much to take -- in my opinion, the psychology of their group is ruining digg (and, to tempt another sacred digg cow; rubbing off (ie: informing their behaviour) on nintendo fans).
In other news....Just-released data from NPD Group, which omits manufacturers like Apple who only like to sell direct, showed that Apple in March saw continued erosion of its share of the retail segment at the hands of rival SanDisk. This now puts Sandisk at a little over 36% of the digital media player space, Rounding out the top five digital media player retail vendors for the month of March was Creative with a 3.6 percent share (up from 2.7 percent in February), Microsoft with a 2.5 percent share (no change), and Samsung with a 2.2 percent share (down from 2.5 percent in February)./sarcastic mode off
wageslavenMay 13, 2007
@flag564And it works this way because Apple is a brand-lifestyle company. See their ads, fact-less and pure emotional appeal. The technology market is naturally not a very subjective one -- ie; its very easy compare products based on specifications. A rational buyer makes his spec. evaluation and compares it with price. An irrational buyer -- manipulated by branding and marketing is influenced by irrationality and conditioning. What we see here is a triumph of the kind of emotion-based herding mentality by sophisticated marketing.So much more of their world-view is tied-up in their 'technology-brand loyalty' than the average, this is why we see the kind of psychology displayed in this forum. Further, the kind of mental gymnastics performed are a result of cognitive dissonance between their wishful world and reality.At one time, I was a pretty vocal (in the interweb sense) advocate of GNU/Linux. It was only in the last 18 months that -- when I came to see the kind of fandom surrounding Apple did I take the time to reflect on _my_own_ absurdity. My pet technology's status in the status of overall market-share does not represent an injustice in the world. In my case, I thought GNU/Linux could improve the social status of people -- I like sharing and community. But when Apple forked FreeBSD and called it OSX -- and the sycophantic Apple fans instantly stopped advocating for MacOS, turned on a dime, and started about how terrific OSX, how terrific is FreeBSD, GNU/Linux or any other Desktop Unix? Dont ask, even when this group talks about OS architecture and enterprise computing, they completely fail to accept that from an organizational-perspective, OSX is now *less* compelling as it exists in a sea of more enterprise-class Unixes. With MacOS, apple had a chance to offer something unique, with OSX, they've only succeeded in usurping the effort of the *BSD world. This stark compartmentalized world-view is just -- from this observer's perspective -- shocking.Im a fan of abject reality -- and the cult of mac is just too much to take -- in my opinion, the psychology of their group is ruining digg (and, to tempt another sacred digg cow; rubbing off (ie: informing their behaviour) on nintendo fans).
testdrivemediaMay 13, 2007
And the other 90% probably had Vista pre-installed.
Closed AccountMay 13, 2007
Poor, sensitive Microsofties. You're really lost in the dark, aren't you?
digitaleliteMay 13, 2007
apple will never be big. Microsoft owns
trigeekMay 13, 2007
In other news....Just-released data from NPD Group, which omits manufacturers like Apple who only like to sell direct, showed that Apple in March saw continued erosion of its share of the retail segment at the hands of rival SanDisk. This now puts Sandisk at a little over 36% of the digital media player space, Rounding out the top five digital media player retail vendors for the month of March was Creative with a 3.6 percent share (up from 2.7 percent in February), Microsoft with a 2.5 percent share (no change), and Samsung with a 2.2 percent share (down from 2.5 percent in February)./sarcastic mode off
untzboyMay 13, 2007
@astrosmash:Haha, funny how you imply how that doesn't matter/matters very little, because thats wht drives most PC sales
mk3890May 14, 2007
You know I really do want a MacBook Pro now, they are sexy, sleek, and now I can put XP/Vista on mine. :)
bassman730May 14, 2007
I'm happy to be one of that 10% and I'm happy with my Macbook Pro too
roo183Aug 31, 2007
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