I suppose there is some truth in this. I still don’t think it would kill them to make a laptop that fit somewhere between a 1300 dollar MacBook and the 2000 dollar MacBook Pro. To me that is the area where they actually don’t have enough choice.
I think you can get the MacBook up to something like $1,800 with the right options, so there’s not that huge a gap.
I agreed with you when the old iBook had nothing better than a mediocre 1024x768 display, but since the new MacBook changed to a lovely glossy display with pretty decent resolution, I think the gap’s now reasonable, especially since a lot of people want the small computer that requires a smaller screen.
Irv, it’s sad but a lot of people would rather grumble and complain than change. Being entrenched in the business world is a huge consideration as well. And of course many people will go for the cheapest product even if it’s lousy.
That being said, I think most companies would rather have happy customers than unhappy ones. We’re definitely seeing increasing interest in the Mac and that’s because of the high levels of customer satisfaction Mac users enjoy.
Even if the actual market share change is only a few percentage points, you can guarantee this is giving Steve Ballmer heartburn, no matter what he says in public.
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Well, since you said that I'll add that I don't think it would kill them to make a tower for less than $2499!