Apple will rule notebook roost: study

Taipei Times ^ | 12/19/2005 | Jason Tan

[Swordmaker]

Apple laptops set to dominate the market... Asian analyst... PING!

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[Swordmaker]

Thanks to Cabojoe for the heads up.

[Glenn]

I like my Macs, but my Thinkpad is killer for business applications. I doubt Apple will be more than a solid, steady player in that market. They'll make money on every one they sell. My next PowerBook will be the 12" just to keep the weight down when I travel.

[pageonetoo]

I like my Macs, but my Thinkpad is killer for business applications...My next PowerBook will be the 12" just to keep the weight down when I travel.

What can you do on your ThinkPad, that my 17' G4 PB cannot do? Is it faster? Do you have more than 1g Ram? How fast does it run Photoshop, or Final Cut? How long does it take to reformat a table in MS Office? Have you even used a PowerBook?

Oh, I know. It plays SOME video games better... not bizness apps...

[Glenn]

Oh, I know. It plays SOME video games better... not bizness apps...

Why pick on me?

I work for a living. In the real world, I have to use PC based applications dictated by my employer, et al. Those applications are not available on my Macs. I'm okay with that. I can be a cheerleader for my Macs, but I can't dictate what a 20 billion dollar company decides is best for itself. I'm just not that connected.

[pageonetoo]

In the real world, I have to use PC based applications dictated by my employer, et al. Those applications are not available on my Macs.

I'm not picking, I am responding to your odd statement. I know there are some dedicated programs for Windoze, but most bizness apps are ported to Macs, as well.

What caught my eye, though, was your allegiance to the Thinkpad, and then your intention to buy a new PowerBook...

What programs do you use, that are so proprietary?

[BunnySlippers]

From 3.9 to 4.7 is quite a bit!

[Glenn]

What programs do you use, that are so proprietary?

We've several thousand programmers working around the world to develop the "proprietary" software that drives our business. You can't do everything with Hypercard and Excel, eh?

[John Valentine]

4.7% marketshare = "rule the notebook roost"...

Hmm....

[Question_Assumptions]

The key will be dual boot Mac laptops or Mac laptops that can run x86 emulation native inside of OSX. At that point, Apple can sell laptops, where it's prices are already quite competative, into the PC market, as well.

[Mr. Blonde]

I don't find the Apple notebooks to be any more bulky than others. Compared to a 17 in. Toshiba (Why my dad officially retired from PCs) his 17 in Powerbook was much smaller. Apple produces the best looking products and I agree that notebooks is really where Apple will grow. Especially if they lower the prices a little bit and expand the iBook line a little bit. PC makers offer a lot more options. But college kids will be willing to try Apple based on the iPod and the student discount they recieve.

[pageonetoo]

Hypercard?

VT Terascale Mac bump

[js1138]

No offense. bu how is 4.7 percent ruling the roost?

Having played the Apple skeptic here for some time, I just bought an iPod for a gift. Won't know anything about it 'till after Christmas.

[Terpfen]

No offense. bu how is 4.7 percent ruling the roost?

Sharp growth versus stagnating sales.

[Swordmaker]

No offense. bu how is 4.7 percent ruling the roost?

Being the top chicken in the flock does not require being more than half the flock... just being the one who leads. On the other hand, chickens are pretty stupid.

[Bush2000]

C'mon, even Mac bigots have to admit that the title of this article is ridiculous. Apple is a marginal player in the notebook market.

[SamAdams76]

Everybody's scoffing at the Apple thing. Everybody's yip-yapping about Apple's pathetic market share and thinking it ridiculous that Apple be considered a player.

At any rate, the iPod and iTunes cured me of my Applephobia. Now I am a big Apple fan and I will be buying one of these Intel-based Apple notebooks coming out next year - so long as they come in semi-masculine colors. If they keep coming out with purple and pink colored laptop crap, I'll keep buying the IBM (oops, Lesovo) Thinkpads.

I still think Steve Jobs is a bit of a goof but since Bill Gates is getting really strange and weird on us, it's time to give Steve Jobs a chance to step up to the plate and hit a few out of the park.

Did I say that the iPod is an awesome product - in all its iterations? It is. The iPod is one of the greatest inventions of the past 100 years.

[Swordmaker]

C'mon, even Mac bigots have to admit that the title of this article is ridiculous. Apple is a marginal player in the notebook market.

I didn't give it the title... the newspaper did.

Now, why don't you try posting it by saying:

"C'mon, even Mac advocates have to admit that the..."

Bigots are usually members of the majority who heap abuse on a minority. You are the member of the majority... that makes you the bigot when you use such pejoratives.

[Bobibutu]

"I like my Macs, but my Thinkpad is killer for business applications."

I can relate - I do insurance/financial planning - I have Macs all over the house and a Ti 667 PB. My ThinkPad is what runs my Ins and FP software and goes with me to clients.

And I could probably get by with VPC but support for it sucks and I let it go several years ago and got the ThinkPad -

As someone said a while back - there are 3 types of laptops. Apple, IBM and all the rest.