Elmer Fudd has better grammar... but I suspect that English is not the native language of the author, so I'll give him a pass on the errors.
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Xbit, being a hardware site, only views the industry through the prism of hardware. Their loss.
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‘Therefore, Apple supplied no more than 3.33% of personal computers last year, definitely not a significant number. “
hmmmm
When the article states that 1 BILLION cell phones were bought last year, I had to wonder how many people must be replacing cheaply made cell phones EVERY year.
Do you has a grammar editor?
I don’t know about his numbers, and some of his analysis is suspect, but he is right about one thing, and that is the perception of superiority and/or the “coolness” factor. In the movies, the laptops are always Macs. In the real world, they’re usually not.
I believe Apple’s biggest barrier to broader sales is their price point.
That headline has teh stoopid.
Apple does not compete in the “global cellphone market”. they compete in the “smartphone” market. HUGE difference which makes the comparison meaningless.
I’m posting this from an iPhone. I’ve had it about a week now and am loving it. My first Mac.
I got the 32gb unit and transfered over 2000 songs to it. It’s an iPod and now that it supports stero Bluetooth, I can use my Motorola S9 headset while working in the yard. Internet in my pocket; AOL radio and I can stream in Rush, when he isn’t on a golf holiday. I can FReep while waiting at the DMV, or the neighborhood watering hole that has free WiFi.
It’s a cool device, the Google Earth app coupled with the GPS is a trip.
Oh yea, it makes and receives phones calls.
Apple is doooooooooooomed! ;’)
But to keep it honest, Apple might not have a large share of the market, but it has a HUGE part of the "mindshare", and the fact is, even if you have never considered buying an Apple product, the truth is, when you buy a competitors product, it is simply a fact that Apple had a large influece on the design.
I know, Xerox and Palo Alto "invented" windows, but the modern implementation of the desktop interface was largely developed by Apple. Modern touch screen smartphones? Mostly Apple. MP3/media players? Apple.
I hate the Apple fanbois, but I give credit where credit is due.
> So, Macs are neither the best, nor the most popular on the market.<
Different brands excel at different tasks. And who wants to own the “most popular”? As long as the product meets the needs of its market, and is reliable, who cares if everyone else owns it?
We better not say anything bad about this author. He may start weeping uncontrollably.
Apple supplied no more than 3.33% of personal computers last year, definitely not a significant number.Some may argue that Apple is very popular in the U.S., which is why the enthusiasm towards Macs in the country is so high. Well, if truth be told, Apple was the fourth largest PC vendor in the USA in 2008; but it only had 7.7% market share and is behind Dell (29.5%), HP (24.9%) and Acer (9.1%).
. . . now let's talk about market share ranking of operating systems. In that, Apple's OS X comes in second (admittedly distant) to Windows. And as Avis said back in the day, when you're Number 2, you try harder. With the original Macintosh OS, Apple was the first to bring out a GUI OS for personal use. Nobody thinks that Apple copies Windows.
Let’s see......our media fawns over......
Apple and Obama
Apple fans may not like it, but it is the truth
! Is English this guys second language?