[Swordmaker]

According to NPD research, Apple gets 48% of all dollars spent on Desktop computers in the US in October... PING!

NPD: US Mac Sales Kicked Butt in Ocotober Ping!

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[RayChuang88]

I think Apple sales have remained strong because users of older PowerPC Macs switched over to Intel Macs in a big way to prevent finding themselves useless due to future MacOS X versions going Intel-only support. I've read that MacOS X 10.7--of which early alpha builds probably exist inside Apple's development labs--may run on Intel CPU's only for maximum code optimization reasons.

Hardware-wise, Apple iMacs and Mac Pros are excellent machines, though I wish Apple would provide more ergonomic keyboards and mouse pointers (I hope Logitech develops an Apple-specific version of the Desktop Wave Pro keyboard/mouse combination).

[dennisw]

Apple had the first good deal I ever saw. At Best Buy they had their 13.3 inch Apple laptop for the usual high price of $999. But with the purchase you got a $150 BB gift card. That’s as good as it gets with the Jesse Jobs Gang.

Now if you had half a brain and you wanted in on this bonanza you went to BB a few days ago and bought one for $999. Then today you would go back to BB and return it then immediately buy it back and get the $150 gift card.

I passed on this and got a new LCD and laser printer instead

[McGruff]

See. Monopolies usually are profitable.

[Mr. Blonde]

I wonder if all of the people who say Apple is dumb for not lowering their prices and competing in the entire market will show up to this thread.

[B Knotts]

I think part of what we’re seeing here is the decline of the desktop computer.

People just don’t buy them as much anymore. Laptops and netbooks is where the market is moving.

[coconutt2000]

That’s a much better definition of market share if I’ve ever heard of one.