Apple market share after 30 years of selling computers remains:
Apple's market share after over 30 years of selling personal computers:
For one of the most innovative computer companies in the market who has been around longer than any of those other companies selling those desktops and laptops and other wildly successful products to consumers -- it's great to know that they'll be around for another 30 years.
They've got the staying power that lets the Macintosh user know that their investment is safe in a computer from Apple.
That's why you see so many of those older people into Macintosh. They've been with the same company for that long of a period of time.
In fact, I was working with seniors not too long ago (a couple of years back) and it was at one of the Senior Centers with classes in computers and how to use them.
Of course, they had the two kinds of classes, ones for the Windows world and ones for the Macintosh people. Some of those people were scratching their heads at the Windows stuff wondering how anyone could ever work it.
A lot of them were trying to figure out computers and perhaps get one, but they would take a few classes first and see how it worked out. We had a lab full of computers, and of course, Macintosh ones, too.
When those guys (and gals) got over to the Macintosh computers, they were amazed at the difference from Windows. It was so intuitive for them and pleasant. And they didn't have to be a geek to understand anything.
Talk about them being productive and getting excited about computers -- the Macs did it for them. I was so happy to be able to show them how easy it was and hwo they didn't have to be a geek to keep it running and worry about anti-virus software and all that crud that you've got in the Windows world.
And talk about confusing interfaces for different programs in the Window's world -- those seniors appreciated the consistent interface across different programs -- even from different software makers.
That's another one of the little success stories that come with my work with the Macintosh and working with those sneiors. I felt so embarassed when they would praise me so profusely and I knew it was the "Macintosh" which was the real core of the "ease of use" for a computer...
They were sold, right then and there... doncha know ... :-)