Google| Subject | Re: mac sales down |
| From | Mayor Of R'lyeh |
| Date | 2008-05-15 05:36 (2008-05-14 23:36) |
| Message-ID | <9pbn2452aojokouuvbbfq93bccv84u193g@4ax.com> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.advocacy |
| Follows | ZnU |
| Followups | ZnU (1d, 1h & 22m) Tim Murray (2d, 20h & 55m) |
On Tue, 13 May 2008 00:39:14 -0400, ZnU <znu@fake.invalid>wrote:
ZnUIts not a price issue at all. Its what you get for that price. Like I said if the price of the Mini were more in line with what you got when you buy a Mini they'd be Apple's biggest selling computer.
In article <l01i24h4hee6q0r9hphjnljrjp9gacb4kp@4ax.com>, Mayor of R'lyeh <mayor.of.rlyeh@gmail.com>wrote:Mayor Of R'lyeh
On Mon, 12 May 2008 13:41:27 -0400, ZnU <znu@fake.invalid>wrote:ZnU
In article <trollkiller-4CE796.06595912052008@newsgroups.comcast.net>, Steve Carroll <trollkiller@TK.com>wrote:ZnUNot all that compelling in the long run, I think, since people buy new computers every few years anyway. And since Macs run Windows now, there's no particular risk in a Windows user buying one. If it turns out they're not happy with OS X, they can just use it as a Windows machine.Mayor Of R'lyeh
Which would make sense if the prices were even cloe to equal. Since they're not you get the clamor for MacOS X for generic HW.
OK, but that just turns this back into the price issue, which we're already discussing elsewhere.
The Red Hat guys will be shocked to learn that. As will Novell.ZnUMayor Of R'lyehSteve CarrollZnU
If Apple released OSX for all these other PCs they would sell more OS units... at the cost of hardware sales.
And substantially higher development and support costs for OS X.
And as Microsoft showed us by struggling to get by and finally being liquidated in the bankruptcy procedings its impossible for a company to prosper if their main product is an OS.
Selling a general-purpose mass-market operating system for generic hardware has been a successful long-term business model for one (1) company. Ever.
2008-05-08
