Google| Subject | Re: mac sales down |
| From | ZnU |
| Date | 2008-05-17 06:01 (2008-05-17 00:01) |
| Message-ID | <znu-C38297.00014717052008@news.individual.net> |
| Client | |
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.advocacy |
| Follows | Mayor Of R'lyeh |
| Followups | Mayor Of R'lyeh (1d, 23h & 48m) > ZnU |
In article <0968c80d-c7e9-4d92-85b6-e9e8d50699a0@e53g2000hsa.googlegroups.com>, "Mayor Of R'lyeh" <mayor.of.rlyeh@gmail.com>wrote:
Mayor Of R'lyeh[snip]
On May 16, 6:16 pm, ZnU <z...@fake.invalid>wrote:
That's fine. I'm not saying the government make them buy something else. I'm just saying that "Consumers buy X, therefore X is by definition better" is not a valid argument in an advocacy group, because consumers are influenced by many criteria that, if directly presented as arguments for buying one computer over another in this newsgroup, would literally be laughed at, because they have no relevance to a *substantive* discussion of the merits of various products.ZnUMayor Of R'lyeh
Reasons like "I'm going to buy another Windows machine because I don't want to have to learn something new". Or even "I'm going to go down to <local retail store>and get a new computer", with no particular consideration that a Mac (which <local retail store> probably doesn't carry) might be a better choice.
So long as they're spending their money they get to to set their priorities. Its Apple's job to make them want to buy an Apple product. The consumer is under no obligation to give them any particular consideration.
[snip]
-- "More than two decades later, it is hard to imagine the Revolutionary War coming out any other way." ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? --George W. Bush in Martinsburg, W. Va., July 4, 2007
2008-05-08
