Laptops Now More Popular Than Desktops
Given that the price of a MacBook Pro from Apple and a generic Wintel notebook from Dell are about the same price, the rising popularity of notebooks could raise the significance of that fact.
According to a recent ABC News article Laptops Now More Popular Than Desktops in the USA.
Apple managed to limbo dance the lowest price of a Mac last year down under $500 (USD). This year, they have got their professional grade notebook's price down under $2000.
In the past, people would justify the cost of a PC by saying it cost a fraction of the price of an Apple Macintosh computer. Probably fair, considering a PC was a fraction of an Apple Macintosh computer.
Now with the price of low-end desktops about the same for Macintosh and PC, and the high end notebooks of the Macintosh and PC persuasion likewise neck-and-neck - it is high time people consider the virtues of the Mac and the hassles of the PC.
Know why Apple did such a good business in their Apple retail stores last quarter?
I do not know any person who walked into one of those stores and did not make a decision to buy their first Mac or their first iPod, if they had never owned one before. I think that is the reason Apple did a billion dollars worth of sales out of those stores in the last quarter of 2004.
According to a recent ABC News article Laptops Now More Popular Than Desktops in the USA.
Apple managed to limbo dance the lowest price of a Mac last year down under $500 (USD). This year, they have got their professional grade notebook's price down under $2000.
In the past, people would justify the cost of a PC by saying it cost a fraction of the price of an Apple Macintosh computer. Probably fair, considering a PC was a fraction of an Apple Macintosh computer.
Now with the price of low-end desktops about the same for Macintosh and PC, and the high end notebooks of the Macintosh and PC persuasion likewise neck-and-neck - it is high time people consider the virtues of the Mac and the hassles of the PC.
Know why Apple did such a good business in their Apple retail stores last quarter?
I do not know any person who walked into one of those stores and did not make a decision to buy their first Mac or their first iPod, if they had never owned one before. I think that is the reason Apple did a billion dollars worth of sales out of those stores in the last quarter of 2004.
posted by John Collins | 4:44 AM
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