Linked by Trans Onoma on Mon 26th Jun 2006 14:34 UTC
Recent news tells us Apple is still struggling to gain market share in the personal computer market. That's too bad. While I have some beefy grieves with Apple (being that I am an IT "expert" and all that), their systems nonetheless beat the proverbial tars out of the typical Windows PC crowd.
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2005-10-12
>>If the Apple's Mac systems are so good, why in the world isn't Apple's market share going gang-go bang-go busters?
Never mind his grammar. This is the question to ask. It has been the question to ask for around 20 years. Circumstances have come and gone, but this has remained the key question.
Part of the answer is, they are not so good. Just because I like something, does not mean its good, and the appearance and look and feel are a very limited part of the full product feature set. So I like it, is not a reply to this. Fitness for the market is the 'goodness' test, and Apple has failed it and still is failing it.
Part of the answer is something that is really a product feature, though its not to do with look, feel or what I take home: its the closed business model: the insistence on only selling the OS on your own brand of hardware.
But in the end why be surprised? Its to do with boutiques and mainstream stores. No-one is surprised that Vuitton or Prado has small market share. Why be surprised if Apple does too?