Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 16th Apr 2009 15:00 UTC
For some inexplicable reason, people treat Apple differently from other PC manufacturers, and as such, it's common to look at the company's well-being separately from others. Yesterday, we reported on the overall state of the PC market, and Apple didn't really make an appearance there. Thanks to the various Apple rumour websites digging through the IDC and Gartner figures, we can still give you all the latest figures on Apple.
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2006-01-09
Well there are Mac users outside the US - speaking as one.
Leaving that aside: a modest scale producer with healthy margins and committed to the quality of its products will survive better than a larger producer with thin margins.
Like it or not, Apple have the financial reserves to change strategy without stampedes or fire sales.
How Apple choose to deal with this downturn will be interesting and probably instructive. My suspicion is that computer makers who pay attention to quality and service will retain paying customers; and the rest will be living on less and less. At the end of the day, the rest of us have a job to do and need appliances that work and suppliers who fix them without threat of legal or illegal sanction.