Star Apple on WWDC: Innovation or Catch Up?
Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 24th Jun 2003 15:32 UTC
Apple I was present at Apple's WWDC yesterday and witnessed one of the historical moments in Apple's history, the introduction of their 64-bit platform. Am I impressed? The answer is complicated. I was happy to see Apple moving on and deliver. But I would have expected nothing less from a 4 billion tech company who had the need to catch up with the "other" platform, the 32-bit PC. You all heard by now what's new in yesterday's press releases and news coverings. But here is a wrap up of the first day of the conference and a commentary on what Apple really announced yesterday, underneath its surrounding distortion field.
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The question was 'who buys $3000 systems?"
by speaker for the dead on Tue 24th Jun 2003 16:37 UTC

Apple said that their low-end system (which comes with a Super drive mind you) is $2,000. Take out the Super drive, and the price goes down a few more hundred. If thats not inexpensive-enough for you, its important to remember that they're still selling the G4s... now at a STEEP discount

But that's not the system that can beat Intel on price/peformance, is it?

Yes, people WILL continue to buy PCs, but Apple is simply gunning for a few market share points at this time. I think their current offering will allow them to do this without a doubt.

I figure (gut feel) that the $3000 system market is about 5% of less of the whole market. Will taking some small slice of that 5% be effective in actuall numbers.

My answer is no, on the other hand, it will keep advocates like you arguing ... which may be all the benefit Steve is after with his $3000 showpiece.