Linked by Kroc Camen on Wed 17th Dec 2008 13:50 UTC, submitted by judgen
Apple, which has outpaced the overall personal computer market this year despite its strategy of eschewing discounts, showed its first signs of weakness in November. NPD analyst Steve Baker blamed a 35% drop in sales of desktop Macs, noting growth in Apple's laptops still outpaced rivals [22%]. The decline marks a sharp reversal for Apple, which has enjoyed robust demand this year for its Macs, even as spending on Windows-based PCs slowed along with sales of other electronics like flat-panel TVs. Note by Kroc: With apologies to OSNews reader judgen for changing the news source provided from SmartHouse to WSJ.
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RE[3]: Two words: too expensive
by Johann Chua on Thu 18th Dec 2008 18:12
in reply to "RE[2]: Two words: too expensive"
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In my neck of the woods Mac users keep comparing Apple to BMW. You mileage may vary.
I used a Mac Classic in high school before using Windows (3.x). Getting a Mac for home use was out of the question at the time, given local pricing. Really handy to have one for Chinese typesetting, though, since the school didn't print enough Chinese documents to justify the same setup as local Chinese newspapers.
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2008-07-15
Last I checked, it wasn't the Mac users coming up with the car analogies, it was the OSX86 community doing that as an attempt to explain why a post-sale restriction could not be applied to OS X.