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In article <iQc0o.12771$wm1.3124@newsfe01.iad>, Todd Allcock
<elecconnec@AnoOspamL.com> wrote:

> Here's one from January 2010, that shows Apple's market share relatively
> flat; 7.9% in 2008, and 8.0% 2009.
> 
> <http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2010/01/while-pc-market-rebounds-
> apple-slips-into-5th-place-in-us.ars>

now go look at the economy for that time. sales were down overall, and
apple has a lot of educational sales which cut back dramatically during
that time. nevertheless, they didn't drop as much as some thought they
would.

> > >   Amazon represents a tiny portion of 
> > > all computer sales.
> > 
> > maybe so but it's a good indication of what's selling and what isn't.
> 
> Individual models, yes, but this is another example of where selling a
> limited number of models skews the data.  Apple sells how many laptop
> models?  A half-dozen?  How many models does HP sell?  Thirty? 

which makes it all that much more impressive.

apple has 28% of the smartphone market (june numbers) with *one* model
phone, and in the usa, only on one carrier.

nokia, rim, motorola, htc, etc. have how many different models? and on
how many different carriers? 

> I was looking at low-end laptops for my daughters the other day to
> replace the six year-old Dell Inspiron they're using.  At Office Depot
> alone there were six models of HP/Compaq laptops (not counting netbooks!)
> between $350 and $600. 

yea and? how many are you going to buy? one.

> > where does it say that the vast majority of computers are under $1000?
> 
> Simple math would show that.  If Apple sells 91% of computers over $1K,
> but only sells 8% of computers total, simple math tells us the vast
> majority are under $1K. 

no, because a lot of those pcs are not desktop computers, they're
kiosks, servers, etc, and those are areas in which apple doesn't bother
that much, or at all.

> > actually it isn't, but more importantly, it's where the profit is. do
> > you think asus is making a lot of money selling $200 netbooks? 
> 
> Not individually, but in aggregate?  Yes.  If ASUS is selling ten $200
> netbooks for every $1500 Macbook Air, the question is does ASUS make more
> on ten netbooks as Apple does on one Air?  (Probably not!)  ;)

the margin on netbooks is paper thin and it's cannibalizing sales of
more profitable products. it's not a good business model.