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On 7/17/2010 12:19 AM, Todd Allcock wrote:
> At 17 Jul 2010 00:40:47 -0400 nospam wrote:
>> In article<KJ90o.17596$0A5.15709@newsfe22.iad>, John Slade
>> <hhitman86@pacbell.net>  wrote:
>>
>>>          But I still don't see the OS X market share growing.
>>
>> as i said before, apple's sales are outpacing the market itself, which
>> means their market share is growing.
>>
>> here's another, from over two years ago:
>> <http://www.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9839886-16.html>
>>
>>    Mac's market share growth is 'nothing short of spectacular'
>
> <snip>
>
> 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>
>
>
>>>    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?
>
> 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.
>
>
>> 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.
>
> Even if Apple didn't sell a single computer under $1K, (which obviously
> isn't true) at most, 9% of computers sold could be over $1K to drop
> Apple's total share from 91% to 8%.  (91% * 9% = 8%)
>
>
>
>>> 91% of the computers costing over $1000 is a
>>> tiny portion.
>>
>> 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!)  ;)
>

      I was looking at a couple of Acer "netbooks" that were 
actually small laptops based on better CPUs than most netbooks. 
What I see happening is they're going to make full powered 
laptops smaller to take the place of "netbooks". People are 
going know they shouldn't settle for a netbook with a Atom CPU 
when they can have a better CPU.

John