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In article <danpop.807143070@rscernix> Dan.Pop@mail.cern.ch (Dan Pop) writes:

   In <3vgg2f$6mi@nnrp3.primenet.com> english@primenet.com (Lawson English) writes:

   >Actually, it is Apple which is so incompetent at market prediction that 
   >they can't make enough PowerMacs fast enough to lower prices and boost 
   >market-share.

   There are lots of Mac's in the shops in Geneva, but (almost) everybody
   is ignoring them and buying PC's.  How does this fact fit into your
   picture.  I guess Geneva must be a fairly atypical case :-)

It must be.  Apple has done this for other populer models, like the
high-end powerbooks, for example.  Dumb.  Real dumb.

   We are living in a capitalist world, where the demand is controlling the
   volume of the production.

Not always true.  Tell me about RAM production, then.

  If Apple is losing market share, this is not
   because their production capabilities are overwhelmed by the demand.  If
   this would be the case, indeed, they could simply raise the prices of their
   products and earn a lot more until their production facilities are 
   enlarged enough to cope with the demand.

I would imagine not.  The have the (currently incorrect) reputation
that their hardware is way overpriced.  So I would imagine that they
would want to keep the prices down to shake the reputation of 'pricey'
hardware.

   Nobody is sacrificing their
   profits to make the customers pay less, unless they are _forced_ to by 
   the market.

In a sense then, they are being forced.

geir