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Article #2623Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
From: Michael Hermann
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 12:38
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 12:38
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In article <rbarrisDKL1w1.3Ho@netcom.com>, rbarris@netcom.com (Robert Barris) writes: |> In article <30E9DC8C.5787@mts.se>, Martin Nisshagen <martin@mts.se> wrote: |> >Robert A. Decker wrote: |> > |> >> > That is why Macintosh has less than 3% of the market share. |> > |> >> Wow, another brain-dead lemming! Mac sells between 7 and 13% of all |> >> computers (they are usually around 9%) and are around 35% of all used |> > |> >I think it's historically around 11% in average (but I might be wrong). |> > |> >> computers. The reason that they sell 10% of computers, but are 35% of all |> >> used computers is because they last so damn long! |> > |> >Another interpretation of that fact could be that Macs gets outdated faster |> >and needs to be replaced with totally new Macs, instead of being able to be |> >upgraded like the more flexible PCs. actually, the interpretation is that Macs last longer than PCs, not shorter, given the above usage rate and sales rate -Mike
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!rz.uni-passau.de!piligrim!hermann From: hermann@piligrim.uni-passau.de (Michael Hermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel,alt.2600 Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....??? Date: 4 Jan 1996 12:38:24 GMT Organization: University of Passau, Germany Sender: hermann@piligrim (Michael Hermann) Distribution: world Message-ID: <4cgho0$71g@news.rz.uni-passau.de> References: <m.duran-1611950252110001@port19.codetel.net.do> <4c6rn9$kuq@sloth.swcp.com> <comrade-3112951617500001@host-219.subnet-96.med.umich.edu> <30E9DC8C.5787@mts.se> <rbarrisDKL1w1.3Ho@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 132.231.1.72