On 10/10/2011 12:13 AM, Alan Baker wrote:
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John wrote:
On 10/9/2011 4:35 PM, William Clark wrote:
In ,
Alan wrote:
In articlejoednXxxSuLvPQzTnZ2dnUVZ_sudnZ2d@earthlink .com,
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On Sun, 09 Oct 2011 11:03:20 +0900, Brenda Ann wrote:
That's not the business Apple is in; they sell a lifestyle of form
[over] substance
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Besides, Apple was extant in the market before PC's (the original Apple
computer was something like $3000, a clone was about $2300, IIRC). Apple
maintained a following and indeed an increasing market base even after
PC's got so cheap that most anyone could afford one.
If someone likes a product enough to pay what seems to be an exhorbitant
price for it, even in the face of a much cheaper alternative, then that
is what they call "market forces" in operation. The consumer, in this
case, has actually set the price by buying the product. If nobody were
buying it, it would either become cheaper or taken off the market.
They subsidised and strongarmed their way into schools; a whole
generation equated Apple with computing. It's definitely a fashion thing.
I was the IT guy at a TV network west coast headquarters. All the
"creative" types insisted on iMacs; they refused to work on windows
machines (this is for typing-not editing). Hollywood creative types are
insufferable boors.
Of course... ...someone insisting on a product must be a "fashion thing".
How exactly did Apple "strongarm" their way into schools.
Perhaps this genius can also explain why more and more college students
in science and engineering are switching to Macs? Of their own free
will, that is. And not to use Windoze on them, either.
What is Apple at now - 11%, third largest, up from less than 5% four
years ago?
Could have some relationship to the accelerated "dumbing down" of
schools and students which has been underway for decades ... no
motivation or interest in building their own computers or maintaining
up-to-date and state-of-the-art equip. for advanced use ... just want
canned hardware ... just sayin' ...
Regards,
JS
Or it could be what I've observed year after year: someone who switches
to the Mac almost never switches back to the PC.
You should have seen my mother with a PC, virus after virus, email
sending spam to everyone in her address book, etc. Still, she would
never take a computer class, never would read a book, ...
The world breathed a sigh of relief when we insisted she have a MAC and
took away her PC ... it was then I realized PC's are like guns ... some
people just shouldn't be allowed to own one!
She now plays solitaire, emails and watches netflix without doing harm
to anyone else ...
Regards,
JS