On 10/14/2011 2:01 PM, Lloyd E Parsons wrote:
On 10/14/11 3:53 PM, John Smith wrote:
On 10/14/2011 1:16 PM, Lloyd E Parsons wrote:
On 10/14/11 3:00 PM, John Smith wrote:
On 10/14/2011 1:36 AM, RHF wrote:
On Oct 13, 7:00 pm, John wrote:
On 10/13/2011 5:34 PM, Howard Brazee wrote:

On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:09:37 -0700 (PDT), David Barts
wrote:

Though that's largely irrelevant to my point. Again, if the price
premium for a Mac isn't worth it to you (and it sounds like it's
not),
then just don't buy Macs (and it sounds like you're already not
buying
them). No problem; my feelings are not hurt in the least by someone
making a different choice than I would have.

How can that be? Don't you know that anybody who buys an Apple
product is an irrational Fanboy? If we weren't fooled, we would all
make the same choices, right?

Like I say, outside of academia, I just don't see that many MACs
... my
niece has MACs, but she works for them ... her kids have PCs ... as
far
as I know, those are the only MACs in my whole family and group of
friends ... but I am sure there must be some around, in number,
somewhere ... when I have worked for attorneys, I have seen some
used,
but then, mainly by attorneys who didn't know how to use a computer
...
and yeah, I think they just carried them as a status symbol! Or, to
play solitare, card games, match three games, tetris, etc. on the
airplanes ... lol

Regards,
JS

Ah Yes an Apple/MAC Computer {Case/Luggage}
-says- "I Am An Apple/MAC Person !" [Status Symbol]
http://www.globaltang.com/images/l/A...ories/M108.jpg




-and-alas- you are merely a little nothing 'pc'
http://rlv.zcache.com/hi_im_a_mac_ba...5z7tpy_152.jpg
.

... as I just pointed out, that figure, most likely, don't not
represent
all the PC's which are built-up from components ... like most gaming
computers are ... the apple share of market is obviously a lot smaller
than that being quoted ...

Anyone needing state-of-art/specialized-use obviously has a custom
built
PC ...

Regards,
JS

Some gaming computers are hobbyist built, many are bought off the shelf
or from companies that specialize in that market. Other specialized uses
for computers are readily available on either off the shelf or built to
order basis by companies that do show their sales figures.

Your hobbyist references represents a miniscule part of the overall
market that has little significance in the overall market.


I doubt that all the custom builds at the little mom and pop PC stores
are recorded ...

And don't amount for much these days. I know, I worked for a fairly
small dealership for many years and watched sales and profits keep
dwindling.

Obvously, you have not been at a computer show and swap at San
Francisco, LA, Las Vegas, etc.

Many, many times. Obviously you think you are nearly the only person
that is expert at computer sales and marketing.

I don't even know how to get facts and figures to extrapolate from ... I
have built hundreds over just the last decade, just myself ... people
from the college, family, friends, neighbors, boy scouts, volunteer in
senior services, etc. ... I don't know how many I would have ended up
building if I'd attempted to make a hobby-business out of it ...

A claim that can't be proven such as this one of yours, is easy to make.
I've seen nothing from you that indicates you have done this at all.

Get real, over a decades I have seen thousands of computers, and just a
handful of macs ... I keep hearing about the number of macs, just never
see them ... I have always thought this strange ... at the local college
here there is one mac lab and multiple pc labs on campus ...

Regards,
JS

If you haven't seen them, that is even a better indication of your lack
of real knowledge of the computer market as a whole. Just some hobby
crap you do.


Like I say, I think what I have seen is pretty much the norm ...
although I'd like to be ... I am just not that special.

Or, in other words, those who haven't seen what I am speaking about most
like don't get out much ...

Regards,
JS