John Smith wrote in
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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.../MAC%20Accesso
ries/M108.jpg


-and-alas- you are merely a little nothing 'pc'
http://rlv.zcache.com/hi_im_a_mac_ba...765z7tpy_152.j
pg .

... 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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

MACs used to be popular in school settings and universities. It was
originally felt that if folks got used to MACs that they would order them
and use them at the office in lieu of PCs. Hasn't worked out that
though.


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