[X4U] How can we compete?

[Michael J. Amato]

There's no reason Apple needs to chase the other 95%. It's doing very well
as a company. It's stock is way up, it has mucho cash on hand and the Mac
people who are there aren't going away. Mac fills a need in the market. As I
once mentioned, Apple is not a teeny weeny company-once again it's bigger
than MacDonalds. You don't see BMW competing for the Chevy market! Wake up!
This line of thought keeps popping up for no currently good reason. They
make good products that last for years. The Newton is still in wide use and
so are many old Macs. Just check out how lively http://www.lowendmac is
today. Enough already......Ya wanna play games buy a cheap PC. Ya wanna make
a movie or music get a Mac.....
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Mike Amato

mailto:cantab at comcast.net




> : > I'm just saying that I think Apple needs to do some stuff to market to the
> : > "other" 95%... Whether it's a low-cost Mac, a digital set-top box, or
> : > something else.  Or maybe, as Judi suggested, Macs just aren't the main
> : > priority of Apple anymore. :
> : I agree Apple should do something. I hope Macs aren't sideline then we would
> : be stupid to keep supporting them.
> Apple can do two things.  One, cut corners to drive hardware prices down.
> Two, add more features to help justify its premium prices.
> Eugene Lee