[P1] 17" Laptops

[Jack Rodgers]

On Nov 3, 2003, at 11:39 PM, Brian Pearce wrote:

> There are many, many reasons that Apple only hold a small share of the 
> larger PC market, but I doubt this is one of them.

Apple's business decisions are one reason why Apple has only a small 
share of the market. Apple was last with color, last with Ethernet and 
networking and still prefers graphics and music to business 
applications which seems to be the largest potential market.

When Apple decided to buy a database application, it wisely disregarded 
Foxbase, passed on 4D and settled on Filemaker. 80% or more of 
Filemaker's sales are to Windows users. 4D almost failed when it added 
Windows compatibility.

Perhaps one of Apple's biggest problem was its promotion of the mouse 
and refusal to standardize on the keyboard used by the PC market. No 
page up/down etc keys. The mouse is better even if everyone wants those 
keys and is suffering pain from all of the mouse movement.

And of course Apple slit its throat when it licensed the crown jewels 
to Microsoft and Windows was perceived as being as easy to use as a 
Mac....

Apple now produces a superior product but if you go back to the 
beginning Macintosh years, comparing Apples to PCs, Macs were in last 
place in many categories, except for ease of use.

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