[P1] 17" Laptops

Allan Hise allan at hise.org
Tue Nov 4 07:55:28 PST 2003



On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Jack Rodgers wrote:

> 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.

I don't know if macs were last with ethernet, but I do know that macs had
ethernet as standard equipment way before typical PCs. (Assuming my
friends & co-workers 5-10 years ago had typical PCs.)

Allan



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