On Jul 26, 2007, at 10:28 AM, Tony B wrote:
It's got to be particularly galling to Mac fanboys that in order to gain any kind of market share Apple is having to phase out of the computer OS business.
I think that what you are seeing are long term Windows users buying Macs so that they can still run their familiar WIndows applications, yet also have access to the Macintosh environment. Why else would they part with the perceived additional cost of a Mac unless they are being enticed by the Mac OS and what it has to offer? My personal experience with a few die-hard Windows users is that they are seriously considering a Mac as their next computer purchase, and for exactly the above reason.
I see no evidence whatsoever that Apple is phasing itself out of the OS business.
Does Apple not have the market share enjoyed by Windows machines because the computers they make are not only horribly ugly, but are just plain lousy to begin with, or is it because their operating systems over the years have traditionally been unstable and therefore almost useless? Or, is it because Apple did not focus almost exclusively on the button-down business office user and environment from the outset, and instead appealed to the more artistically inclined user? Or, is there some other reason that you can think of?
As a Mac "fanboy," I personally do not care one whit what Apple's market share is. Their market share played no role whatsoever in my decision to use Macs, it plays no role in my continuing enjoyment of the Mac, and it plays no role at all in my willingness to suggest Macs to anyone looking for a pleasant computing experience.
In fact, I would guess that the big boys at Apple Corp. are not particularly agonizing over the fact that Windows machines outsell Macintosh machines. I think that Apple would have to resort to licensing others to build computers for them in order to really try to compete with the market penetration that Windows has. Apple already did that, and decided to stop the practice. I think that Apple is pretty happy these days.
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