Except the article isn't talking about users. He's talking about Apple as a company possibly missing an opportunity. So it's not that the author of the article doesn't get it, you are missing the point of the article. Macs have often been compared to ferrari or bmw..companies not after 'market share' but after customers willing to pay more to get their products. Trouble is I've never seen any CEO tell his investors, I sure hope this quarter we don't see any growth. Indeed at each apple conference Jobs brings up market share, sales etc of all his divisions. Jobs and Apple want market share just like anyone else. They go after it the best they know how. Being not a monopoly as MS is or nearly is, they can't use their dominance in other markets to 'sell' their brand. Apple does it by changing their product line, improving and trying to offer products they believe either don't exist, or aren't doing the job well.
Most windows users probably eat at places that are just as good as those expensive places with 'atmosphere' but pay a lot less cause they don't need to keep telling themselves how cool they are for eating at the expensive places. Mike On 9/16/07, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I've heard this refrain a few times recently. I guess soon they'll > >start writing about the Mac taking over with the _next_ Windows > >release? > > This was a silly article. The author just doesn't get it. This is > something few Windows users understand. Mac users don't get personal > affirmation from being part of a great collective. We get our > satisfaction from doing jobs well and enjoy work more when we use the > fine tools that Apple provides us. Consider this: would a master wood > carver use dull and chipped tools just because most people do not take > care of their tools? I bet most Mac owners don't eat dinner at McDonald's > either. > > > ************************************************************************ > * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== > * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== > * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name > * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST > * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L > * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress > * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ************************************************************************ > * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml > * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived > ************************************************************************ > ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
