As I stated earlier Non Profits tend to be the last ones to upgrade
machines. Also schools are notoriously behind. I can go into the
local school and still find some Windows 98/ME users.
I worked on one of my members machines a few weeks ago and it is
still a Windows ME machine.
PC hardware sticks around a long time (Ask my wife I have bins
full.) However the design and upgrade path among PC manufacturers is
faster than Apple as there are more of them.
Remember Apple is a hardware manufacturer that also sells
software. They are the ones who limit their turn around cycle.
PC Manufacturers on the other hand are solely hardware manufacturers
trying to compete in a bigger market so they push changes and
upgrades all the time.
Matter of fact I think just the other day I was reading where Apple
is way behind on the processor cycle. They have not introduced any
Intel I5 based machines yet.
Stewart
At 09:42 AM 3/3/2010, you wrote:
No disagreement here. However, since most of these comparisons of
alleged market share are exactly that, market share, then sales are
all that matter. Planned obsolescence is a tactic that is used to
increase sales over a period of time. Manufacturing items of a lesser
grade is a similar tactic.
Yes, there are probably more Macs in use than market share, or
rather items sold, would indicate. Simply put, I tend to view market
share versus items in use as two distinctly different things.
I know folks in business, all guys by the way, who replace all their
Windows machines every two years or so, sometimes even sooner. They
view this as a routine procedure be there any real need for it or not.
They will tell me that they fear consequences if they do not have the
latest technology available, once again, whether they need it or not.
I also know some female business owners who use Windows in their
businesses and they do not take this approach at all. They tend to
keep their machines until they are falling apart. I think this is
simply a male vs. female thing, with guys feeling less than adequate
if their various toys are not always new and shiny, being the latest
and greatest. They tend to regard their cars in the same light.
Steve
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