Quoting Mathias Bauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Matthias wrote:
Yes, possibly at least over time the price might drop. If we assume
that the higher price of Macs today is one of the obstacles for a higher
market share it is not unlikely that this can sell more Macs. But of
course that's just speculation.
I see no reason why using Intel would drop the price of Mac machines.
I also see not *direct* influence. But the hardware development in the
Intel world is much faster than in the IBM space and prices drop much
I don't agree, simply because Intel has a faster release cycle doesn't meant
that the actual hardware development is faster. We have lived with i586/i686
tiny improvements for about 10 years now. The core hardware is still the same
just faster. Architectual changes of the processor. Even the word pentium was
kept for marketing reasons, but hyperthreating, or dual technology didn't
really proved revolutionary changes on our computing experience. Arguably G5
vs. G4 doesn't really feel like a large revolution on processing.
faster also. I wouldn't exclude that facing lower costs Apple could try
to get a bigger market share by lowering prices as long as their own
share doesn't drop. Time will show us.
That's why I wrote "possibly(!) at least over time the price might(!) drop".
Best regards,
Mathias
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