on 2/8/01 12:44 AM, Dennis Cheung at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Alas, people who are still using 5-6 year old Macs are one of Apple's
> biggest problems: No new profits!
Correct, but the fact that Macs are that long-lasting is also one of their
biggest selling points. It certainly forms a dilemma for Apple.
On the other hand, I certainly don't believe that people who are smart
enough to efficiently use older hardware should be punsihed for it, or
declared obsolete by bloatware.
>From a marketing point of view, reselling continuously to your established
market demographic (which Apple does largely) does not contribute to
building marketshare, which is why they know they need to expand into new
markets, and which is why it's best to collect converts from the Win camp.
The best way to do that, because of the demographics of this camp, is to
tout features and performance, which Apple finally is able to do since Moto
*might* be starting to get their manufacturing act together.
Including cool hardware (SuperDrive) and cool features (easy CD-RW use) are
certainly steps in the right direction.
But, and this my point, just because the machines are getting better, and
faster is no reason to write, and release extreme bloatware -- as a
comparison, just look at IE, and iCab, in terms of memory footprint, and
features.
Harry
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