--- On Tue, 9/2/08, Joshua Marinacci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The real question I have is why has the market turned out
> this way.
> Why is Apple, and to a certain extent Sony, the only
> company that can
> make products where a significant portion of the product
> budget is
> spent on quality and usability features, rather than on
> pure numeric
> features (like RAM & MHZ) or cost cutting? Why are all
> PCs except
> Apple's considered commodity products that seem to be
> in a race to the
> bottom? Why cant' someone else make a premium laptop
> with quality
> parts, is easy to use, and has a better buying experience?
> There must
> be some thing more than just technical reasons.
>
>
> - Josh
My take on this is that most people don't care about those certain ethereal
features, such as "overall experience". Maybe it makes sense to care about
that, or maybe it doesn't, but just like airlines are starting to feel a new
hurt of competing on price and specific features alone because of the internet
and product search engines like Google Products/Shopping, it's harder and
harder for anyone to demand a higher price without an extra number of checkmark
to justify it. The only other thing that people seem to be willing to pay for
is brand name. Besides, no one is impressed with a fancy laptop anymore. Long
live fancy phones! (for now)
--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The
Java Posse" group.
To post to this group, send email to [email protected]
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
