who wants apple to get the consumer market?

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progmacprogmac
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
there is certainly plenty of talk about apple's market share. it's small, it's understated, it's taken out of context, etc. etc., and of course, "compare it to the BMW! "



i guess it is around 5%, so yay. so here is the question: do you want mac to grab a large chunk of the consumer market share? personally, i would prefer mac's market share to stay < 10% simply because i like being better than everyone else. but honestly, something about the niche of the mac is part of the reason i love it so much. how would things in the world of mac change if apple had a bunch of the market share? i'm not sure, but i don't think i would like it...



i would like pc die-hards to continue using their pcs. the occasional bizarre, off-beat, over-zealous pc praising post (or article) reminds me why i love the mac as much as i do.

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  • Reply 1 of 9
    eugeneeugene Posts: 8,254member
    Apple's worldwide marketshare in Q2 was reported to be 2.48%.
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    thuh freakthuh freak Posts: 2,664member
    [quote]Originally posted by Eugene:

    <strong>Apple's worldwide marketshare in Q2 was reported to be 2.48%.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    where'd u get this figure from. i'v heard apple's share being all over the place. some people say its &lt;2%, some say ~5%, and (fewer) say &gt;5%. ur number seems to have more "significant" figures than most i see, so where'd u get it?



    also, if apple is 2.5%, how much is (other) *nix, os/2, amiga, ms' various garbages, others... does ne1 kno?
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  • Reply 3 of 9
    hmurchisonhmurchison Posts: 12,464member
    The smaller size of the Mac Market does allow faster changes. However I would like Apple to get to like 10-15 % Marketshare.
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    eugeneeugene Posts: 8,254member
    I got the figure by using Apple's 813,000 units shipped number against the The Gartner Group's numbers which suggests just short of 33 million PCs were sold worldwide for the quarter.
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    buonrottobuonrotto Posts: 6,368member
    Well, I doubt, barring very dramatic and unforeseen circumstances, Apple getting anywhere near 1/3 marketshare, let alone a clear majority at any point in the future. I say shoot for the moon and be happy with what you get.



    As hmurchison said, 10-15% would mean stable company, products, developers, support and user base.
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    bluejekyllbluejekyll Posts: 103member
    [quote]Originally posted by thuh Freak:

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    where'd u get this figure from. i'v heard apple's share being all over the place. some people say its &lt;2%, some say ~5%, and (fewer) say &gt;5%. ur number seems to have more "significant" figures than most i see, so where'd u get it?



    also, if apple is 2.5%, how much is (other) *nix, os/2, amiga, ms' various garbages, others... does ne1 kno?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Last figure I saw was 2.8 or so also, but I have no idea how accurate it is. Also, doesn't that number ussually relate to sales, not installed base?



    As to other Unix', If you are speaking of AIX, HPUX, Tru64, Irix, Solaris or any other big ones, those are being sold in quatity at prices from 10 times Apples to millions of dollars. So it is acceptable that they don't have a big desktop market share. This is especially true since they, in almost all cases, are Servers and not desktops!



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  • Reply 7 of 9
    applenutapplenut Posts: 5,768member
    I agree with not wanting them to get large but doubling marketshare is a must and would only serve as a benefit. If they double marketshare the lack of software complaint would get nearly irrevelant.
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  • Reply 8 of 9
    cablecable Posts: 76member
    Quality or Quanity?



    The problem is that getting to the consumer market you will have to make the systems as cheaply as possible, sometimes sacrificing quality ala the Packard Bell systems and what they used to have. They would crank them out in quanity and have the systems crash 15 times a day unless the hardware was replaced.



    What you would get is a $499 iMac system with a G4 processor and a futzed up cheap-*ss 15" monitor, generic CD-ROM/DVD drive, generic memory, and a whole ton of tech support calls.
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    applenutapplenut Posts: 5,768member
    [quote]Originally posted by Cable:

    <strong>Quality or Quanity?



    The problem is that getting to the consumer market you will have to make the systems as cheaply as possible, sometimes sacrificing quality ala the Packard Bell systems and what they used to have. They would crank them out in quanity and have the systems crash 15 times a day unless the hardware was replaced.



    What you would get is a $499 iMac system with a G4 processor and a futzed up cheap-*ss 15" monitor, generic CD-ROM/DVD drive, generic memory, and a whole ton of tech support calls.</strong><hr></blockquote>





    not exactly. Apple could easily make inroads just by changing people's perception of macs. People today are not going to buy what you describe even though its dirt cheap because they think a mac is worthless. having a system that cheap would only support that opinion.



    People are attracted by the mac today. They just don't have the balls to make the switch. Apple's latest campign is trying to show them that their preconceptions are wrong. If they stick with it and keep their machines relatively competitive but most importantly innovate on the software/hardware integration side they will succeed.
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