Apple remains unlikely to challenge the top two vendors in the country, Dell and Hewlett-Packard, any time soon, as the two alone account for more than half of all US sales in the most recent results at 32 percent and 25.1 percent of the market respectively. The two are nonetheless growing relatively slowly at 12.1 percent year over year for Dell and just 5.9 percent for HP.
But it would be nice to think of a day when Apple surpasses Dell...
WWMDD (What Would Michael Dell Do?) 'close his company, sell his stock and give the money back to the customers?! \
I guess I didn't follow the traditional guidelines.
I hope what I said didn't cause any confusion.
But that 2 percent thing, I was confused and had to really look at the table to see if it is 2 percent or 2 percent points.
No offense intended. Just thought that it was apropos, given the point of your original post -- with which I agree wholeheartedly -- that there should be as much clarity in the use of language as possible.
one of the problem in world wide growth for apple is fixed price ( 1$= x foreign currency) not many people can afford when $1000 converts into some big sum ...
i bet in the world wide Apple numbers there could be lots of mac minis and low end iMacs and Mac Books.
i do not know how HP, Dell, Acer and other big companies price their producs in different regions.
but one thing apple products are identical in all the regions (the specs are same)
Apple is making incredible margin and gross dollars (Euros, Yen, etc.). This report says nothing about the fact that Apple actually makes money selling desktops and notebooks. None of the top selling (units) in the U.S. is actually making much money on their PC's. It seems to be the same old game of market share at any cost. That only works when the volume is extraordinary. When the product itself fails to deliver the goods, the market will realize that the price/value no longer applies.
Additionally, Apple is setting the stage for today's generation. See the numbers of corporate buyers who are allowing their employees to order Macs and even huge companies who are actually "switching". See MS's problems.
Apple/Jobs thinking is far more Eastern (Japan and yes, China) in looking long term rather than at quarterly profits. Apple is way beyond the curve in its outlook than companies such as HP or Dell. A great company, not without mistakes, but a far better batting average than anyone else.
I wonder if that report also includes educational sales as colleges and school systems are purchasing macs utilizing the dual boot feature and also vmware fusion.
Good stuff, Apple now need more stores to get their world growth up. Particularly in Europe. Aside from the UK, Apple stores are few and far between over here. Excluding the UK in Europe we're talking just one store in Rome, that's berry bad Applo. Berry berry bad
I live in Rome and I agree, Apple needs to open a store here!
Biggest block against Mac's is the cost to re-purchase software.
"If only the likes of Adobe, Microsoft and Quark offered PC owners' of their respective PC softwares the choice to "upgrade" to their respective Mac version, at most, for their upgrade price.
As FileMaker does, it boxes both Mac and PC versions together for the same price, new or upgrade. As such you can run both versions at the same time on your Intel Mac. Of course, FileMaker is an Apple company.
Not only would it have a significant effect on increasing Mac sales, but for the software companies as well."
As weird as it may sound, I don't find this to be the greatest of news. I think a lot of people don't realize that the larger Apple gets, the less personal they become.
I don't feel as well-taken-care-of by Apple as I used to since they've busied themselves by "appealing to the masses."
Shareholders should be happy though. Too bad they're ruining the feel of company.
But it would be nice to think of a day when Apple surpasses Dell...
And when that happens the press will still say Apple is failing. It's not enough to be number one - you've got to be better than everybody else combined or you still suck.
Heck, there are articles today that claim Apple is a failure because they have a zero-share of the sub-$300 market.
I love how this store looks EXACTLY like the one here where I live. I love the way Apple has kept these very uniform; so when you travel abroad you walk in you don't need to familiarize yourself.
I hate that Walmart can't even keep their stores familiar within the same city. I'm always messed up when I walk into one I've never been in before.
Biggest block against Mac's is the cost to re-purchase software.
"If only the likes of Adobe, Microsoft and Quark offered PC owners' of their respective PC softwares the choice to "upgrade" to their respective Mac version, at most, for their upgrade price.
As FileMaker does, it boxes both Mac and PC versions together for the same price, new or upgrade. As such you can run both versions at the same time on your Intel Mac. Of course, FileMaker is an Apple company.
Not only would it have a significant effect on increasing Mac sales, but for the software companies as well."
Back in the "old" days, a number of companies used to do that. But as Macs rapidly lost marketshare, it pretty much stopped.
I love how this store looks EXACTLY like the one here where I live. I love the way Apple has kept these very uniform; so when you travel abroad you walk in you don't need to familiarize yourself.
I hate that Walmart can't even keep their stores familiar within the same city. I'm always messed up when I walk into one I've never been in before.
Yes I'm anal.
I don't think this means you're anal. I agree it's pretty confusing when you have a chain of stores that look the same but have differences that aren't apparent at first.
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Not to be grammar poilice or anything (English is not my first language), but shouldn't it be:
"from" and "percentage"?
Good catch.
English is not my first language either.
http://www.bartleby.com/64/C003/098.html
I guess I didn't follow the traditional guidelines.
I hope what I said didn't cause any confusion.
But that 2 percent thing, I was confused and had to really look at the table to see if it is 2 percent or 2 percent points.
Apple remains unlikely to challenge the top two vendors in the country, Dell and Hewlett-Packard, any time soon, as the two alone account for more than half of all US sales in the most recent results at 32 percent and 25.1 percent of the market respectively. The two are nonetheless growing relatively slowly at 12.1 percent year over year for Dell and just 5.9 percent for HP.
But it would be nice to think of a day when Apple surpasses Dell...
WWMDD (What Would Michael Dell Do?) 'close his company, sell his stock and give the money back to the customers?!
Good catch.
English is not my first language either.
http://www.bartleby.com/64/C003/098.html
I guess I didn't follow the traditional guidelines.
I hope what I said didn't cause any confusion.
But that 2 percent thing, I was confused and had to really look at the table to see if it is 2 percent or 2 percent points.
No offense intended. Just thought that it was apropos, given the point of your original post -- with which I agree wholeheartedly -- that there should be as much clarity in the use of language as possible.
Good catch.
English is not my first language either.
Don't worry about it. Your English is much better than what most of us could do in whatever your native language is.
one of the problem in world wide growth for apple is fixed price ( 1$= x foreign currency) not many people can afford when $1000 converts into some big sum ...
i bet in the world wide Apple numbers there could be lots of mac minis and low end iMacs and Mac Books.
i do not know how HP, Dell, Acer and other big companies price their producs in different regions.
but one thing apple products are identical in all the regions (the specs are same)
Really? Then I'm going to Japan! 1000 yen baby!
Really? Then I'm going to Japan! 1000 yen baby!
that is day light robbery if u want pay 1000 yen for $1000
Additionally, Apple is setting the stage for today's generation. See the numbers of corporate buyers who are allowing their employees to order Macs and even huge companies who are actually "switching". See MS's problems.
Apple/Jobs thinking is far more Eastern (Japan and yes, China) in looking long term rather than at quarterly profits. Apple is way beyond the curve in its outlook than companies such as HP or Dell. A great company, not without mistakes, but a far better batting average than anyone else.
Irish don't wear kilts.
no? but they do all jump up and down in nice neat lines.
that Michael feetly, what a guy.
{this post was intended as both sarcasm AND humour}
Good stuff, Apple now need more stores to get their world growth up. Particularly in Europe. Aside from the UK, Apple stores are few and far between over here. Excluding the UK in Europe we're talking just one store in Rome, that's berry bad Applo. Berry berry bad
I live in Rome and I agree, Apple needs to open a store here!
"If only the likes of Adobe, Microsoft and Quark offered PC owners' of their respective PC softwares the choice to "upgrade" to their respective Mac version, at most, for their upgrade price.
As FileMaker does, it boxes both Mac and PC versions together for the same price, new or upgrade. As such you can run both versions at the same time on your Intel Mac. Of course, FileMaker is an Apple company.
Not only would it have a significant effect on increasing Mac sales, but for the software companies as well."
I don't feel as well-taken-care-of by Apple as I used to since they've busied themselves by "appealing to the masses."
Shareholders should be happy though. Too bad they're ruining the feel of company.
-Clive
But it would be nice to think of a day when Apple surpasses Dell...
And when that happens the press will still say Apple is failing. It's not enough to be number one - you've got to be better than everybody else combined or you still suck.
Heck, there are articles today that claim Apple is a failure because they have a zero-share of the sub-$300 market.
I live in Rome and I agree, Apple needs to open a store here!
You have a store, greedy or what!
I live in Rome and I agree, Apple needs to open a store here!
I love how this store looks EXACTLY like the one here where I live. I love the way Apple has kept these very uniform; so when you travel abroad you walk in you don't need to familiarize yourself.
I hate that Walmart can't even keep their stores familiar within the same city. I'm always messed up when I walk into one I've never been in before.
Yes I'm anal.
Biggest block against Mac's is the cost to re-purchase software.
"If only the likes of Adobe, Microsoft and Quark offered PC owners' of their respective PC softwares the choice to "upgrade" to their respective Mac version, at most, for their upgrade price.
As FileMaker does, it boxes both Mac and PC versions together for the same price, new or upgrade. As such you can run both versions at the same time on your Intel Mac. Of course, FileMaker is an Apple company.
Not only would it have a significant effect on increasing Mac sales, but for the software companies as well."
Back in the "old" days, a number of companies used to do that. But as Macs rapidly lost marketshare, it pretty much stopped.
Back in the "old" days, a number of companies used to do that. But as Macs rapidly lost marketshare, it pretty much stopped.
Perhaps we are not insisting enough, if at all.
Perhaps we are not insisting enough, if at all.
It's a tough call for a company. Put in all that work on the Mac product, and get no money for it.
Would you do that if it were your company? I would have to think hard about it.
I love how this store looks EXACTLY like the one here where I live. I love the way Apple has kept these very uniform; so when you travel abroad you walk in you don't need to familiarize yourself.
I hate that Walmart can't even keep their stores familiar within the same city. I'm always messed up when I walk into one I've never been in before.
Yes I'm anal.
I don't think this means you're anal. I agree it's pretty confusing when you have a chain of stores that look the same but have differences that aren't apparent at first.