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Quote: Originally Posted by Carniphage Take a look on EBay. People are still buying 8 year old iMacs. Now try and find an 8 year old Dell. You will not, because the Dell and its Monitor are in a Landfill. C. I think we need to rewind her…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Carniphage Yes. Some people don't like dealing with lots of fiddly components. This is probably why they prefer to buy ALL IN ONE COMPUTERS - rather than a bunch of stupid ugly separates. C. Right, so they buy…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Carniphage Split it up. Sell it for parts. You'll probably get more than you paid for it. I just looked on EBay at the cost of iMac G5 replacement parts. Amazing! Macs hold onto their value like Randy Quaid holds o…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Carniphage Why would you toss it - when 4 year old Mac's have such a massive value on EBay? C. What if said GPU is broken? How much would Apple charge for a replacement vs. the cost of tossing it out and buying …
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Quote: Originally Posted by addabox But in point of fact those billions of PCs that "could" be upgraded never are. The regular folk I know buy dirt cheap PCs and simply toss them when they start slowing down to unacceptable levels, due to whatev…
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Quote: Originally Posted by tonton The way Apple does it simply makes more sense. When it's time for me to upgrade my computer, I sure as hell don't want to upgrade SOME of the components, leaving others behind. I don't want to upgrade the CPU, f…
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Take a look at the Samsung Omnia 7 review... http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i870...review-522.php I have to say, this is the first OS I have been truly excited about since iOS, and definitely looks to be the next best thing.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Carniphage It's that fad for oil which has kept Exxon up there for all those years. All the kids are using it (daddio) C. Yep, popular or not, they can stand on the credibility of their product.
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Quote: Originally Posted by island hermit How long will we have to wait? Who knows? Quote: Are the results in yet on power consumption using flash on a phone... and, please, anecdotal evidence won't cut it... "a friend of my cousin's broth…
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Quote: Originally Posted by island hermit This sounds like fantasy. I can't give you real market data but I have plenty of anecdotal evidence (ie. switchers) that tells me people are not buying Apple products just because they are trendy. S…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Carniphage Apple are within a few months of becoming, in-terms of market-cap, the largest company in the world being traded. Larger than Exxon. You think that is because of a fad? C. Partly, yeah. You can't …
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Quote: Originally Posted by island hermit I think you're wrong. Think of it this way... if the Mac share is increasing yet it is more expensive then what does that tell you. To me it says that people really do see a difference, for the better,…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Carniphage But fortunately, in clothing, in automobiles, and in technology there is a high end. And that high end is where all the innovation and development happens. New ideas trickle down to the low end. The…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Carniphage Perhaps Wall Mart's fine clothing lines meet all your apparel requirements too? C. Exactly, now we're on the same wave length. For most people, there simply isn't any reason to pay the extra as some…
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Quote: Originally Posted by island hermit Obviously this statement can't be true... or the Mac would be dead. Because some people need things the Mac does that a PC doesn't, but most don't.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Carniphage It not entirely fine. If you look at the PC, you see a product that has stagnated because its progress is tied to a single vendor. The hardware manufacturers are so impoverished there is now no possib…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Carniphage While the Mac vs. PC story is always cited as an "Apple fail" - it has an interesting coda. Apple is now the most profitable personal computer manufacturer too. It makes more money sellng Macs than any W…
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Here's an interesting article about marketshare. http://www.techztalk.com/techwebsite...p-rising-in-us
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Quote: Originally Posted by Davewrite I don't even understand the premise of your question. The argument does not hold if positions are reversed because: Android market share as I've stated does NOT necessarily equal Google profits ( as the …
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Quote: Originally Posted by BTBlomberg Let's think about this. Look at the data and yes Android appears to be gaining, but when you think that there are half a dozen or so phone makers with a dozen or two devices this doesn't look great for any o…