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mnbob1 said:

apple ][ said:

Apple is never going to be #1 in marketshare, so who cares. Making a nice profit is what matters, not making cheap junk and selling it to cheap people.

What's better? 100 pounds of feces or 1 pound of pure gold? Which would you rather have?

Well said. The computer company graveyard is full of companies that didn't understand the difference between market share vs profits on quality products. Producing poor quality low grade systems sold at Walmart and Target for market share isn't going to create repeat customers. 

The truth is is that the PC industry as a whole is collapsing and those that are showing higher market share this year will drop next year after the mass market is complete in fill up. The repeat customers will be those that need to replace systems that have stopped working. Apple has a base of customers that are willing to buy at a premium price and continue to upgrade on a consistent basis. 

Big C said:

This is entirely understandable given that product life ownership of Mac is substantially longer than other PC products. People generally do not feel the need to change as the products are very robust, very reliable and the OS very useable. Small but simple point. My MBP is now almost 4 years old, I use it 4-5 hours a day almost 7 days a week. It shows near zero signs of wear, not even a single slightly faded keyboard letter. I have in the past had VAIO's, Tosh etc and not one last anywhere near so well. Contrast this with most if not all other PC solutions from other vendors. I am not bashing them, just making the point. A aluminium solid build vs in most cases plastic and more plastic from PC vendors. So, whilst units are steady this is more of a factor of good product just work and last so lets take things into context. It not a port thing its a fact of engineering for long term use.

larrya said:

I don't even want to think about what I might buy if my mid-2011 iMac dies. I won't buy an "all in one" that requires an external DVD drive, and I'll want upgradable RAM. There doesn't appear to be a product for me anymore. 

rogifan_new said:

apple ][ said:

Apple is never going to be #1 in marketshare, so who cares. Making a nice profit is what matters, not making cheap junk and selling it to cheap people.

What's better? 100 pounds of feces or 1 pound of pure gold? Which would you rather have?

Except Mac profits are declining. Look at Apple's last earnings report. Mac sales were down 12% and revenue was down 9% YOY. And you can't really say they just shifted sales to iPhone and iPad as both those categories were down YOY as well.