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Re: Apple - market share falling?

__/ [ Tim Smith ] on Friday 02 June 2006 21:16 \__

> In article <24988065.WRgu5xU1yf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> Apple must be losing its appeal because its eye candy (a primary seller)
>> is relatively static while Windows and Linux evolve. When was the last
>> time Apple introduce something innovative? An iPod nano (they now get Sony
>> in
> 
> How about the video and graphics system in Tiger?  Read this page for
> background:
> 
> <http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/macosx-10.4.ars/13>
> 
> then this for how it works in Tiger:
> 
> <http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/macosx-10.4.ars/14>
> 
> and this for image processing:
> 
> <http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/macosx-10.4.ars/15>
> 
> and this for video:
> 
> <http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/macosx-10.4.ars/16>

That's quite nice, actually. However, it is not earth-shattering and it is
unlikely to sway Average Joe from jumping on Tiger, having ignored Jaguar. I
think that Apple's main obstacles are cost, public awareness, and
potentially lockins. Most people are still 'squares' who fear deviating from
the convention (they associate it with risk and unpredictability). Both
Linux and Mac advocates suffer from this behavioural pattern, which is
sometimes too subtle for observation...

Best wishes,

Roy

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