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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> ____/ Megabyte on Tuesday 29 Dec 2009 15:57 : \____
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>>> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>> ____/ Fritz Wuehler on Tuesday 29 Dec 2009 07:54 : \____
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>>>>> http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/200
>>>>> 9/11/rumors_emerge_t.html
>>>>>
>>>>> While netbook manufacturers are on the verge of introducing sub-$100
>>>>> Smartboos and possibly $150 full-size ARM-based laptops (ARM recently
>>>>> introduced a dual-core 2Ghz ARM processor which uses 1% of the power of
>>>>> a comparable Intel processor) Apple has had the bright idea of coming
>>>>> up with a $1200 - $1500 tablet Mac. The price is inflated since Apple
>>>>> is insisting that the device will need an OLED display of comparatively
>>>>> large size.
>>>>>
>>>>> And recently the OLPC foundation showed a beautiful tablet-like
>>>>> prototype design which they aim to sell for about $100 which is razor
>>>>> thin and uses a flexible plastic display.
>>>>>
>>>>> So it seems Apple is becoming too big for its britches and is losing
>>>>> touch with reality if they think they can sell a device at that price!
>>>> I'm sure there are some people out there (a niche) with more money than
>>>> brain, but then again,
>>>> that's the same crowd which brings Mac OS X market share close to that of
>>>> GNU/Linux.
>>>>
>>>> Apple is a no-starter in the vast majority of the world (and class).
>>>>
>>>> Apple will never have mass appeal in the board market, just a portion of
>>>> it.
>>>>
>>> iPhone has 46% market share of the Smartphone market in Japan, just a niche
>>> I guess.
>>
>> Japan is a niche.
>>
>
> Then is 17% of the world Smartphone market and a 49% growth rate also a
> niche?
>
> <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/11/12/apples_iphone_captures_17_of_worldwide_smartphone_market.html>
>
>
>>> Apple is not looking for mass appeal in the low end of the market, they will
>>> happily give that space to Linux or MS.
>>>
>>> Mac OS X market share on the desktop is 5 times that of Linux and growing
>>> faster than Linux.
>>> <http://marketshare.hitslink.com/os-market-share.aspx?qprid=9>
>>> Linux up 0.10%, OS X up 0.41%, Windows down 1.14%
>>
>> Nope, that's rubbish.
>>
>> http://boycottnovell.com/wiki/index.php/GNU/Linux_Market_Share
>
> Of course boycottnovell.com has no bias in it's reporting?
It's centralisation of external links. Take a look at the originals.
> Another interesting read concerning market share:
> <http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/11/while-rivals-jockey-for-market-share-apple-bathes-in-profits/>
>
> and another:
> <http://theappleblog.com/2009/12/03/big-gains-predicted-for-apple-market-share-in-2010/>
How is *that* no biased? :-) :-)
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