Future uncollectable computers...

From: Erik S. Klein <classiccmp_at_vintage-computer.com>
Date: Fri Jul 18 10:53:00 2003

> If your a current mac user the g5 WILL be alot faster then what you
have,
>if your an Intel user I dont see a rush to buy anything made by apple.
If
> your a unix geek you might want a G5 just to say you own one and make
> fellow geeks unworthy of your presence.

> The funny thing is mac users who laugh at PC guys upgrading their
hardware
> every year are now doing the same thing, except its alot more costly
for
> them buying complete new machines while PC users just chuck the
> motherboard/ram/video card in their old rig. This upgrade cycle of
> hardware will eventually kill the mac market because only the very
rich
> can keep up. What percentage of mac owners are using OSX? What
percentage
> will upgrade to a current OSX running machine anytime soon?

There was an article in the San Jose Monkey News yesterday about this
very thing. It seems that all of the Apple commercials featuring people
who have switched (most of whom seem unqualified to monitor their own
shoelaces) have had no impact on their market share. It has stayed
virtually unchanged. The only think keeping the company alive is that
the pool of Apple users spends more per capita then the pool of PC
users.

This is just my opinion, but that's not a sustainable business model. .
.

   Erik Klein
   www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum
   The Vintage Computer Forum

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Allain" <allain_at_panix.com>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 10:30 AM
Subject: Re: Future uncollectable computers...


> > It will make g4 machines dirt cheap as
> > ** the herd **
> > sells them off...
>
> Wasn't it Apple themselves that made the "Lemmings"
> commercial featuring people marching off a cliff in unison?
> Things change... Oh Well.
> I like to think that I think for myself and so far nobody
> has made (much) of a case for the G5.
>
> John A.
Received on Fri Jul 18 2003 - 10:53:00 BST

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