Re:Apple market share tops 10%, Windows share lowest since t...
by unalone on Saturday January 03, 2009 @04:31PM
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It does not matter what is superior
It does to Apple users, and to Apple itself.
It's not problem free till I can click and icon on my mac select what I want and click buy.
The problem is that by doing that Apple would be shutting out other venues. Did you see my link to Apple.com/downloads? It does basically what you're asking for.
People will indeed make such a purchasing decision based off 1 feature. All other things balance themselves out, so one snazzy thing makes the world of difference.
What about the people purchasing the other way around? The people who'll buy a Zune instead of an iPod because it doesn't have the same crippled feature?
2 - Hardware costs money, software is free. This is why I say, if they allow Vaio produce hardware that is very similar to the Mac OS X hardware, they can quickly expand their market, while maintaining a high end brand. It's up to Sony then to make sure their hardware always fits.
3 - It's not problem free till I can click and icon on my mac select what I want and click buy.
4 - People will indeed make such a purchasing decision based off 1 feature. All other things balance themselves out, so one snazzy thing makes the world of difference.