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In the early 80's to the early 90's Apple achieved fairly significant success at getting their computers into elementary and middle school computer labs. Ignor
by Zev 17y ago
In the early 80's to the early 90's Apple achieved fairly significant success at getting their computers into elementary and middle school computer labs.
Ignoring the fact that these labs are now stocked with Dell's or other cheap machines bought in bulk?
The MacBook is perfectly situated to grab the college student market. Not only does it have great battery life (perfect for taking notes in class) but it is also light enough to carry around in a backpack.
So... make a product that does something that people want in a very good way and people will buy it. Who would have thought?
- sjs 17y agoI know you're being sarcastic but some notebook manufacturers can't even get the USB ports right side up. Most of them cut corners all over the place, and unless you spend an amount equivalent to the price of a MacBook ($1500+) you won't find a notebook that can equal it on the market. I hesitate to say this but from what I have seen personally no one puts as much thought or care into every last detail of a machine as Apple - from hardware to software they pore over little things that all add up to make me happy. Macs have long had 2 volume settings for headphones and speaker audio outputs (so you don't blast your ears by mistake, or play something out loud you meant to play quietly), and similarly iPods pause the audio when the headphones are unplugged. Simple details that most companies would never think of on their own, but that give you a warm fuzzy feeling when you discover them.
- elblanco 17y agoInteresting, in my M.S. classes the last few semesters, everybody had a laptop of some kind, only one or two people had macs, and all of them booted them into Windows. About 30-40% had netbooks for precisely the "easy to carry around long battery life" reason. Plus they are also dirt cheap.