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Because Europeans don't buy the latest MacBook every year. A laptop lasting 4 years is perfectly reasonable in Europe. I agree with you about the population,
by Shorel 7y ago
Because Europeans don't buy the latest MacBook every year.
A laptop lasting 4 years is perfectly reasonable in Europe.
I agree with you about the population, but that is not the whole picture.
- kzrdude 7y agoIs the consumption pattern different? Less disposable income? No prevalence of credit cards? Is this really a noticeable effect/difference?
- buran77 7y agoApple machines were never really that popular in Europe because they weren't marketed as intensively as in the US. Schools and companies were never equipped with them unless we're talking about video/graphics people. And half of Europe was not considering such expensive purchases until well into the '90s, perhaps even later. By then Windows was already skyrocketing, regular PCs were cheaper, and very few customers were invested in the Apple ecosystem enough (or at all) to push them towards Macs. If anything I imagine Apple machines are taking their 5% market share in the US more from the Linux segment than Windows.
- kzrdude 7y agoThis doesn't make so much sense to me, at universities I've seen a ton of Apple laptops among students and professors. Clearly they broke through there.