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Chromebooks actually compete with Windows. Apple basically doesn't - it serves a small segment of premium users. Microsoft is still for the masses and will cont
by forensic 15y ago
Chromebooks actually compete with Windows. Apple basically doesn't - it serves a small segment of premium users. Microsoft is still for the masses and will continue to be unless a competitor undercuts it.
Which is precisely what Google is now doing.
- brg 15y agoApple serves students very well. Take a look at current trends in laptop purchases by incoming students. http://itc.virginia.edu/students/inventory/compare/ http://itc.virginia.edu/students/inventory/compare/ If these numbers are indicative of the US as a whole, 45% of new laptop purchases are OSX. IPhone, IPod touch, and IPad are selling well outside of the premium market. From these data points I still feel Apple is the main competitor to MS.
- blub 15y agoStudent trends cannot - by definition - be indicative of the US as a whole.
- brg 15y agoBeing indicative means having predictive power, not being representative. It is often the case that student trends are indicative of larger trends; for instance the number of college graduates looking for employment. As for laptops, looking at data is better than pointless statements: http://www.google.com/trends?q=laptop http://www.google.com/trends?q=laptop Laptop sales correlate with google search trends. The later has a bimodal distribution, with one peak in August and one in December. The former represents back to school sales, and due to its size, it is clear that student purchases of laptops are a significant factor in the market.