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Gruber's logic is probably faulty. If there were an Apple netbook/table, people wouldn't stop buying normal apple laptops. They'd buy these in addition, and in
by jpcx01 17y ago
Gruber's logic is probably faulty. If there were an Apple netbook/table, people wouldn't stop buying normal apple laptops. They'd buy these in addition, and in much greater numbers.
Apple has 10% marketshare. If they put out smaller, lower cost system, it's unlikely that the losses from existing mac users switching to a lower cost system would outweight the gains of people who would buy a decent mac netbook over a crappy windows one.
- jacobolus 17y agoPeople have been making arguments similar to yours for 10 years, and the only nod Apple has really made to them is the Mac Mini. In that time, Apple has been extraordinarily successful. Why do you think they should change strategies from the incredibly lucrative one they currently employ to the one you are suggesting, which they have essentially rejected for the past 10 years? > people wouldn't stop buying normal apple laptops ... people who would buy a decent mac netbook over a crappy windows one. Do you have any evidence for any of this, or is this pure conjecture?
- blueben 17y agoHe has exactly as much evidence as the original article does. He just doesn't have a popular blog to boost the credibility of his opinion.
- jacobolus 17y agoThe "original article" makes exactly zero unsubstantiated claims. Its points are (a) a bunch of wankers made terrible predictions, and (b) their predictions came false. Jpcx01's post, by contrast, is purely speculative.