From: "David Illig" <usenet@davidillig.com>
Date: November 22, 2006 5:17:20 PM MST
To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: new firewire Italian camera
Milton Aupperle wrote:
... Apple is evolving and moving
from a computer company to a consumer electronics company. At some
point and time they have to make up their minds what they want to do
and frankly, their growth areas are not in computers - it's in cell
phones and multimedia devices.
Cell phones? Apple can't make a cell phone that stands out from the
very crowded field. In multimedia, TiVo (which Apple should buy *now*)
has the same head start over Apple that Apple has over Microsoft in
the music market, so that's going to be a struggle; the TiVo hardware-
software is an outstanding combination, universally loved by its users.
Apple can, however, make a computer that stands far ahead of the
crowd, and they do.
And what I'm just pointing out that Apple's PC market share is
basically stagnant.
I again beg to disagree. The SEC filings just don't bear that out.
In any case, it's absolute numbers and margins that count, and
not market share, isn't it? A 12% year-over-year growth in CPU
(not iPod) sales in Q3 is nothing to complain about. Look at
portables, and its a 37% year-over-year growth. Go back two
years in porables, to Q3 2004, and Q3 2006 is up 58%. Nearly
half of CPU buyers at Apple Stores are coming from Windows
or are first-time computer buyers. And there is no sign of
defections by Mac users to Windows. This equals increased
market share.
Further, you may call Bisque's astro software for Mactel
vaporware, but you don't have it on your Mac, and I do.
Bisque are just about the slowest developers on earth
-- they are long overdue for a Windows update as well.
(When I said that on the Bisque Mac group, Tom Bisque
replied "OUCH! That really smarts.")
Anyway, I do think you ought to stop complaining and get back to
work. If you decide to dump the Mac for Windows you do not owe
anyone, including customers like me, an explanation. Would I buy
Astro IIDC for Windows? Probably not, because running Windows
isn't worth the effort for me for "nice-to-have" apps, only for
"really-want-that apps." And I do have XP Pro SP2 on my MB Pro
under Bootcamp and on a Sony Vaio laptop.
David