Apple Claims 91% of $1,000+ PC Market Revenue in June • Hacker News Board

Re: Apple Claims 91% of $1,000+ PC Market Revenue in June

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Post by whatusername » Fri, Jul 24, 2009, 12:34 AM UTC

_pius wrote: post #23

blhack wrote: post #8

You know...reading this headline, I'm not sure that I even know of any consumer-level PCs that cost over $1000 (obviously servers, CAD/3d Modeling workstations)... I'm typing this from my acer aspire one right now and, honestly, this is more computer than I even need... I will admit that I am a bit odd, the only thing I really use my computer for is an SSH/HTTP client; certainly my usage habits are different than som…

Good point. That said, I think the statistic actually includes portables, not just desktop machines.

And as was mentioned above - it appears to be >$1K and sold at retail. So the T400/T500 Thinkpads etc probably don't appear on the list much - because they're not at the shops.

Re: Apple Claims 91% of $1,000+ PC Market Revenue in June

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Post by msjgriffiths » Fri, Jul 24, 2009, 2:59 AM UTC

potatolicious wrote: post #53

tdoggette wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They're a luxury good and a status symbol-- the people that were willing to pay a premium for one pre-recession by and large can still afford to. It's a triumph of their marketing direction (backed up by products of quality, so I hear).

Apple also happens to be the only major manufacturer still willing to treat customers with some measure of respect. I've owned a Toshiba before, and have dealt with Dell also with regards to warranty service; they are terrible. Long wait times (upwards of three hours!), clueless reps, and an iron-clad resistance to making any repairs whatsoever. Dell eventually acquiesces if you press them. Toshiba never did fix the…

Two words: business support.

If you purchase a Dell/HP/Lenovo support package, the support you'll get is excellent. e.g. same day, on-site, internationally.

Apple gives much better support by default; other manufactures offer teired levels of support, so if you're stuck in the default you get nothing - but if you pay a bit, you can get much better support than Apple offers.

Re: Apple Claims 91% of $1,000+ PC Market Revenue in June

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Post by anigbrowl » Sat, Jul 25, 2009, 11:56 PM UTC

gamble wrote: post #56

anigbrowl wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, the cliff notes version: Adobe were the breakthrough company to develop video editing on Mac, with what is now Premiere. Final Cut was a spinoff of that when the developer left for Macromedia, which was in turn split between Apple and Adobe (FC & Flash, respectively): http://steveblank.com/2009/05/11/supermac-war-story-x-the-vi... Now you're right about Apple's price cutting, and it's more obvious how this drov…

Wasn't Premiere actually developed by SuperMac and purchased by Adobe?

Yes, sorry. I should have said 'product that became Adobe Premiere' - my point being that it was another 3rd party app.