Apple Dominates "Premium PC" Market 475
itwbennett writes "Macs made up a whopping 91 percent of the $1,000-and-up computer market in June. Not so long ago, $1,000 got you an entry-level machine. Today the average computer sells for $701, while the average Windows machine sells for only $515. Still, Macs only make up 8.7% of PC sales. But is that really such a bad position to be in? Consider an Apples to Apples, that is, Macs to iPhones comparison: the iPhone takes only a sliver of the phone market but a much larger share of the profits."
Coming soon... (Score:3, Funny)
Windows 7 "Premium" Edition - $1000
Re:Premium price, not premium PC (Score:5, Funny)
Re:More accurate headline... (Score:3, Funny)
"Apple most popular among those who like to overspend and don't know the value of the dollar."
Same guts marked up and built for aesthetics instead of being engineered to be solid. Never underestimate the "Oooh! Shiny!" demographic.
I take it that MSCE isn't getting the chicks the way you thought it would?
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Apple doesn't sell kitchen sinks (Score:5, Funny)
But there's an app for that!
Re:Premium price, not premium PC (Score:3, Funny)
"You're losing $100 on every sale!"
"That's okay - we'll make it up in volume."
Kind of evokes the dot-bomb era ...
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Re:Apple doesn't sell kitchen sinks (Score:3, Funny)
After you jailbreak.
Re:De-spinning. Again. (Score:3, Funny)
I think that, in your example, they've passed ludicrous - they've gone plaid!
Monster Dominates "Premium Cable" Market (Score:5, Funny)
Again, you are missing the point. The criteria of this "study" was NOT the feature set. The "premium" tag was about the price, not features.
GP might understand your argument better if you used a Monster cable analogy.
ie "Monster gold cables made up a whopping 91 percent of the $1,000-and-up cable market in June"
Re:Premium price, not premium PC (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Premium price, not premium PC (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Coming soon... (Score:4, Funny)
Maybe Microsoft will start selling the Windows 7 "I Am Rich" Edition for installation on Apple hardware?
Snow Leopard upgrade is $29, Snow Leopard is $129. Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade is $119, Windows 7 Home Premium is $199.
It seems MS already has the "I Am Rich" edition of Windows, and it's the their entry-level home edition!
Re:Premium price, not premium PC (Score:2, Funny)
You won't find them on cheap macs either.
Because they don't exist!
Re:Premium price, not premium PC (Score:2, Funny)