>> Well, hobbyists and savvy bang-for-the-buck may take 32 over 64 if the
>> bang isn't there, but nowadays that is far from the entire market of
>> purchasers. You're overlooking the status symbol buyers who just have to
>> have the latest/greatest and/or something better than the guy next door.
>> I recall a conversation not long ago with a sysadmin in the business
>> school here. I was asking what their typical laptop configuration was
>> and was told that some members of their faculty were quite particular
>> about finding out what their colleagues machines had and then making
>> sure theirs was more/better/faster, etc. I highly doubt this kind of
>> purchasing only happens here. :-)
>
> Good point. I know it happens, but is it the majority of the
>market?
Who knows? But what's so important about being a majority? There's
plenty of money to be made in selling to a significant market share
that doesn't numerically constitute a majority. Besides, there's
much greater mark-up potential in the status symbol market than the
bang-for-buck market. Just ask Nike...
-Mitch
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