On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 10:19 AM, Bruce Johnson < john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote:
> > > On Dec 17, 2008, at 2:12 AM, Brian Durant wrote: > > > Apple to ditch Macworld gathering > > By Maggie Shiels > > Technology reporter, BBC News, San Francisco > ----------<snip>--------------- > > > Note 2: Apple is in an enviable position in this economy. They have > not one, but two industry-leading products (iPod and iPhone) massively > hot laptop sales (up 22% year over year, IN THIS YEAR!!), no corporate > debt, and a monster pile of cash on hand, 25Billion-with-a-B. A > competent and honest analyst would say that Apple was in good shape > financially. Competence and honesty are in dramatically short supply > on Wall Street. > > > However he said Apple's ability to innovate would keep it ahead of the > > competition. > > > > Sales of Macs in US stores last month fell 1% from a year ago, while > > industry-wide PC sales rose 2%, according to research firm NPD Group > > Inc > > which tracks retail sales. > > > > Not all macs, just desktop Macs, meaning iMacs and Pros. MacBook and > MacBook Pro sales? Up 22%, AHEAD of the rest of the industry. They > lied by omission here. > > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > There are some other factors playing a role. Apple announced new products twice a year at a date that was not controlled or set by Apple. As long they used the PPC Processors it was ok because development was not that quick. Apple switched to Intel processors and the Intel development is much faster, not to mention that the Intel development strategy is available to the public. Which means that Apple needs to have the opportunity to announce new products or updates at a different time and/or more often. It has nothing to do with Steve Jobs, it is a needed simple and logical marketing decision. Peter M. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
