Dallas, You are absolutely right about cost. I know that Apple uses premium hardware in their Mac's, but the average person simply does not care about that. Most people, myself included, are not going to pay $1,200 or more for a Mac when they can get an HP, 'Toshiba, Del, etc for half that from Walmart. It just isn't going to happen.
Apple is also way out of line with there iPads and iPhones too. Just the other day I needed a new charger for my phone. I could get a universal charger that works for Android for $14. Turns out one for an Apple iPhone was $35. What kind of dope is Apple smoking when they think the average user will pay double for their stuff? I know that there are certainly groups of people who do buy iPhones, iPads, and Macs to be sure, but just from looking at general research most people buy Windows PCs or Android phones because Apple costs way too much for the average person to buy. Until Apple lowers the cost of their PC and mobile devices they will always be a minority share of the market no matter how good and reliable they are. Cheers! On 12/14/13, Dallas O'Brien <dallas.r.obr...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi. a few things here. yes, you are correct che. mac's are nothing, > compared to windows. mac's alone, make up about 50 to 70 million > computers in the world today. windows makes up over 1.5 billion, > that's billion with a B for bravo. lol. so mac's are nothing to > windows. and unless apple brings their prices down, they will never > ever be close to a windows based machine, simply because i can buy a > windows computer, that has the same basic internal capabilities as a > macbook, for a third of the price. and the every day user, isn't going > to spend 3 times the cost, or more. they can't afford it these days. > it's mostly rich kids, and people who have a bit of money to throw at > a problem that buy macs. the every day user just can't afford that > price premium. hell, the prices of iPads and iPhones is just stupid > for that matter. > > note, using the turm pc for only a windows based computer isn't > particularly correct, as mac's are PC's as well. just thought i'd > throw that in, as in terms of what intel call a pc, a mac is one as > well. > and yeah, i can imagine that coding on the mac is ... interesting, to > say the least. lol. hell, just doing every day functions on a mac, are > a combination of contorsionism, and joint popping acrobatics. ahaha. > never the less, it's good to see some games coming out on the mac. but > it will never be the main platform. the ratio of windows to mac is too > great. it's not affordable for a developer to work on some games, for > the mac, compared to for windows. > well, good luck with your work che. looking forward to getting my paws > on a copy of the RR V2. > regards: > Dallas --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
