Guest trancepriest Posted November 22 Report Share Posted November 22 Apple stocks jumped up 16 percent today on word of an analyst expectation that the stock could reach a price target of 100 per share in the next 12 months. This is pretty amazing considering that just a few months a go the stock was trading in the 19-30 range. Apple is definitely here to stay... look at more market share gain in the next few months. Instead of buying my G5 system last year... I should have just dumped the money into getting some of the stocks. Its good to know that my current platform won't be disappearing anytime soon though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgibson Posted November 23 Report Share Posted November 23 Apple stocks jumped up 16 percent today on word of an analyst expectation that the stock could reach a price target of 100 per share in the next 12 months. This is pretty amazing considering that just a few months a go the stock was trading in the 19-30 range. Apple is definitely here to stay... look at more market share gain in the next few months. Instead of buying my G5 system last year... I should have just dumped the money into getting some of the stocks. Its good to know that my current platform won't be disappearing anytime soon though.Will be interesting to see what happens to the stock if/when real competition to the ipod comes out...AND what the happens if/when prices start to fall on the newer-better competitors... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V. Barbarino Posted November 23 Report Share Posted November 23 they theory that the ipod sales will help sell macs is shaky. Those people who convert need to help drive down the price which is the #1 reason why I a mac fan and millions of others don't buy them. I'm not spending 2 grand on a computer to do fantasy football, porn and email.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest endymion Posted November 23 Report Share Posted November 23 they theory that the ipod sales will help sell macs is shaky.Simply false. Mac system sales are already up due to iPod sales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest macboy Posted November 23 Report Share Posted November 23 They are increasing their penetration in the server market as well. They more than doubled their Xserve sales last quarter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pod Posted November 23 Report Share Posted November 23 I can see an ever-growing marketshare for Apple based on the iPod alone. For some people, just having a simple audio player does them just fine.For the enthusiast market, the PC will be dominant for awhile...by enthusiast I mean the type who constantly have their cases open, trying and buying the latest hardware, or pushing commodity components until they start smoking and sparking. Think the 21st century equivalent of hot-rodders. Having a Mac is like having a Benz, it looks nice and does quite well in the performance arena. As of right now there's no Brabus for this Benz though. Brabus is the company that modifies Mercedes. Having a PC is like having a stock GTO, ripping out the engine, putting a big block 451, or something crazy like a helicopter engine, and taking it out to do the quarter mile. You might shred the competition, but if you don't know what you're doing, you might just blow up halfway down the track, killing yourself and 200 spectators. As for the student discounts, not all of us are students! Besides, student = wanker. ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pod Posted November 23 Report Share Posted November 23 You don't know the guys I know then. The motherboard often is one of the first things to come out after six months. ;DYeah Macs are upgradable, but you don't see Mac users going off about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgibson Posted November 23 Report Share Posted November 23 My main issue with the Mac, and why I think it's going to be a tough sell to grab meaningful market share, is that most people still use PCs at work...when they go home, if they have a computer it just makes sense that it's a PC too. Once you see most businesses adopting the Mac, that will indicate to me that the tide is turning...As for the ipod...it's great, amazing, in fact...I love mine. That said, it doesn't seem unreasonable to me that someone comes out with something smaller, faster, cheaper, better that will put up meaningful competition to the ipod. Then I am curious what happens to the stock price... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest endymion Posted November 23 Report Share Posted November 23 For the enthusiast market, the PC will be dominant for awhile...by enthusiast I mean the type who constantly have their cases open, trying and buying the latest hardware, or pushing commodity components until they start smoking and sparking. Think the 21st century equivalent of hot-rodders.That's me. My overclocked Athlon server machine has a window on the side so that I can watch for smoke from the motherboard.I still prefer Macs. Next upgrade cycle this hot rod goes and gets replaced with a dual G5 that does more with less hassle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pod Posted November 23 Report Share Posted November 23 Competition is good. Apple made all the other hardware firms sit up and take notice of the portable music player market. Hell, HP just said the hell with it and licensed the iPod. The iPod is successful because of it's simplicity. Get your tracks, drag, and drop. I'm sure that it will be similar if they do a video iPod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pod Posted November 23 Report Share Posted November 23 Nothing wrong with American cars. ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V. Barbarino Posted November 23 Report Share Posted November 23 what the studies say, is macs are catching on in college, but not in the real world. They don't know the extent in which the college grads graduate and then buy a pc or mac... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgibson Posted November 23 Report Share Posted November 23 I don't think anyone disagrees, it's a better computer.Again though, I can see the average person who spends his day with two buttons on his mouse not taking the leap to a different technology at home... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest web_norah Posted November 23 Report Share Posted November 23 what the studies say, is macs are catching on in college, but not in the real world. They don't know the extent in which the college grads graduate and then buy a pc or mac...lots of TV editing uses MACmusic uses MACfilm uses MACgraphic designers use MACmagazine uses MAChmmmmm the real world doesnt use mac? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgibson Posted November 23 Report Share Posted November 23 what the studies say, is macs are catching on in college, but not in the real world. They don't know the extent in which the college grads graduate and then buy a pc or mac...lots of TV editing uses MACmusic uses MACfilm uses MACgraphic designers use MACmagazine uses MAChmmmmm the real world doesnt use mac?here we go... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest web_norah Posted November 23 Report Share Posted November 23 what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pod Posted November 23 Report Share Posted November 23 Blah blah blah. I use what I use, you use what you use, let's just call it a day and get drunk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan2772 Posted November 23 Report Share Posted November 23 Blah blah blah. I use what I use, you use what you use, let's just call it a day and get drunk. just don't get too drunk... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V. Barbarino Posted November 23 Report Share Posted November 23 what the studies say, is macs are catching on in college, but not in the real world. They don't know the extent in which the college grads graduate and then buy a pc or mac...lots of TV editing uses MACmusic uses MACfilm uses MACgraphic designers use MACmagazine uses MAChmmmmm the real world doesnt use mac?Mac has 3% of the market Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pod Posted November 23 Report Share Posted November 23 What I think Saleen is getting at is that Macs are primarily oriented towards the industries Norah mentioned, whereas PCs are in the "real world" of your average Joe.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgibson Posted November 23 Report Share Posted November 23 what?Just cueing everyone up for the ensuing battle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest web_norah Posted November 24 Report Share Posted November 24 3% of the market Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgibson Posted November 24 Report Share Posted November 24 I don't think anyone disagrees, it's a better computer.Again though, I can see the average person who spends his day with two buttons on his mouse not taking the leap to a different technology at home...Just to make a note here... Mac computers can use a regular PC mouse. They just come from the factory with an Apple one button mouse. So we have average people in our 3% of the market cult with two/three button mouses... track balls, etc. Other than the logic board (mother board) and processor on the later models... almost anything else can be updated with regular PC components.That's great. All Macs I've ever used have the one button. It's a bit of a mind-fu*k when you keep trying to click the right buttonw... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pod Posted November 24 Report Share Posted November 24 The one thing Apple still has to shake off is the belief that they are overpriced. There's reasonably priced iMacs, yeah, but not a lot of people know that. That and stop making case designs based on what the Queer Eye focus group says. ;DWith the exception of the latest G5, the case designs are horrid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest macboy Posted November 24 Report Share Posted November 24 First thing I do with every new Mac I purchase is put the mouse up for sale on ebay. I use a Microsoft 4 button trackwheel. I agree that the single-button mouse is the most annoying feature of the Mac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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