Apple Netbook Claim Chowder
Gruber posts claim chowder regularly, but this one strikes me as reblog-worthy.
Two days ago, Apple announced its financial results for the quarter ended September 26. The company sold 3 million Macs, of which 2.3 million were laptops, and booked $1.67 billion in profit. Not one of those 2.3 million laptops was a “netbook”…
He then cites examples of numerous analysts predicting doom for Apple unless they produce [low-margin] netbooks.
Non-Mac users simply refuse to understand why anyone would buy a $1k Macbook or spend more for Macbook Pro worth cheering about, and simultaneously rationalize saving a few hundred bucks on a laptop that is “OK” and “decent” and “gets the job done”. In authors this reveals itself in punditry that is downright resentful and, often, wrong.
Mac users experience what it’s like to have a computer you love and cheer about and never look back. They’re not perfect, but their problems exist in a different class of not-such-a-big-deal rather than I-hate-this-machine. It’s not a conspiracy—they really are that good.
Source: daringfireball.net
