Comments on: Apple Slips to #5 as Consumers Buy Cheap Windows PCs http://notebooks.com/2010/01/14/apple-slips-to-5-as-consumers-buy-cheap-windows-pcs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=apple-slips-to-5-as-consumers-buy-cheap-windows-pcs Notebooks and Laptops News, Deals and Reviews Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:31:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Product Review Websites http://notebooks.com/2010/01/14/apple-slips-to-5-as-consumers-buy-cheap-windows-pcs/#comment-35012 Product Review Websites Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:18:59 +0000 http://www.notebooks.com/?p=12483#comment-35012 Hello my family member! I want to say that this post is awesome, great written and include approximately all vital infos. I?d like to peer more posts like this . Hello my family member! I want to say that this post is awesome, great written and include approximately all vital infos. I?d like to peer more posts like this .

]]> By: Alex http://notebooks.com/2010/01/14/apple-slips-to-5-as-consumers-buy-cheap-windows-pcs/#comment-21313 Alex Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:16:25 +0000 http://www.notebooks.com/?p=12483#comment-21313 There is no denying that the Macintosh is a superior OS to Windows. Also, Apple's computers are built to better quality then most cheap PC manufactures. Mainly because ASUS makes apple's motherboards... <br><br>However, you cannot justify the price of a Mac. The hardware is exactly the same. So when you buy a $1000 Macbook, you are paying $500 for the PC and $500 for the Operating system. I work at BestBuy and I have to sell computers all day long. It makes me sick that Apple sells a $2500 Macintosh that has the exact same specifications of an $800 PC. There is no denying that the Macintosh is a superior OS to Windows. Also, Apple's computers are built to better quality then most cheap PC manufactures. Mainly because ASUS makes apple's motherboards…

However, you cannot justify the price of a Mac. The hardware is exactly the same. So when you buy a $1000 Macbook, you are paying $500 for the PC and $500 for the Operating system. I work at BestBuy and I have to sell computers all day long. It makes me sick that Apple sells a $2500 Macintosh that has the exact same specifications of an $800 PC.

]]> By: Alex http://notebooks.com/2010/01/14/apple-slips-to-5-as-consumers-buy-cheap-windows-pcs/#comment-21312 Alex Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:16:25 +0000 http://www.notebooks.com/?p=12483#comment-21312 There is no denying that the Macintosh is a superior OS to Windows. Also, Apple's computers are built to better quality then most cheap PC manufactures. Mainly because ASUS makes apple's motherboards... <br><br>However, you cannot justify the price of a Mac. The hardware is exactly the same. So when you buy a $1000 Macbook, you are paying $500 for the PC and $500 for the Operating system. I work at BestBuy and I have to sell computers all day long. It makes me sick that Apple sells a $2500 Macintosh that has the exact same specifications of an $800 PC. There is no denying that the Macintosh is a superior OS to Windows. Also, Apple's computers are built to better quality then most cheap PC manufactures. Mainly because ASUS makes apple's motherboards…

However, you cannot justify the price of a Mac. The hardware is exactly the same. So when you buy a $1000 Macbook, you are paying $500 for the PC and $500 for the Operating system. I work at BestBuy and I have to sell computers all day long. It makes me sick that Apple sells a $2500 Macintosh that has the exact same specifications of an $800 PC.

]]> By: mcdave http://notebooks.com/2010/01/14/apple-slips-to-5-as-consumers-buy-cheap-windows-pcs/#comment-21311 mcdave Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:11:02 +0000 http://www.notebooks.com/?p=12483#comment-21311 Of course NetBook(& general PC) sales are up - they're cheap, under-powered & have to be replaced more regularly than Macs!<br><br>Sales is a poor benchmark of both commercial success (profit is better) and customer satisfaction. The latter is better judged by actual outcomes against initial expectations & given PCs are being so easily replaced by NetBooks clearly they weren't aiming that high anyway so why the two products are even being compared is totally beyond me.<br><br>McD Of course NetBook(& general PC) sales are up – they're cheap, under-powered & have to be replaced more regularly than Macs!

Sales is a poor benchmark of both commercial success (profit is better) and customer satisfaction. The latter is better judged by actual outcomes against initial expectations & given PCs are being so easily replaced by NetBooks clearly they weren't aiming that high anyway so why the two products are even being compared is totally beyond me.

McD

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