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Slimy, Rich continues his OT anti-Apple rants.
On 9/16/2011 5:07 PM, Wolfgang Weisselberg wrote:
wrote: Unanswered question from earlier. "If market position is on a periodic basis how is period of sale accounted for by casual observation." OK. I *have* to spell it out, I see. Now, would you agree that laptops being seen have been bought? Would you agree90% have been bought within some reasonable time frame, no more than, say 5 years ago?[1] If they have been bought within a certain time frame (and they have), then that is the periodic basis on which the period of sale is accounted for. OK? And that's good enough to get a ballpark check on the quoted market share numbers, and to find out it doesn't fit. BTW what is the factual basis for you answer that Macs have a 2.5 x longer life cycle than Windows PCs I'm perfectly happy to assume they have a shorter lifecycle than Windows laptops --- in which case Apple mustr sell even more of them. Your choice: - Either Mac laptops are not long lived, then Apple must sell much more for the observed numbers to happen consistently = Apple has an even larger market share and the quoted market share must clearly be bogus - Or Mac laptops are long lived, then they are better ... and they must be *very* long lived to be the factor explaining the consistently observed numbers. = Apple builds devices that are much longer useful and therefore much cheaper dollar for dollar than equally priced Windows laptops- Choose your poison. -Wolfgang [1] Or 3 years, or 7 years --- doesn't matter, just pick a number. Shoveling rapidly. -- Peter |
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Slimy, Rich continues his OT anti-Apple rants.
PeterN wrote:
On 9/16/2011 5:07 PM, Wolfgang Weisselberg wrote: wrote: Unanswered question from earlier. "If market position is on a periodic basis how is period of sale accounted for by casual observation." OK. I *have* to spell it out, I see. Now, would you agree that laptops being seen have been bought? Would you agree90% have been bought within some reasonable time frame, no more than, say 5 years ago?[1] If they have been bought within a certain time frame (and they have), then that is the periodic basis on which the period of sale is accounted for. OK? And that's good enough to get a ballpark check on the quoted market share numbers, and to find out it doesn't fit. BTW what is the factual basis for you answer that Macs have a 2.5 x longer life cycle than Windows PCs I'm perfectly happy to assume they have a shorter lifecycle than Windows laptops --- in which case Apple mustr sell even more of them. Your choice: - Either Mac laptops are not long lived, then Apple must sell much more for the observed numbers to happen consistently = Apple has an even larger market share and the quoted market share must clearly be bogus - Or Mac laptops are long lived, then they are better ... and they must be *very* long lived to be the factor explaining the consistently observed numbers. = Apple builds devices that are much longer useful and therefore much cheaper dollar for dollar than equally priced Windows laptops- Choose your poison. -Wolfgang [1] Or 3 years, or 7 years --- doesn't matter, just pick a number. Shoveling rapidly. Indeed, PeterN's reported to strike gold any day now at 3km down. However he'll be reportedly unable to distinguish between it and fools gold or even coal ... -Wolfgang |
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