Comments on: Mac Market Share Suffers From Netbook Envy

By: Small Laptops

Small Laptops — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:10:25 +0000

The whole market has been hearing about this Apple netbook for a while now. I for one will be very interested to see what they come up with. There has been mentions of a touch product. However, with so many netbook type features available on the Iphone already….will there be a demand?

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:17:26 +0000

God forbid Apple make anything affordable. I think part of it is sour grapes that they missed out. However what other people are saying is true, it would cheapen Apple’s image. Dell is losing market share cause their hardware is horrible and rebadged and people like myself buy one once and never go back.

Netbooks will eat into Apple, since they are for people who are causal users who just do basic stuff. Quite similar to many Apple users, although Apple users are so brand loyal….who knows probably won’t matter.

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By: Is Apple’s Market Share Feeling Netbook Envy? | Computer Laptop News & Reviews

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:08:38 +0000

[...] The Apple Blog analyzed recent market share numbers from Gartner and IDC and both show that the netbook market is sustaining, and even growing, the presence of many hardware makers. Just not Apple. Acer shows the biggest gains in year over year market share at 51 percent from IDC. Gartner pegs Acer’s growth at 74.2 percent in the same time period. Granted, Acer sells regular notebooks in addition to netbooks, but they’re also the number one seller of netbooks in the world these days, according to DisplaySearch. [...]

By: Jocca

Jocca — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:50:42 +0000

There is a problem with this phrase: “At some point, PC makers will be selling the equivalent of a MacBook Air in build quality for the price of an Eee PC”. PC companies are so intent on taking market share from one another that they can only think of cutting prices to the bones with nothing left for quality built. That is why Apple is so successful at selling their higher quality products because there is a clientele out there who will pay the higher price for something done right. Apple has definitely a different business model than Dell and it can do so because it is in full control of its destiny whereas Dell is heavily dependent on someone else operating system to run its products like many other competitors.

By: Charles Jade

Charles Jade — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:23:50 +0000

I’m conflicted over the issue of Apple and netbooks.

The conundrum for current netbooks is cheap price, cheap product, but ever-decreasing component costs will ameliorate that over time. At some point, PC makers will be selling the equivalent of a MacBook Air in build quality for the price of an Eee PC. If a tablet is supposed to be a permanent alternative to a MacBook mini, it will end badly for the company. However, if the tablet is another product that also fills the netbook gap for six months to a year, until Apple can scale the MacBook down into a flash-based portable of respectable computing potential, then it’s a win for everyone, margins included.

By: Jocca

Jocca — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:12:58 +0000

Totally agreed with you. Market share at any cost may eventually have a negative impact on the business if it impacts the bottom line to such a point that it cannot continue to innovate adequately. Looking at Dell’s aggressive price cutting policies during the 90s in order to achieve the level of market share it enjoyed for so long is one case in point. Now it is facing the like of Acer which is pressuring its PCs offering with the very low priced netbooks. Apple is smart to refuse to play in this kind of game. All it has to do is put out quality products that people will be willing to pay for and make money in the process. Basic business rule of thumb. It is doing a great job at it by controlling the entire product cycle from the software to the hardware ends producing a well integrated product that no one else can offer offer. Works in good as well as in lean times.

By: Jocca

Jocca — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:58:53 +0000

In that same vein, let me add that Apple real netbook is the iPodTouch which does everything the iPhone does except making phone call. I need to take this back because since Skype can now run on the iPod/Touch, you can also make phone calls on one of the newer models which come with speakers.

By: Matt Edwards

Matt Edwards — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:47:42 +0000

I remember some time ago seeing a patent by Apple, talking about where the puck is going, this patent described a single mould quick-stone like granite.

I can seriously see when the time is right the next big visual theme after Aluminium to be glass and tumbled stone-like material. This would be excellent for small 10 inch ipod like units and imagine the unibody strength.

Anyhow when I look at companies like Dell there’s an impending smell of death. How can Dell compete? I’m sure there’ll be others to jump into their shoes/gobble market share but when I hear about Microsoft and their stores/adverts/new products I wonder who’ll be making the machines they run on? Will it be Dell long term? Who knows.

I think one thing Apple has proved and is continuing to prove and thats you can innovate yourself out of any situation/market. With great products and attention to detail, now just hurry up and launch a Apple TV with web browsing and ability to games!!!