Even during the current economic slowdown when all computer distributors and manufacturers report drop in sales, I suggest that Apple is on the rise. Report sales of Apple Macs in quarter 2 of the fiscal year ending in March 2009 was 3% lower than the Q2 2008, totaling 2.22 million Macs sold. In Q3 of the last year Apple sold total of 2.496 million Macs. This year third quarter was marked with new Mac releases, characterized with lower prices and increased performance. In addition, traditional iPod offering for students who purchase a new Mac is already available at the beginning of summer instead of waiting for early September. I’ve already witnessed new Macs among friends and colleagues, although at this time people usually save money for vacations.
Whatever results in Mac sales Apple announces for Q3 2009 at the end of July, the trend in Mac popularity over Windows based PCs is much higher. Add to that the announced upgrade of the Operating System announced for September and you’ll get the bunch of happy new Mac users…
If Apple would consider selling Mac OS independently from Mac computers, I am sure it would generate an army of fresh Apple users just like new flocks of iPhone users migrate from other mobile phone vendors daily…
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Unlike Newton’s apple falling from a tree on his head, Apple computers are on the rise
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009Unhappy users of Nokia OVI store
Monday, June 29th, 2009My last post on Nokia Ovi application store seems to proove the points. One month after its launch the online store provokes negative impressions and comments on the Internet. I’ll cite one of them related to poor customer support posted by Matthew Miller on Nokia Experts blog. I totally agree with arguments in that article and comments from Nokia users. In this time of economic slow down when users are desperately trying to get more for less, Nokia allows such an arogance to strip down the customer support to lower levels yet rise high revenue margins for their application distribution services. That obviously does not make them competitive to other mobile phone and application developpers and they continue to loose the market.
Last weekend I’ve met friends, a small mobile application development team, and discussed their view on the future of Nokia. They’ve totally agree that Nokia’s attitude does not favour small developers with restricted budget and they are turning to Apple. I bet there are many others in the mobile development industry that will follow the same trend with catastrophic results of Nokia Ovi store. That explains why there is such a poor offer of new contents for Nokia phones. Nokia continues its old strategy to release plenty of new phone models but they don’t realize that it is not what customers want.
Now I’ve regret even less that I’ve switched from N95 to iPhone…
From N95 to iPhone
Friday, May 15th, 2009Three years ago I’ve migrated from Windows to Mac OS. I wrote already about all the advantages and I’m pretty sure you all know about them already, so I won’t repeat them.
This time I’d like to share some toughts on migration to iPhone. Two years ago I’ve got Nokia N95. That amazing small marvel packed with hardware features and connectivity. I tought, that was the ultimate mobility gadget. What else might one want. When Apple released IPhone I was so dissapointed it was not 3G. A year later, as I wrote last July, I was watching very few fans waiting in front of Softbank store in Tokyo to get the latest 3G iPhone. Still remember Japan Times article highlighting all that was still missing on the latest IPhone. I tought that Apple still has to go a long way to reach Nokia’s success with their handsets.
Than came the iTunes store. Quickly filling with tens of thousands applications. In all categories, if not free than very reasonably priced. Almost free compared to prices of equivalent Nokia applications.
At the end of my two years contract with my phone operator I’ve decided that the choice of applications outweighs all dissadvantages. Here I am blogging from my new iPhone while old N95 is off- line waiting to transfer remaining photos and videos to my Mac. The “fruit vendor” from Infinity loop won!
Apple is not a one man show, it’s a lifestyle and it will go on…
Thursday, January 15th, 2009Journalists (both on-line and off-line or paper based) are trying to make headlines with news that Apple is going to face difficulties while Steve Jobs is on a medical leave. What should make a headline is that Steve is a remarkable person with some great achievments. But Apple, there is no doubt, was here, is here and will stay around!
As I wrote before in last 20 years I’ve started personal computing with ZX Spectrum, switched to Apple II, moved to Windows, to Linux and finally, back to Apple again 2 years ago. Apple did have difficulties throughout its history but it reinvented itself and created a wide portfolio of great products that have a solid foundation and critical user mass. More importantly, I base my statement that Apple (with Mac OS X) will be an important player in personal computing during the years to come on the fact that kids these days prefer Mac OS X over Vista. This was not the case only few years back.
Some might argue that home users are not the majority of personal compter users, the most of the market is still in corporate world. This is statistically true, but more I see people bringing their personall Macs to their offices and using them along the corporate PC… Isn’t it quite the same with iPhones? Just look around. 
Hi, I’m Mac.
Monday, November 17th, 2008This post is proof that Mac users read PC magazine too.
I could not resist to share with you a good laugh I had while reading First Word by Lance Ulanoff titled Macs are PCs in October issue. Lance criticized Apple’s add where computers running MS Windows are called PCs and Macs are called, well Macs. What else?
I agree with Lance that by the definition both fall in the category of Personal Computers. However, if there would be an add with Ford and Ferrari, would you object to it if one says “Hi I’m a car.” and the other one “And I’m Ferrari.”?