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Partly I have to agree with you but not everyone's like that. You could say the same thing about ACER's Ferrari laptop or Sony's VAIOs which also caters to the "has to have the cool new phone"
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Not really...those products don't market themselves as things that "look good"
I have a Vaio, because it has the best screen i've ever seen on a lapton (X-black LCD) and because it's an awesome performer. Mac commercials however...always some trendy chick dancing with her ipod, or a hip designer with his iBook that fits in nicely with his iLife in his iApartment
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Folks who live on a budget and have less disposable income (mainly more people than not) find Apple expensive to buy, maintain and live with.
THAT's why sales are low. Sale have been low since the beginning - prices have been high since the beginning. Apple not allowing cloned hardware killed it. No volume sales - no volume prices, no volume market.
This was the land scape in 1990 - that is the landscape in 2005.
Wrong.... http://informationweek.com/story/sho...leID=166401575
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The article says apple is in 4th PLACE. 4th...that meant there's 3 PC manufacturers ahead. Just because sales went up doesn't mean they're high...they're just up
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Well - Apple just did this - they weren't always a Unix clone.
So why cant Microsoft do that? Apple made the transition from OS9 to OS X because it'll be the long-term OS for the next two decades.
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Well microsoft is doing that...but they already have a functioning kernel in place...no need to take someone elses
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It's just a $100-200 premium. And that premium could be attributed to bundled software. I went canvassing for the cheapest DOS/Linux laptop this week and found that the cheapest ones off the shelf (Dell ditched us for some odd reason) equates to $700. Factor in the Windows XP Pro license and it is already touching the cheapest Apple laptop. OK I also found a $900 HP laptop (cheapest one with a license). It is a huge leap to say only rich people can afford Apple computers when the difference is just $100.
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The cheapest apple notebook is $1000 (considerably more everywhere in europe except the UK), and thats an entry level iBook with a 12" screen. It's a 1.3ghz with a 40 gb drive. For that price you can get a pc notebook that is a 64 bit 1.6ghz, with an 80gb drive and a 14" screen.
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It does matter. Would Microsoft make Windows if GUI-based OS werent popular?
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Why make them if people don't want them?
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It made Porsche copycats.
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Yeah either that or successfull businessmen
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Having a lot of crappy apps is far worse than having far fewer quality apps.
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I'd like to choose what apps i can and can't have, not have Apple choose for me. You can spout "Quality over Quantity" all you want, but the fact is that developers make stuff for PC's because that's how they feed their kids. There are more programs available for PC, hence a wider selection, hence more competition in the market place, hence better prices
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An OS that allows malware/etc easy entry/installation onto the OS is a weakness of the OS.
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OSX also invariably has weaknesses, but it is not popular enough for attention seekers to exploit them.
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100-200$ premium for aesthetics
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Why pay that premium when you can spend it on making your PC even better?
to go with his iQ? NOT!!! 
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