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Originally Posted by wiredboy10003
Originally Posted by
ScottC
I think the final numbers for 2008 will look really bad for them - the Netbook market is killing Apple.
To me, the purchasers of netbooks and the purchasers of MacBooks seem like different markets. Netbook people were already looking for a $600 laptop for doing basic tasks. They're happy with a basic machine for surfing the web. People who buy a MacBook are a little less price sensitive and more style conscious. Maybe they're into more media related stuff.
I know that NYC, where I live, isn't necessarily representative of the world as a whole, but when I go to Starbucks, the only people with tiny laptops are Japanese girls. Businessmen have Lenovos and Dells, and everyone else has a Mac.
I think that many people looking for a 3rd computer buy netbooks. If netbooks did not exist they might have bought a regular notebook (PC or Mac).