Let me preface this post by saying that yes, Apple is rocking in Mobile sales and iOS sales and all that good stuff...but in reality, Windows 7 and Windows in general...dominates. Apple makes very nice products, and they do look sexy. But in the computing world, Mac OSX has lost some market share of late.This is stuff that really confuses me sometimes. Every morning, lunch and evening I walk past a certain coffee shop, and I could swear to you that the only computer ever made was a Mac. This goes along with the only Mp3 player ever made being an iPod and Phone ever made being an iPhone. I walk by and feel...poor or not cool (OK, you've got me there). I've got either my used HP 17" laptop or Dell Netbook strapped to my back with my 2 year old Samsung Ace and no mp3 player and look through the windows to people sipping their $4 coffees and wonder what it's like.
Then I wake up and realize that 91% of the world's computers are good enough when they run Windows. They can do just about all the things a Mac can do (and many things a Mac cannot) for a fraction of the price. That's why I created this company - to make computing affordable, not to produce the image that by using a REMACHINE you're suddenly cool. I feel as the world is still sane in that respect.
I've come to realize that many people get it, and don't want to blow $1,000 on new laptop, that a $400 new one will be fine. Or a $200 used laptop will suit their needs better than a $500 one. I think that this is why Windows is so successful and will continue to be.
Even though every day I seem to live in that twilight zone.
-Nate
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