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> > Anyone wanna wager that Apple Powerbooks sell more units than
> >do IBM ThinkPads?
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> No wager, this is a fact. Only recently have IBM and Compaq began
> to even touch the Apple record. Suprisingly (or not), many, many
> Powerbook owners are PC users regularly who just went over.
If software were not the issue, I would have switched a long
time ago. I just can't fathom the idea of trying to change all my
software over (some of which *can't* be changed) to the Macintosh.
It would cost *mega-dollars*--not everyone is so friendly as is
WordPerfect (which will switch your license over platforms for the cost of
diskettes and manuals).
> > If true, this would explain the ton of 3rd party add-ons for the
> >Powerbooks.
>
> Still...there are just SOOO many 3rd party stuff for Powerbooks and
> nearly NONE for PC notebooks. I could see proportional differences
> but this is a landslide.
Maybe this is a function of economies of scale. Namely, there still
needs to be a point of critical mass before a 3rd party company is willing
to take the risk.
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USC School of Business (Fight on, 'SC Trojans!)|other day, and I said unto him|
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