Looks like all the reviews don't agree
with your analysis, Gene.
Read carefully below.
Gee, All the reviews Paul? Kind of a strong statement, don't you think? Gene Parrott may have had it right the first time. Instead of opinions, why don't we try a little reality.
From: Reuters News Service:
<http://www.techserver.com/newsroom/ntn/info/082098/info9_7148_noframes.html>
ComputerWare, San Francisco Bay Area retailer
with 10 stores, did exit surveys of 500
customers who purchased the iMac at its stores.
The surveys showed that nearly 15% of the buyers
of Apple Computer Inc.'s iMac were buying a
computer for the first time.
Perhaps more interestingly, 13% of the buyers were
replacing a Windows-based personal computer.
So fully 28% of retail iMac purchasers were not "the Mac Faithful", but rather people who did not own a Mac, or never owned a computer at all.
According to News.com today:
...assuming this trend continues and the
percentages hold up, iIf Apple sells 400,000
iMacs by the end of the year -- which is at
the lower end of analyst estimates --
that would translate into about 50,000 units
shipped to "converted" Windows users.
If first-time buyers are included, that would
jump to 120,000 users who have been won over to
the Macintosh.
The poll was conducted by Market Metrics, a Los Gatos, Calif.-based market research firm, specializing in retail and distribution sales tracking.
And while your chewing on that...
T.H.E. Report, a publication on educational technology for K-12 and higher education, said this year educational institutions will spend close to $12 billion on computers, software, networks, and other technology-related goods. One very surprising aspect of the survey shows that:
"Although most of the respondents were Windows95
users, 24 percent of those planning to purchase
additional microcomputers named Macintosh as their
computer of choice."
Ian Bruce
New York, NY |
