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To: HerbVic who wrote (83745)	7/10/2009 1:50:16 PM
From: Stock Puppy	Respond to of 213182

Apple's missing about 90% of the market. ..... Miracle Whip is a great business, but there's other money to be made covering whole wheat as well. Yeah, there's lots of money selling Bran.... which used to be used as animal feed, fertilizer or just dumped. Sounds like WinPCs, eh? [no flame for that please, this is an Apple group now :-) besides I really like PCs - I use them all the time you know, overall more than Macs. I'm not on the computer all day and Macs are too light. PCs' are heavy enough to keep the door to my office open, so comparing hours used, PCs win! ] Speaking of Wheat and Bran and going somewhat off topic here.... Geez you know those commercials for Fiber One ("wheres the fiber - do you need to eat the box - ho ho of course not"? Way back when, for a while some companies were marketing bread with high fiber content - source of the fiber was wood pulp.... Thats what I get for reading labels... I never touched a "Slim Jim" again after I found the primary ingredient was "cow lips"...they changed the wording since but still... and now we're fighting with China about whether or not we can sell them chicken feet...(which is actually quite yummy until you find out what it is).

To: HerbVic who wrote (83745)	7/10/2009 9:51:27 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213182

>>Can't disagree with you about Apple's target market, but I do feel obligated to point out that, for whatever reason, Apple's missing about 90% of the market. << HV - We don't have to go into the historical reasons why Windows dominates the market, do we? Even if Apple had a lineup that included every single price point and configuration currently offered by Dell, I don't believe they would then be able to expand their market share to the same size as Dell's. Not unless they sold computers with Windows preinstalled. Just maybe, if they did sell computers with Windows preinstalled, and at all of Dell's price points, they could expand their market significantly. But at what cost to their current business and their brand? - Allen