Re: Disruptive technology

On Sat, 29 Apr 2006 19:11, Daniel Carrera wrote:
James Gray wrote:
Apple buyers are willing to buy vastly over-priced hardware just to run
a few programs that they like a lot.

Disagree with this for the most part. Sure *some* of Apple's hardware
is overpriced and under-performing. However I think if you're
referring to iPods...yes. Way too much coin for far too little *IF*
you only use it as an MP3 player. Like MS, Apple provide a whole suit
of products that mesh really well and people are willing to pay for
that level of hardware and software integration. iPod + MacOS + iTunes
= Music PLATFORM, not three separate "gadgets".

But that's precisely the point. This is a high-margin low-volume product
that costs more than competting products but there is a market willing
to pay the premium price because it gives them something that they
really want and are willing to pay good coin for it.

I certainly didn't mean to diss Apple :)

Heheh I didn't take it that way :) I'm neither a Linux Zealot or a Mac
die-hard (in reality, I'm comfortable with a number of operating systems
and hardware platforms). After a long time in the industry, I'm an "OS
agnostic" - best tool for the job and that's all I care about. Of course,
I have a philosophical leaning towards F/OSS, but if it doesn't solve my
problem, then sorry folks, I use proprietary software instead. (Richard
Stallman can sue me later).

I bought my first Mac, ever, a few weeks ago (Mac mini) purely because for
its size it gave me the most hardware bang for my buck. It's running as a
server. Still, despite what my CFO would say, often value is a subjective
thing ;) I could've bought a physically larger machine with more
CPU/RAM/Disk for far less coin, but it wouldn't be a cute as a button, and
have a drop dead sexy interface! Call me a traitor, but the Mac OSX
interface rox IMHO, even though I spend most of my time on the command
line ;)

Cheers,

James
--
I wish I was a sex-starved manicurist found dead in the Bronx!!

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