http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/...-market-tops-9/Thought this comment was interesting...
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Soon 10%. Very impressive, in the U.S. only.
Because where is Apple worldwide? 3.5 - 4%?
They really need to be more present out there.
Just a statement here from a small town in Austria:
I’m going to an opening of an Apple-Reseller-Shop tomorrow.There’s alrady two here in town. This will be the third one. They’re also selling Macs+ iPods at the big Chains here and say selling is increasing 4x YTY.If you halt at the Apple-Shop in mainstreet and listen to the people in front of the window you’ve got the impression they’re eager to buy one of those shiny iMacs …If you step inside the shop it’s crowded with all kinds of young people. It’s not the brand for snobs anymore and it’s got this huge connection with all those other devices like iPods +iPhone…
If you go a 100 km further to Swizzerland you’ll find it even more amazing how many Macs they have and the bigger part of scools is equipped with also.
Same if you go to Munich … all here in central-Europe
I never would have thought that this will develop so quickly back at the time when we were some niche-users in 1999.
The crisis will come to Austria as well and people will spend less perhaps (although I’m not shure if that will happen) but I think the shift from PC to Mac is so evident that maybe this equals LARGELY the turndown of economy for Apple.
Posted By Damenknie, Innsbruck, Austria : October 16, 2008 12:11 pm
