Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!convex!egsner!pfloyd!greg From: greg@pfloyd.lonestar.org (Greg Harp) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: Mac Sales Vs Amiga? Message-ID: Date: 4 Jun 91 02:34:17 GMT References: <27494@know.pws.bull.com> <1991Jun1.022249.22182@news.iastate.edu>,<1991Jun1.160826.8738@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <1991Jun2.011552.12676@news.iastate.edu> Organization: The Environmental ProJection Agency Lines: 36 In article <1991Jun2.011552.12676@news.iastate.edu> taab5@isuvax.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett) writes: > I got my numbers from AmigaWorld and BusinessWeek. OK, I may have been >a bit off on the Amiga numbers, but even 720,000 sucks badly. With an >installed base *IN THE U.S.* of over 4 million Macintoshes, this means >that Apple has 5 MACs for every Amiga in the U.S. This is in spite of >the fact that the MACs carry a much higher price, and are in a marketing >segment where volume sales are more difficult than the Amiga's market >segment. You have to realize that the majority of Macs are either in offices or school labs. No, I don't have specific numbers, but just check for yourself. In the business/school market all you need are some rather glib salespeople (something Apple has in abundance). You don't even need a good machine to sell to those people if you know how to sell it. Ask me sometime and I'll tell you what Apple _almost_ pulled on my old school district. Fortunately our CS teachers got together and stumped the salespeople. > In other words, Commodore stresses mass-marketing, and still does not >sell as many Amigas as Apple sells Macintoshes. So much for mass- >marketing. Are you trying to say that Apple isn't doing mass-marketing? Nearly all of their sales have shifted to the Mac Classic. They're pushing those machines from every direction, and it's hurting them. They're not making any money right now, and their machine is still not _incredibly_ low in price (although I admit it's not too expensive, either). You call a company that is getting ready to lay off 1500 employees successful? So much for Apple... -- greg@pfloyd.lonestar.org----greg@pfloyd.UUCP----convex!egsner!pfloyd!greg chemist: n. Someone who wastes computer time on number-crunching when you'd far rather the machine were doing something more productive, such as working out anagrams of your name or printing Snoopy calendars or running life patterns. May or may not refer to someone who actually studies chemistry.